Shropshire cottage with a most unusual secret for sale for just shy of £200,000 (more…)
Tag: eccentric
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Mollie Ruprecht Acquavella (née Mollie Ruprecht)
New York based fashionista, tastemaker and 1stdibs editor Mollie Ruprecht married art dealer Alex Acquavella in August 2015 in St Barths. (more…) -
Picture of the Week: The modern eccentric
Lapo Elkann – A man belonging to a different era launches his latest project (more…)
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Mr Penny Farthing
Often spotted on the roads of Kensington and Chelsea, as little is known about Mr Penny Farthing as his fellow eccentric The Fantasy Cyclist. (more…) -
Helen Brach (AKA “The Candy Lady”, 1911 – 1977, body never found)
Devoted to her dogs and the widow of a tycoon named Frank V. Brach (1890 – 1970), Helen Brach inherited a significant portion of a $23 million estate (the equivalent of $135 million or £87.8 million today) in 1971. (more…) -
Watering the asylum
A bizarre, eight-floor converted water tower in the middle of an ugly redevelopment of an Essex lunatic asylum remains on the market despite a price cut of £200,000 (more…)
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Manthe Penton Harrap
Featured on the BBC documentary Modern Times: Welcome to Mayfair in February 2015, Manthe Penton Harrap tells her Twitter followers that she believes “health is wealth”. (more…) -
Marcus Prinz von Anhalt (born Marcus Edward Eberhardt)
Having started his career as a butcher, this eccentric moved into the nightclub business (more…)
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Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld (AKA “Vlad” Restoin Roitfeld)
The Paris-born son of fashion editor Carine Roitfeld and Equipment shirt brand founder Christian Restoin, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld is the founder of New York art dealership of the same name. He’s the godson of the photographer Mario Testino and has dated the fashionista Giovanna Battaglia and “the female Roman Abramovich” Goga Ashkenazi. Restoin Roitfeld – described by Forbes as a “gentleman [who] means business” – has worked on exhibitions at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Sotheby’s S2 Gallery and Phillips de Pury. His set includes the “billionheir” Andy Valmorbida, the Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos and the artist Marco Perego.
