"Why is this thing manned!?" Outraged Americans call out government over expensive decision to maintain Russian megayacht: 'Ridiculous' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Take a guess on the price tag of the record holder. Hint: it was a sprawling compound on a bluff in Belmont Heights.

The top sale, an $89 million deal for two oceanfront houses on Gin Lane in Southampton, was unusual in that it was auctioned at Sotheby's Concierge Auctions in Manhattan. The rest sold either through ...