The iconic fashion designer Marc Jacobs has found a buyer for his townhouse at 68 Bethune St. in the West Village. The news comes just one day after the property re-entered the market at $12 million. The home originally hit the market in April 2019 for $15.995 million. Ryan Serhant and Donna Strugatz of Nest Seekers represented the property, which Jacobs purchased in 2009 for $10.5 million.

Inside Marc Jacobs’ Townhouse

The 4,796-square-foot property is located within the Robert A.M. Stern-designed Superior Ink development. Jacobs’ home boasts 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, two powder rooms, a wood-burning fireplace, an elevator and some of the craziest amenities we’ve ever seen. There’s an additional 1,400 square feet of outdoor space, including “a serene garden courtyard and a spacious rooftop terrace.” Over-the-top square footage and amenities aside, the home is, of course, incredibly stylish, too.

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Yorkville

222 East 82nd Street

$1,730,000

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Tribeca

275 Greenwich Street

$1,799,995

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Prospect Lefferts Gardens

184 Hawthorne Street

$899,000

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Financial District

20 Pine Street

$1,475,000

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1.5

Lenox Hill

205 East 68th Street

$530,000

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Yorkville

350 East 82nd Street

$915,000

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Chelsea

305 W 16th Street

$1,400,000

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Yorkville

233 East 88th Street

$550,000

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1.5

Hamilton Heights

28 Hamilton Terrace

$1,900,000

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3.5

NoMad

15 East 30th Street

$1,998,000

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Battery Park City

2 South End Avenue

$525,000

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Murray Hill

155 East 34th Street

$550,000

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In 2017, the home made the cover of Architectural Digest. In his interview with the magazine, Jacobs said: “I didn’t want the house to feel like a pristine gallery or a Deco stage set—just something smart, sharp, and comfortable.” Jacobs clearly achieved his desired luxurious-meets-livable aesthetic. The interiors of the home relied heavily on neutral hues and ultra-soft upholstery. According to the New York Post, however, Jacobs sold the contents of the interiors through an auction at Sotheby’s earlier this year. In the end, a pair of Louis XVI chairs sold for nearly $13,000.

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Fort George

4650 Broadway

$2,703 base rent

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

468 Putnam Avenue

$2,998 base rent

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

291 Jefferson Avenue

$3,100 base rent

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1.5

Bushwick

291 Jefferson Street

$3,450 base rent

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Sutton Place

239 East 53rd Street

$2,995 base rent

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Central Harlem

2741 F Douglas Boulevard

$2,000 base rent

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Midtown South

7 East 32nd Street

$2,950 base rent

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East Harlem

2147 Second Avenue

$3,000 base rent

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Central Harlem

2600 7th Avenue

$3,600 base rent

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Central Harlem

100 West 139th Street

$3,300 base rent

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Central Harlem

242 West 132nd Street

$2,395 base rent

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Hamilton Heights

531 West 151st Street

$2,550 base rent

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Jacobs Marries and Moves to the Suburbs

2019 was an eventful year for Jacobs. He married his longtime boyfriend, the model and interior designer Char Defrancesco. He then went on to purchase a  6,000-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Westchester for $9.2 million. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jacobs wanted to “downsize his Manhattan footprint” and spend the bulk of his time in the suburbs. He told WWD, “This feels like really a new chapter. I’d like to live a life outside. I just sit home and watch TV in the five-floor townhouse, you know? It’s like, I’d like to be doing that with a beautiful view with dogs running around in the yard. ” Sounds idyllic.

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