A mysterious buyer using a pseudonym just purchased Donald Trump's childhood Tudor-style home in Queens, New York, for $2.14 million, Politico reports.
It's unclear what the buyer––who bought the house under the name Trump Birth House LLC––plans to do with the purchase. However, the fact that the buyer was willing to pay such a high price for the property—a 54 percent bump from its sale price in December—suggests that the former resident was likely the main selling point and that the home could be destined to become some sort of attraction.
In his book, The Art of the Deal, Trump claimed to have made a mark on Jamaica Estates, the upper middle-class neighborhood where he grew up. Although former residents do seem to remember that the Trump family rode around in cars with personalized license plates, little Donnie seemed to have made less of an impression personally. When SPY Magazine sent a reporter to his old neighborhood in 1990, the candy shop owner there said he didn't remember young Trump despite running the shop for 28 years.
Regardless, it seems like someone is really committed to owning the place where he spent at least some formative years. The buyer's motive will only be revealed with time.
"This property is so much more than just real estate," a real estate rep told Politico. "Special properties are appropriately sold by auction, just like art is. As they say, beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder."
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