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Journalist Sally Quinn has sold Grey Gardens, the East Hampton, N.Y., mansion immortalized by a documentary and an HBO movie.

Journalist Sally Quinn has sold Grey Gardens, the East Hampton, N.Y., mansion immortalized by a documentary and an HBO movie.


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The Corcoran Group

By

Katherine Clarke

Dec. 20, 2017 5:35 p.m. ET


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Grey Gardens, the East Hampton, N.Y., mansion immortalized by a documentary and an HBO movie, has sold for $15.5 million, according to the listing agency.

Built in 1897, the 6,000-square-foot, 12-room house on Georgica Pond was previously owned by

“Little Edie” Beale,

first cousin of

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Ms. Beale and her mother were depicted in a 1975 documentary as two reclusive, formerly upper class women living in poverty. It later inspired the HBO movie starring

Jessica Lange

and

Drew Barrymore,

as well as a Broadway musical.

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The seller was journalist

Sally Quinn,

who owned the property with her late husband

Ben Bradlee,

the longtime executive editor of the Washington Post. Ms. Quinn recently released a memoir, entitled “Finding Magic,” about her relationship with the property.

On 1.7 acres with a tennis court and a swimming pool, the home was listed for sale in February for close to $20 million, according to a spokeswoman for Corcoran. Ms. Quinn and Mr. Bradlee bought the shingle-style property for $220,000 in 1979 and restored it. It served as the summer home for the couple and their son Quinn until Mr. Bradlee died in 2014 at the age of 93.


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Built in 1897, the house on Georgica Pond was previously owned by ‘Little Edie’ Beale, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.


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Built in 1897, the house on Georgica Pond was previously owned by ‘Little Edie’ Beale, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. THE CORCORAN GROUP

“This is a bittersweet moment for me, but I feel grateful that the new owners will cherish the house as much as Ben, Quinn and I did, and that their time there will be as magical as ours was,” said Ms. Quinn in a statement.

The listing agent,

Michael Schultz

of the Corcoran Group, declined to comment on the buyers, identifying them only as a couple who loved the house and who plan on restoring it.

The contents of the property were sold last month at a three-day estate sale, according to a spokeswoman at Corcoran.

Write to Katherine Clarke at katherine.clarke@wsj.com