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title: "Giveback Homes: Hampshire House Penthouse Sells at Auction Sells at a Third of Its Original Asking Price"
description: A triplex penthouse concealed inside Hampshire House's copper roofline, steps from Billionaires' Row, went pending at $6.765 million through a 43-day auction...
author: Dr Marina Nani (Editor-in-Chief)
date: 2026-07-17T10:30:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-17T10:39:36.633Z
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A three level penthouse concealed inside the copper roofline of Hampshire House, one of the most recognizable silhouettes on the Central Park South skyline, is pending sale for $6.765 million after just 43 days of auction marketing through Concierge Auctions, working in cooperation with Tal Reznik of Nest Seekers International.

The number matters more with context attached. The same penthouse, complete with the same pre-approved architectural plans by SPAN Architecture, listed on the open market in 2022 for close to $19 million. Three years, a change in ownership strategy, and one competitive, time-bound auction process later, it found a buyer at roughly a third of that figure. Chad Roffers, CEO and co-founder of Concierge Auctions, framed the outcome as evidence that a transparent, deadline-driven sale still draws serious buyers to genuinely rare property, even when the price has moved substantially from where it started. 'This sale demonstrates that truly irreplaceable real estate continues to command global attention when presented through a transparent, time-defined process,' Roffers said. 'The Hampshire House penthouse represents one of the rarest residential offerings in New York City, a hidden architectural landmark with remarkable redevelopment potential.'

Hampshire House itself is most of the reason the address carries weight. Conceived in 1929 as a 39-story tower called the Medici, construction stalled within months when the Wall Street Crash hit, leaving a steel frame standing derelict on Central Park South for the better part of a decade before architects Caughey and Evans finished the job in 1937 under its current name. The finished building became known for exactly the feature this penthouse now sits inside, a steeply pitched, twin-chimneyed copper roof that has anchored that stretch of skyline for close to ninety years. It converted to a cooperative in the late 1930s and has operated as one of Central Park South's white-glove buildings ever since, a short walk from Billionaires' Row, Columbus Circle, and Fifth Avenue.

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