Want to live like Ol' Blue Eyes? Luxurious Manhattan penthouse once belonging to Frank Sinatra on sale for $4.9 million

  • Sinatra lived in the penthouse for 11 years, from 1961 until 1972
  • The recently renovated duplex is a sprawling 3,200 square feet, with four bedrooms and six bathrooms
  • New York apartment was the setting for many a Rat Pack party
  • President John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol were all guests there

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 10:46 EST, 12 July 2014 | Updated: 12:42 EST, 12 July 2014


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It was the setting for many a wild party, even attracting the likes of President John F Kennedy, screen siren Marilyn Monroe and avant garde artist Andy Warhol.

The Manhattan penthouse once belonging to legendary crooner Frank Sinatra can be yours - for a cool $4.9 million.

The sprawling 3,200 sq ft apartment - on New York's East 72nd street, is on sale, but is a bit more technologically advanced from back when Sinatra inhabited it.

Star-studded: The old penthouse of Frank Sinatra, pictured, is up for sale for $4.9 million

Star-studded: The old penthouse of Frank Sinatra, pictured, is up for sale for $4.9 million

According to a description from Douglas Ellisman Real Estate, the group selling the property, it was recently renovated and includes an exact duplicate of the Apple store's glass spiral staircase.

The penthouse also includes NuVo whole home audio systems, iPad temperature and lighting controls, and motorized window shades. It even has solar panels.

The sprawling unit was once called the 'glittering grotto in the sky' by Andy Warhol and it was the setting for many a swinging soiree.

Ol' Blue Eyes: The duplex apartment at 530 East 72nd Street, pictured, has been recently renovated

Ol' Blue Eyes: The duplex apartment at 530 East 72nd Street, pictured, has been recently renovated

Design: Frank Sinatra helped to design the place, pictured, and lived there from 1961 to 1972, but these days it looks quite a bit different

Design: Frank Sinatra helped to design the place, pictured, and lived there from 1961 to 1972, but these days it looks quite a bit different

Historic: The sprawling unit, pictured, was once called the 'glittering grotto in the sky' by Andy Warhol

Historic: The sprawling unit, pictured, was once called the 'glittering grotto in the sky' by Andy Warhol

After divorcing second wife Ava Gardner in 1957, Sinatra snapped up the duplex, which occupies the 22nd and 23rd floors, and the space was transformed into a four-bedroom, six-bathroom apartment worthy of the Rat Pack.

Ol' Blue Eyes helped to design the riverside pad and construction was completed in 1961. Sinatra called it home until 1972.

While arguably the ultimate bachelor pad, Sinatra met, married and then divorced Mia Farrow while living there.

The jewel in the Upper East Side-penthouse's crown was a glassed-in, rooftop party room where guests would mingle under 18-foot ceilings and enjoy sweeping views of the East River.

East River: The apartment boasts two wraparound terraces totaling 2,000 sq ft, pictured

East River: The apartment boasts two wraparound terraces totaling 2,000 sq ft, pictured

Sweeping views: With it's impressive views of the East River, the swanky pad, pictured, gets a great look at the city skyline

Sweeping views: With it's impressive views of the East River, the swanky pad, pictured, gets a great look at the city skyline

Party times: The apartment, pictured, was the setting for many wild Rat Pack parties

Party times: The apartment, pictured, was the setting for many wild Rat Pack parties

Another drawcard is the two wraparound terraces totaling 2,000 sq ft.

His star-studded guestlist often included fellow Rat Packers Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.

It is even claimed that Davis used to enjoy throwing champagne glasses from the terrace onto the street.

One party included appearances from President John F. Kennedy, Hollywood siren Marilyn Monroe and avant garde artist Andy Warhol.

Star-studded: Sinatra pictured with John F Kennedy in 1961. The President once attended a party at the penthouse
Famous friends: Marilyn Monroe with the crooner in the 1960s. She too was a guest at the apartment

Star-studded: Sinatra pictured with John F. Kennedy in 1961, left, and Marilyn Monroe with the crooner, right

Party time (l-r): Dean Martin, Sammy David Jr and Frank Sinatra relax off-stage in 1961. The Rat Pack were regulars at Sinatra's home

Party time (l-r): Dean Martin, Sammy David Jr and Frank Sinatra relax off-stage in 1961. The Rat Pack were regulars at Sinatra's home

Property portfolio: The complex is situated on Manhattan's East 72nd Street in New York (seen in the front center of this photograph)

Property portfolio: The complex is situated on Manhattan's East 72nd Street in New York (seen in the front center of this photograph)

Floor plan: The property is spread over the 22nd and 23rd floors and has four bedrooms and six bathrooms

Floor plan: The property is spread over the 22nd and 23rd floors and has four bedrooms and six bathrooms

He also used the large party space to work on his vocals when he wasn't entertaining, Haber added.

The singer sold the apartment in 1972 to his personal physician, celebrity doctor Denton Cox, whose other clients included Judy Garland and Warhol.

When Cox died his estate was sold to insurance magnate Penny Hart in 2008 for $4.5 million.

Because Cox had done very little to maintain the penthouse, Hart made many renovations and turned a section of Sinatra's legendary party space into the master bedroom. 

The penthouse was previously on sale in 2012 by another real state group for $7.7 million.

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If those walls could talk . . . . . .

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Surely the building codes in NYC don't allow a staircase with absolutely no handrails. That's an accident waiting to happen.

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Especially when you're drinking a dozen "Highballs"..............in 1965

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Yeah, everybody rules at one time or another, then you suddenly age, don't matter anymore and are gone and someone else takes over and life goes on...... All of what you did means nothing now.

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Jeez Hoofer... What a ray of sunshine you are.....not

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This is a repeat. Slow news day?

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If only !

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Beautiful place! If only those walls could talk??!

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Complete with Mafiosi bodyguard accommodation?

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For that price i'd want a home that was warm and homely looking, this looks like an office to me bleak and cold.

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The refurb is unpleasant and cold. I would have liked to see pictures of the original place when Frank lived there. Oh my how I miss Frank.

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Nice view of the smokestacks on the opposite side of the water.

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