{"id":1372,"date":"2016-03-12T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T15:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2016-03-12T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T15:43:13","slug":"millionaires-disappointed-when-conrad-blacks-mansion-auction-falls-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/millionaires-disappointed-when-conrad-blacks-mansion-auction-falls-through","title":{"rendered":"Millionaires disappointed when Conrad Black&#8217;s mansion auction falls through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/north-york\" target=\"_blank\">Bridle Path<\/a> mega mansion of disgraced media magnate Conrad Black came on the market for auction, TO&#8217;s richest residents, and some non-TO bidders were chomping at the bit to get in their bid.<br \/>\nUnfortunately for them, someone swooped in and placed a pre-emptive bid, leaving a group of about 20 disappointed millionaires standing around at the Four Seasons hotel amid canap\u00e9s and wine, without the chance to take their shots at the auction.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/pre-emptive-offer-heads-off-bidding-for-conrad-black-estate\/article29100246\/\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a> reported that Mr. Black himself showed his face at the auction but tried to stay out of the limelight.<br \/>\nConrad Black&#8217;s Georgian-style mansion was listed as having a value of $21.8 million leading up to the auction that never was. It has 9 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, an indoor swimming pool and a coach house.<br \/>\nThe home used to belong to Conrad Black&#8217;s father, George Montegu Black, who bought it 65 years ago. After Conrad inherited the property, he did a bunch of renos, but according to the Globe&#8217;s article, Conrad Black and his wife are now &#8220;downsizing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Bridle Path mega mansion of disgraced media magnate Conrad Black came on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":1374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"coauthors":[220],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-homes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Millionaires disappointed when Conrad Black&#039;s mansion auction falls through<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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