The New York City apartment where prominent journalist Barbara Walters lived for 30 years, up until her death in December of 2022, has found a buyer. A report by the New York Post claims that the Upper East Side unit, which sits in a historic 1925-build on the edge of Central Park, entered into contract last week. The luxury abode hit the market with a $19.75 million price tag in April, though it had dropped to $17.8 million in September before the the mystery buyer scooped it up. The actual sale price has not yet been revealed.
Listing images of the almost 100-year-old unit show a full-floor apartment with 10-foot-high ceilings. “The scale of the entrance gallery and rooms, the views to Central Park at just the perfect height, and the knowledge that so many wonderful dinner parties and meetings have happened [here] make this a most unique residence,” the listing states.
Walters’s taste in decor ran between classical—evidenced by items like traditional floral drapes and antiques—and modern. The listing images show an embrace of contemporary style, with pieces like her red-lacquered bookshelf and Eames chair covered in red leather, which were inside her study.
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Walters was a known collector, and her five-bedroom, five-bathroom home was brimming with treasures from around the world. On Monday, Bonhams held a live auction of the groundbreaking news anchor’s $8 million trove which included furniture, several lots of precious jewels, like the ruby and diamond floral brooch she wore when photographed with Audrey Hepburn at a 1991 event, and a collection of 19th-century American paintings by artists like John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase.
