Gatsby Mansions for Sale

Beacon Towers, The model for Jay Gatsby's Mansion. Demolished.

I am selling some Gilded Age Mansion items on Ebay. Since I will be digitizing most of my collection to share on my blogs and facebook, I have made a disc of images of 30 mansions that once stood on Long Island's Gold Coast. Many of them are now gone. The North Shore of Long Island was once the land of vast estates and glittering palatial mansions. F. Scott Fitzgerald immortalized this world in his bestselling novel, "The Great Gatsby".
This coming May, the novel will be made into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Please watch the trailer below to preview it. Start to prepare yourself for a summer of Gatsby themed parties and events! http://www.ebay.com/itm/271129853533?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

 Click HERE and HERE for trailers.

Bergdorfs on the Plaza, by Booton Hendron

Book about the Fifth Avenue store Bergdorf-Goodman.

Here is a great vintage book about the history of the Fifth Avenue department store, Bergdorf-Goodman. Published in 1956 it takes the reader through the beginnings and rise of what would become and still is the most fashionable and luxurious of all New York Stores, if not the world!

The Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion that was replaced by Bergdorf-Goodman.

To see an album of photos about the Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion that the store replaced at Fifth Avenue, between 57th and 58th streets,please friend, Gilded Age Mansions on Facebook and ask to join the group, Mansions of the Gilded Age.

Top Drawer by Mary Cable

One of my favorite books about American Gilded Age Society. Lots of photos and great stories!

Pennsylvania Mansions for sale on eBay

Mellon Mansion at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania mansions and others on eBay. Since I am digitizing my collection of postcards, I will be offering many of them on eBay for sale. If you would like to start a collection of your own, please take a look at them. This one is the Mellon residence in Pittsburgh. http://www.ebay.com/itm/271133609224?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

New York and Newport Society/God Packed My Picnic Basket

Here is another good old book from my collection! It is about New York and Newport Society. It has some interesting stories and was written by a man who lived during the Gilded Age and his recollections.