Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Landmarked Late 20thC House in LA Sells

July 31, 2009 by Marion Maneker

[intro]Stock Photo King Buys Brady-Bunch-like House[/intro]

The Wall Street Journal flags deal on the landmark Los Angeles Edward Fickett house that includes furniture and art:

Bruce Livingstone, who founded online stock-photography provider iStockphoto, paid $2.5 million for a landmark midcentury Los Angeles home that was on the market very briefly.

The 1966 home, on a slope in the Los Feliz community, has been given landmark status by Los Angeles. It was built for Dr. George Jacobson, a professor of medicine at the University of Southern California, and his wife, Miriam. The couple lived there until their deaths in 1979 and 2009. The two-story, roughly 3,000-square-foot home, with walls of glass and brick, has an atrium and city views. The 13,000-square-foot gated property includes a pool.

Mr. Livingstone, 38, bought the house in an all-cash deal, including much of the artwork and furnishings, by designers including Isamu Noguchi, Herman Miller and Arne Jacobsen. “It’s a bit of a time capsule,” said Mr. Livingstone. (Getty Images acquired his company in 2006 for $50 million.) He retired from Getty Images this spring and is relocating with his family from Seattle to Los Angeles for a digital media venture.

A Stock Photo Veteran Buys (Wall Street Journal)

Listing

Edward Fickett House (Curbed LA)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • The Other Shoe in That Haring CaseThe Other Shoe in That Haring Case
  • Competitive Art Buying, An Emerging Market Trend?Competitive Art Buying, An Emerging Market Trend?
  • Can a Soup Can Open Up the Warhol Market?Can a Soup Can Open Up the Warhol Market?
  • Australia’s Leading Art Couple Split their PropertyAustralia’s Leading Art Couple Split their Property
  • Welcome to the Island of Broken ArtWelcome to the Island of Broken Art
  • Old Master Dealer Agnew’s Looks for Value in ArchivesOld Master Dealer Agnew’s Looks for Value in Archives

Filed Under: General

About Marion Maneker

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

Top Posts

  • After Pandemic’s Rapid Change, Sotheby’s Has 8 Predictions for 2021
  • For 2020, Phillips Brought in Total of $760.4 million, Down 16 Percent from 2019; Asia Sales Up 24 Percent
  • Keith Haring’s 1989 Retrospect Comes to Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
  • A Season of Resilience: Fall 2020 Hong Kong Auction Analysis
  • Tony Podesta's Secret Art Buying
  • Soulages First Owned by Senegalese Poet-Politician Léopold Sédar Senghor Sells in France
  • A Season of Improvisation: Fall 2020 New York Modern and Contemporary Art Auction Analysis
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • Christie's Announces $70m Picasso Self Portrait
  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor