Sotheby’s sues seller over $56M Hamptons deal

One of last year’s priciest deals in the Hamptons has become the centerpiece of ongoing litigation. The lawsuit, filed by Sotheby’s International against the seller Nancy Silverman and her LLC, surrounds the $56 million sale of 1010 Meadow Lane in Southampton to previously unreported buyer Roger Barnett, CEO of the natural nutrition company Shaklee. Sotheby’s claims that Silverman — who was married to private equity executive and founder of 54 Madison Partners, Henry Silverman until their divorce in 2012 — stiffed them of $840,000 in commission fees, refusing to pay for the services of Sotheby’s broker Harald Grant. Grant began […]

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