Candy Land - $150 million

Marriage to a mogul, fine art and life in 'The Manor.' Yes, Candy Spelling has 'Stories.'

By Irene Lacher

Los Angeles County's largest home, dubbed "The Manor." owned by Aaron and Candy Spelling is for sale. It boasts a two-lane bowling alley.

In her memoir, "Stories From Candyland: Confections From One of Hollywood's Most Famous Wives and Mothers" (St. Martin's Press), Candy cracks open the door to her life as a distinctive breed of Angeleno -- the ultimate trophy wife, not a member of the first wives' club, but the (usually younger) last wife. Spelling's chatty account traces her own trip to Fantasy Island from her youth as an L.A. model. The rewards of such a life -- which included a 56,500-square-foot French chateau-style cocoon and a first-class tour of Europe with 52 suitcases in tow -- are legendary.

Now that she's a widow, Spelling has also decided The Manor is too big for one person. As widely reported last summer, she bought a $47-million, 16,500-square-foot penthouse condo in the Century, a Century City building under construction and designed by star architects Robert A.M. Stern, Jean Nouvel and Richard Meier. She plans to move in to her new spread in about a year and has just put her home on the market with an asking price of $150 million (although real estate sources say a price in the low $100 millions is probably more realistic).

Spelling shows a visitor some of her treasures on display in the living room. Inside a cabinet are a dish that belonged to Egyptian King Farouk, a Fabergé cigarette case given to Cary Grant by Barbara Hutton, a 19th century bird box that chirps and the agate bottle she bought from the Chinese artist who painted it. She points to one of her first collections, a carefully positioned cluster of Chinese snuff bottles. "Tori used to play with them and then she'd break them, sometimes, the little spoons," she notes. "I stopped collecting them when I realized they could do fakes."calendar@latimes.com

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From the Los Angeles Times

HOT PROPERTY
Hugh Hefner's home next to Playboy mansion for sale for $27,995,000
The two-story, 7,300-square-foot English Manor-style home was built in 1929 and bought by the Hefners in 1998.
By Ann Brenoff

March 28, 2009

OK, no more proverbial pressing your nose up against the gates hoping to catch a glimpse of what goes on at the Playboy mansion. Now you can live right next door and spy from the comforts of your own home.

Hugh Hefner and wife Kimberley have listed their personal residence, next to the Playboy mansion in Holmby Hills, for sale at $27,995,000. It's a Mini-Me to the adjacent party palace, a sister house if you will.

The two-story, 7,300-square-foot English Manor-style home was built in 1929 and bought by the Hefners in 1998. It sits behind private gates on 2.3 acres and has some of the original wood paneling, leaded-glass windows and a hand-carved staircase. There are hand-painted walls, a newly remodeled kitchen with a morning room and butler's pantry, two staff rooms, formal living and dining rooms, a library and family room. It has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The grounds back up to the Los Angeles Country Club and include a pool. There is room for a tennis court, which would provide the new owner with plenty of excuses to visit next door when a ball errantly finds its way over the wall.

The home was designed by Arthur R. Kelly for the sister of Arthur Letts Jr., the original owner of the Playboy mansion. The Hefners are selling the home because their two sons will soon head to college.

Hugh Hefner, 82, is the founder of Playboy Enterprises. Kimberley Hefner was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in January 1988 and was Playmate of the Year in 1989.

Joyce Rey and Stacy Gottula of Coldwell Banker Previews International, Beverly Hills, share the listing.

ann.brenoff@latimes.com