Brooklyn Home Where Truman Capote Wrote His "Breakfast" Sold

The Brooklyn Heights home where Truman Capote wrote his novella Breakfast at Tiffany's sold for about $12 million, an amount that constitutes what the Daily News calls the "highest price for a single-family home in borough history." Holly Golightly must be impressed. That said, that $12 million was a steal compared to the original asking price of $18 million. The last time we at Runnin' Scared checked up on the property it was down to $14,995,000.  [more...]

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