Gilded Age townhouse sells for $34.5 million in NYC, ending 2 sisters' heated bankruptcy battle

The library of House of Cassini features 17-foot ceilings bedecked by plaster sculptures of owls, urns, and cherubs.

Evan Joseph

• A fashion heiress and her sister, both in their 80s, fought six years to keep a 1901 townhouse.
• A mystery buyer, the top bidder in a contentious bankruptcy, purchased the home for $34.5 million.
• The sisters failed to halt the Gilded Age home's sale, which closed on Tuesday.

A Gilded Age Manhattan townhouse, the subject of a contentious...