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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Chelsea

300 West 30th Street

$825,000

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Lincoln Square

80 Central Park West

$599,999

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Lenox Hill

420 East 72nd Street

$1,350,000

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Kips Bay

250 East 30th Street

$635,000

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South Harlem

2101 Frederick Douglass Boulevard

$1,150,000

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Kips Bay

300 East 33rd Street

$1,695,000

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Lenox Hill

370 East 76th Street

$849,000

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Upper West Side

878 West End Avenue

$795,000

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South Harlem

66 Saint Nicholas’s Avenue

$1,350,000

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Columbia St Waterfront District

100 Congress Street

$1,995,000

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South Harlem

1 Mount Morris Park West

$1,050,000

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1.5

Lenox Hill

155 East 72nd Street

$1,450,000

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1.5

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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Clinton Hill

97 Grand Avenue

$3,981 base rent

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Clinton Hill

96 Steuben Street

$3,950 base rent

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Washington Heights

25 Ft Washington Avenue

$2,850 base rent

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Hamilton Heights

611 West 148th Street

$3,800 base rent

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1.5

Stuyvesant Heights

788 Willoughby Avenue

$3,907 base rent

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Stuyvesant Heights

788 Willoughby Avenue

$3,375 base rent

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Stuyvesant Heights

788 Willoughby Avenue

$3,124 base rent

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Stuyvesant Heights

880 Dekalb Avenue

$3,695 base rent

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Crown Heights

1541 Dean Street

$3,395 base rent

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1.5

Bushwick

55 Stanhope Street

$3,999 base rent

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Central Harlem

131 West 138th Street

$3,495 base rent

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Chelsea

312 West 23rd Street

$3,200 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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