Real Estate
Buddy Hackett's Former Fort Lee Home Sells Ahead Of Auction
The Bluff Road home was sold to a buyer hours before bidding was to begin.
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FORT LEE, N.J. — A Bluff Road home formerly owned by comedian Buddy Hackett was sold to a private buyer hours before it was set to go to auction.
The price on the 6,500-square-foot home was not disclosed by Guernsey's, a New York-based auction house responsible for selling the property.
Guernsey's said in a statement that buyer was "very eager" to purchase the property. The Record reported that owner Arthur Imperatore accepted the offer from "a local family."
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Former New York mobster Anastasia built the house in 1947. Hackett purchased it in 1958. Imperatore bought it in 1970. His wife, with whom Imperatore was separated from, lived in the house until her recent death.
Photo courtesy of Guernsey's
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