The Bellevue Hill deceased estate sold $1.85m above the $13.75m reserve.
The Bellevue Hill deceased estate of two euthanasia campaigners has sold for nearly $2 m above the reserve at auction.
The five-bedroom, three-bathroom Salisbury Rd, Bellevue Hill mansion was owned by the late antiques dealer and Austrian baroness Angelika Elliott, who accompanied her terminally ill husband to Switzerland to end his life on his own terms in 2007.
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64-66 Salisbury Rd, Bellevue Hill was the late couple’s dream home.
Angelika Elliott looks at a photo of herself and late husband Dr. John Elliott, soon after she travelled to Switzerland with him in 2007 for voluntary euthanasia. Photo: Alan Place.
Their dream home, which had a $12m guide ahead of the midweek auction, fetched a whopping $15.59m via Bob Guth of Bradfield BadgerFox.
The reserve had been $13.75m.
With auctioneer Jake Moore of Cooley’s presiding and 10 registered bidders, half of them competed from $11m, with bidding down to $5000 increments at the end.
The winning bidder was a returning expat.
The price guide had been $12m and the reserve was $13.75m.
With 10 registered bidders and five fighting over the home, it sold for $15.59m.
It was Guth who sold the pair of semis on the site to the couple in 1988 for $1.05m.
They then commissioned architects Bensen, Mezzapica & Perrie to design the French provincial-style residence.
Mrs Elliott revealed Dr Elliott’s final statement to a 2008 federal Senate inquiry into euthanasia laws: “Just as in my life I have been an independent and capable person, so I want the same in my death – I want to exit this world free with my head held high.”
This May, Mrs Elliott, who had cancer, also ended her own life in Europe.
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