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Mapping the 20 Most Expensive Sales of 2013

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It's time to make up a bunch of awards and hand them out to the most deserving people, places and things in the real estate, architecture and neighborhood universes of New York City! Yep, it's time for the Tenth Annual Curbed Awards!

While 2013 was undoubtedly a huge year for New York City real estate, with prices climbing rapidly, luxury towers springing out of the ground, and a plethora of blockbuster deals, that's not necessarily indicated in this map of the Biggest Sales of the Year. That's mainly because, despite the excess of record-breaking megadeals, at One57, 432 Park Avenue, Walker Tower, 10 Madison Square West, etc. almost none of them have actually closed yet. All that means, though, is that next year's map is going to be crazy, so let's all agree to meet back here in one year's time and if we're all still single, get married look at a map of hugely expensive apartments.

And don't worry, because there were still a whole bunch of fancy, pricey apartments that were sold this year, from Rosario Candela-designed apartments on Central Park, to West Village townhouses, to other Rosario Candela-designed apartments on Central Park.

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$42M - 18 Gramercy Park

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The 18 Gramercy Park penthouse set a Downtown record (which will be broker once the Walker Tower penthouse sale closes) when it sold for its full $42 million ask. It was also, somewhat surprisingly, the largest sale to close this year.

$34.35M - Ellen Biddle Shipman House

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Who would have thought that neither of the top two sales of the year would be on Central Park? Not us, certainly, but here you have it: the Ellen Biddle Shipman house sold for almost $35 million after being listed for $48.5 million.

$32.5M - 15 Central Park West

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15 CPW always makes an appearance or two on this list, and this year is no exception. A corner 4BR closed in January for $32.5 million, earning its owners, former Lehman Brothers employees who bought the pad in 2007, a tidy $15 million profit.

$25M - 15 Central Park West

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On the very same floor of 15 CPW, NASCAR star Jeff Gordon sold his 3BR/3.5BA for $25 million after buying it for $9.7 million in 2007 and redesigning it with lots of dark wood and granite.

$24M - 720 Park Avenue

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This multi-terraced pad in the Rosario Candela-designed 720 Park Avenue sold quickly, and for almost the full ask, after it was listed in March.

$23.42M - The Abingdon

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We never even saw an interior rendering of this 9,600-square-foot triplex in The Abingdon, and, as if to add insult to injury, the buyer was shielded behind the name Hudson Heights Holdings, Inc. The Times, however, thinks that it's hedge funder Steve Cohen, who is also building a mansion on Perry Street and listed his One Beacon Court penthouse for $115 million.

$22.4M - The Abingdon

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Another unit in the Abingdon, one of the two penthouses, closed in May for $22.4 million after originally being listed for $21 million and immediately going into contract. The buyer is hidden behind an LLC.

$22M - 950 Fifth Avenue

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Billy Macklowe, son of real estate scion Harry Macklowe, bought an opulent prewar duplex in 950 Fifth Avenue for $22 million. The apartment was first listed for $27.5 million.

$21M - 733 Park Avenue

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Investment banker Herbert Allen got the full $21 million ask for his garishly decorated Park Avenue penthouses, selling it to an unidentified financial person.

$20.9M - 765 Park Avenue

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Financial wizard Christopher Errico bought this Park Avenue pad, not his first, in July, paying $2 million less than the $23 million ask.

$20M - The San Remo

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Business guy Nathan Milikowsky bought an 11-room apartment in the San Remo right at the beginning of the year, paying the entire $20 million asking price.

$19.7M - 18 East 73rd Street

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This lavish 1866 four-story, renovated in the '20s, sold this summer, to an unidentified buyer, for almost $20 million.

$19.5M - 990 Fifth Avenue

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A 13-room duplex in a Rosario Candela building is never a bad thing, and this one sold to money-making-guy James Zelter for $19.5 million about a year ago, closing just after New Years.

$19.1M - Hal Prince's Townhouse

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Certainly one of the most colorful listings of the year, Broadway producer Hal Prince's surprised a lot of people for selling at not that much of a discount, despite the highly personalized decor (and that's an understatement). The buyer is shielded by an LLC.

$18.5M - 998 Fifth Avenue

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Oh, how original: another fancy Fifth Avenue apartment sold for a whole bunch of money. And the buyer was—wait for it—the senior managing of director of an investing firm.

$18.5M - 131 East 64th Street

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This limestone townhouse in Lenox Hill, which has a pretty great staircase, sold for $18.5 million to an LLC-shielded buyer last month.

$18M - 54 East 64th Street

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Another East 64th Street townhouse sold this year for $18 million, which actually meant that the seller took a loss. Whoever he or she was bought the house for $20 million after previous owner Derek Quinlan was forced to unload it after the Irish economy collapsed. It was originally asking $28 million and, oddly, was never officially pricechopped.

$18M - 778 Park Avenue

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Just sneaking in under the wire, the 17th floor of the Candela-designed 778 Park Avenue sold a couple weeks ago for $18 million, with the sale closing last Thursday.

$17.63M - 81 Horatio Street

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Eligible bachelor John de Neufville spent years having his six-story Horatio Street townhouse renovated extensively, and somewhat oddly. He sold it back in January, for a little less than $2.5 million off the $20 million ask.

$17.5M - 249 Central Park West

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The turreted castle on Central Park West just missed out on the Pricechopper Hall of Fame when it finally sold for $17.5 million in October, after being listed for $30 million two years earlier. It still needs quite a bit of work.

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$42M - 18 Gramercy Park

The 18 Gramercy Park penthouse set a Downtown record (which will be broker once the Walker Tower penthouse sale closes) when it sold for its full $42 million ask. It was also, somewhat surprisingly, the largest sale to close this year.

$34.35M - Ellen Biddle Shipman House

Who would have thought that neither of the top two sales of the year would be on Central Park? Not us, certainly, but here you have it: the Ellen Biddle Shipman house sold for almost $35 million after being listed for $48.5 million.

$32.5M - 15 Central Park West

15 CPW always makes an appearance or two on this list, and this year is no exception. A corner 4BR closed in January for $32.5 million, earning its owners, former Lehman Brothers employees who bought the pad in 2007, a tidy $15 million profit.

$25M - 15 Central Park West

On the very same floor of 15 CPW, NASCAR star Jeff Gordon sold his 3BR/3.5BA for $25 million after buying it for $9.7 million in 2007 and redesigning it with lots of dark wood and granite.

$24M - 720 Park Avenue

This multi-terraced pad in the Rosario Candela-designed 720 Park Avenue sold quickly, and for almost the full ask, after it was listed in March.

$23.42M - The Abingdon

We never even saw an interior rendering of this 9,600-square-foot triplex in The Abingdon, and, as if to add insult to injury, the buyer was shielded behind the name Hudson Heights Holdings, Inc. The Times, however, thinks that it's hedge funder Steve Cohen, who is also building a mansion on Perry Street and listed his One Beacon Court penthouse for $115 million.

$22.4M - The Abingdon

Another unit in the Abingdon, one of the two penthouses, closed in May for $22.4 million after originally being listed for $21 million and immediately going into contract. The buyer is hidden behind an LLC.

$22M - 950 Fifth Avenue

Billy Macklowe, son of real estate scion Harry Macklowe, bought an opulent prewar duplex in 950 Fifth Avenue for $22 million. The apartment was first listed for $27.5 million.

$21M - 733 Park Avenue

Investment banker Herbert Allen got the full $21 million ask for his garishly decorated Park Avenue penthouses, selling it to an unidentified financial person.

$20.9M - 765 Park Avenue

Financial wizard Christopher Errico bought this Park Avenue pad, not his first, in July, paying $2 million less than the $23 million ask.

$20M - The San Remo

Business guy Nathan Milikowsky bought an 11-room apartment in the San Remo right at the beginning of the year, paying the entire $20 million asking price.

$19.7M - 18 East 73rd Street

This lavish 1866 four-story, renovated in the '20s, sold this summer, to an unidentified buyer, for almost $20 million.

$19.5M - 990 Fifth Avenue

A 13-room duplex in a Rosario Candela building is never a bad thing, and this one sold to money-making-guy James Zelter for $19.5 million about a year ago, closing just after New Years.

$19.1M - Hal Prince's Townhouse

Certainly one of the most colorful listings of the year, Broadway producer Hal Prince's surprised a lot of people for selling at not that much of a discount, despite the highly personalized decor (and that's an understatement). The buyer is shielded by an LLC.

$18.5M - 998 Fifth Avenue

Oh, how original: another fancy Fifth Avenue apartment sold for a whole bunch of money. And the buyer was—wait for it—the senior managing of director of an investing firm.

$18.5M - 131 East 64th Street

This limestone townhouse in Lenox Hill, which has a pretty great staircase, sold for $18.5 million to an LLC-shielded buyer last month.

$18M - 54 East 64th Street

Another East 64th Street townhouse sold this year for $18 million, which actually meant that the seller took a loss. Whoever he or she was bought the house for $20 million after previous owner Derek Quinlan was forced to unload it after the Irish economy collapsed. It was originally asking $28 million and, oddly, was never officially pricechopped.

$18M - 778 Park Avenue

Just sneaking in under the wire, the 17th floor of the Candela-designed 778 Park Avenue sold a couple weeks ago for $18 million, with the sale closing last Thursday.

$17.63M - 81 Horatio Street

Eligible bachelor John de Neufville spent years having his six-story Horatio Street townhouse renovated extensively, and somewhat oddly. He sold it back in January, for a little less than $2.5 million off the $20 million ask.

$17.5M - 249 Central Park West

The turreted castle on Central Park West just missed out on the Pricechopper Hall of Fame when it finally sold for $17.5 million in October, after being listed for $30 million two years earlier. It still needs quite a bit of work.