THE $24.8M SAN FRANCISCO TROPHY MANSION | Secret Lives Of The Super Rich

[Music] wow a glass on it is this original do you think yes i believe the awning is original new york super broker dolly lens is in san francisco checking out a trophy mansion in one of the richest neighborhoods in town pacific heights we're about to meet the owner who will give us a lot of interesting scoop he's with luxury brokers barbara klein and joel goodrich checking out one of the most expensive homes for sale right now in san francisco we'll get to the price tag later but first let's meet the owner hi kids so glad you could come kenneth page is a philanthropist an art collector and the ceo of the page glass company it's been in his family for generations this mammoth home is just one of his places he also has a penthouse home at the four seasons and another home in a wealthy suburb all within 30 minutes of each other he added this mansion to his collection in 2005 when he spent 8.5 million dollars for it and millions more on the renovation let's eavesdrops as he shows dolly around how did it look when you purchased it we kept a lot of this original design we kept all of the good things we thought but the rest of the house was a disaster the home has some super rich history built in 1905 as a private home for southern aristocrats in the 1950s it was pink and nicknamed the pink palace this thing was like 30 40 bedrooms and it was a high-class boarding house they cooked meals here but they had some very famous guests they didn't just sleep here they partied here too big time throwing lavish cocktail parties every friday night for 15 years bet the neighbors love that we brought it back to a single family residence and tried to fix it up in a way that would be consistent so we're still expecting the queen right and here you are and here you are the pink palace is no longer pink but it's still party central listen to this balcony what would you use that for overlooking here it's the ideal place for the orchestra [Music] i mean orchestra there's you know 11 pieces well come on into the kitchen double fridge and double beverage thing over in the bar every kind of burner you'd ever want so it's a very french country kind of look right well in the french country they don't have three dishwashers and three sinks and an ice maker [Music] this is the tiffany skylight can i ask you an indelicate question sure what is it to me it was the world because that was one of the reasons i bought the house so anyway this is let's go you squirted the issue what does it mean you're the the top realtor in the nation so you tell me okay to give you an idea of just how valuable this enormous tiffany skylight is an original tiffany lamp created about the same time this house was built sold at christie's for 2.8 million dollars this mansion also has a tiffany fountain [Music] this was one of the rooms that we really really we did the funniest thing originally there were no windows in this thing before but you've got wonderful views here that we were able to take advantage of the 16 000 square foot house has seven bedrooms eight full and three half bathrooms seven fireplaces six cast bronze balconies five marble terraces and one tiger what is that staring at me shot it in india no did you really oh baby crocodile dundee here i see a lot of pay phones in the house like real old-fashioned pay phones what's the story with that it's a joke they're actually real working phones and you can use it without paying you can see all the little eagles eagles eagles eagles in 1915 the owners of the house got a little eagle crazy that's because they wanted to impress the queen of romania who's going to stay here during her visit to san francisco but that never happened supposedly world war one forced her to cancel this is the uh roof deck and quite a quite a view so this is something you added on actually we did that's why we had to seismic the whole house that's right in order to score those priceless views paige had to spend a fortune making the house earthquake proof i thought it was worth it i said what whatever it takes let's do it mr page spent two years and millions to make this place look spectacular now he plans to cash out what he wants for the mega mansion makes it one of the most expensive homes in all of san francisco drumroll please price tag 24 24.8 million [Music] you're inside one of the largest most high-tech vaults in the country where super-rich collectors store their most prized possessions it's packed with ferraris rare wines and artwork worth millions welcome to robovault a state-of-the-art 150 000 square foot safety deposit box and we've got the keys or at least the fingerprint that'll get you inside the company's demo dvd looks like a futuristic video game that's pretty much what it looks like in person and it's all run by this woman we don't reveal the names of our clients in some cases we'll sign non-disclosure agreements susan mcgregor is robo vault's president and while her list of wealthy clients is top secret we can tell you it includes some names you'd recognize from pro athletes to celebrities miami's ultra rich are drawn to the mega vault looking for privacy security and a place strong enough to withstand a category 5 hurricane that's very important to us that we're cat 5 that we're not in a flood zone and that we store above sea level in other words while miami gets pounded by a mega storm this ferrari stays high and dry we'll show you exactly how this works in a minute but first let's see more of the vault behind this walk-in safe is a room filled with safety deposit boxes like you'd see at a bank only way cooler a secret code plus your fingerprint releases a high-tech key that's instantly programmed to open your safety deposit box mcgregor admits she doesn't even know exactly what's locked up in here the brinks truck was here and we had the owner's rep retrieve a package and they went directly into the vault and i'm not sure what they put in there but i understand it was jules this vault is even more unusual it's perfect a place to store wine welcome to the wine vault it's basically a high security refrigerator for liquid assets it can hold 90 000 bottles of fine wine and champagne in the perfect environment that is 70 humidity and 55 degrees fahrenheit i keep almost half my wine here at robo vault greg maseko is a financial advisor a winophile and the part owner of red mare winery based in napa valley he moved to florida just before hurricane andrew hit and quickly learned a valuable lesson i had flown ahead of my family with 15 of my most prized cases of wine in the car worried that andrew would knock out his electricity and put his climate-controlled wine in danger he panicked i got in the car and i drove five hours north of jacksonville to get air conditioning for my wine during the storm he not only stores his wine at robovald but on occasion he drinks it here too it's called red mare cabernet it's made in the napa valley the facility includes a wine tasting room where clients can enjoy their veno and their dramatic views into the car vault which we'll show you in a minute over in the art vault the team is packing up a crate for a wealthy client in florida we can't tell you her name but we can tell you that she's shipping over 100 000 worth of art to her son in australia and this is just a fraction of the collection that she's storing here susan says the strangest collection she's ever seen is one of giant bones a collection of dinosaur bones and those bones were being transported from florida to new york we had pallets of dinosaur bones and now for the car collection we can't tell you who owns this 250 thousand dollar yellow ferrari but we can show you how far its ultra wealthy owner will go to make sure his wheels are safe and sound whether it's a 500 000 porsche carrera gt or a 450 thousand dollar mercedes slr mclaren roadster to get a supercar in or out you need a secret code and a fingerprint that sets this robocrane in motion sending it on a hunt to retrieve a ferrari 458 italia from deep inside the vault the crane slides over and heads up to the ferrari's climate controlled apartment it's stored between 30 and 60 feet above sea level careful not to damage that precious cargo the robocrane pulls the car and the concrete slab that it's sitting on in just minutes the ferrari appears at ground level after a dramatic slide a quick spin and some fanfare the yellow prancing horse is delivered on a silver platter it was a ballet the way all the pieces move together enjoy the view ron pakur loves watching a ferrari dance through the vault even the ones that aren't his this is state of the art kind of thing what more could you ask for ron's ride is a 1967 vintage ferrari he bought it back in 1981 when it was worth about 50 grand today it's worth about 2 million the retired finance professor says the ferrari is the best investment he's ever made it's a family heirloom almost i want to make sure it's in a very safe protected location for security reasons mcgregor won't disclose the dollar value of the vehicles locked up in her vault but from the parade of cars that we saw going in and out this place is one of the most super rich car garages in all of america and the views from her office are very cool every day every couple of minutes something new and different comes by my office my son thinks i have the greatest job in the world [Music] you

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Length: 12min 22sec (742 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 17 2020