Sharon Baum

My Vespa, Myself

My Vespa, Myself
Courtesy of Sharon Baum

If the diamond-brooched Upper East Side brokers all give up their chauffeured Rolls-Royces for scooters, is it a sign that the Manhattan real estate apocalypse really is nigh?

Corcoran senior vice president Sharon Baum, who briefly dated Michael Bloomberg after graduating from Harvard Business School in 1965, has been chauffeured to and from her $20 million listings in a Rolls-Royce for the last 12 years.

Her license plate says SOLD 1. So does a matching diamond brooch.  read more »

Top Crust Romance Revealed: Uber-Broker Sharon Baum Dated Bloomberg!

It seemed improbable that there would ever be a better tidbit about Sharon E. Baum, Corcoran Group senior vice president, than the one in Steven Gaines' book The Sky's the Limit recounting that she kept a bottle of Grey Poupon in her "chauffeur-driven, butter-colored Bentley."

But then came this week's Newsweek cover story on Mayor Bloomberg's '08 plan:  read more »

Oh Neil

Neil Sedaka.
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Neil Sedaka.

Breaking up is hard to do, but this summer Brill Building popster Neil Sedaka did just that when he  read more »

Tina Fey’s Half-Million-Dollar Office

Tina Fey.
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Tina Fey.

Saturday Night Live’s head writer, Tina Fey, will have even more on her plate very soon.  read more »

Tina Fey's Half-Million-Dollar Office

Saturday Night Live’s head writer, Tina Fey, will have even more on her plate very soon.  read more »

The $60 M. Co-op

A floorplan at the Stanhope.
A floorplan at the Stanhope.

As residential prices continued to soar in 2005, developers hungry for new product opened up a new f  read more »

Need a Deal on a Gym? Lycée Français Pushes 6 Classroom Buildings

Sharon Baum, a broker with the Corcoran Group, stepped out of her chauffeured Rolls-Royce in front o  read more »

Just Lookin'! Phony Big Spenders Bluff Their Way Into Dream Homes

"People think it's some kind of sport to look at houses," said Hamptons broker Tina Fredericks, who  read more »