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Drop $27.5M and Call This 'Versailles in Manhattan' Home

After six unsuccessful years blipping on and off the market, this ludicrously overdone NYC palace—which the brokerbabble's long touted as "Versailles in Manhattan"—is back and asking $27.5M, down $7.5M from its original demand of $35M. Though the current homeowner once rather haughtily described lowering the price of a home as showing "that certain people are desperate to sell" and gauchely "need the money," the five-level Neo-Georgian townhouse, which listed for as little as $24.95M last may, apparently needs all the help it can get to find a buyer, despite offering such fancy amenities as a "sprawling parlor," mirror-lined gallery, and "two-storied glass atrium." Before the home inevitably disappears (or maybe even sells,) Take the full tour:

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