TopTenRealEstateDeals.com Announces Latest Top 10 Hot Homes List of Celebrity, Famous & Historic Estates

Pompano Beach, FL, October 18, 2012 --(PR.com)-- This week's Top 10 homes spotlight at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com includes a look at the home of the man who inspired the TV series Dallas. H.L. Hunt was the wealthiest man in the world when he died in 1974. He was a gambler and a risk taker of the first order who got his start in the oil business by winning $100,000 in a poker game with his last $100. He ended up with the largest oil field in the world, $5 billion, two families, a mistress and 14 children.

Hunt's former estate on White Rock Lake in Dallas is an almost exact replica of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, but larger. Grounds include 10 acres, tennis courts, two putting greens, pool, show-car garage, new guest house and outdoor cooking and entertaining areas. There is also a 5,000 square foot Brunswick bowling center, the largest private alley in the nation. The asking price was recently reduced by $4.6 million to $24.9 million.

In other home news:

A California home with strong Hollywood and political connections just sold for $8.5 million. Ronald Reagan was once married to Jane Wyman and they built a house in 1942 where they raised their family. Ronald and Jane divorced in 1949 and the home went through several subsequent owners eventually ending up as the home of Jane Fonda and her current significant other, music producer Richard Perry. Jane sold the 5,935 square foot home with 5 bedrooms, 7 baths, spas, pool and 340-degree views over the city, ocean and mountains in less than three months.

A home on the Puget Sound was custom built in 1987 to house a 1920's-era Wurlitzer theater organ with more than 3,000 pipes. It is one of only five such organs built by Wurlitzer to provide music for the silent movie screen. These organs became obsolete with the advent of the “talkies” and were retired at a young age. The organ eventually passed to a couple in Washington who built a 17,846 square foot home, with the Wurlitzer as the focal point of their 4,800 square foot music room. The entire estate, including organ, is now for sale at $5.95 million.

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