'Fake' jewelry maven's co-op will hit market for $3.2M - New York Post - New York Post
The Park Avenue duplex that late designer Kenneth Jay Lane — who amassed a fortune by producing costume jewelry — owned will soon hit the market for $3.2 million.
The two bedroom co-op, where Lane died in 2017 at age 85, is at the landmarked Stanford White-designed 23 Park Ave. in Murray Hill, on the second and third floors.
Lane loved to produce original and copied creations.
One example: a copy of a Van Cleef and Arpels Maharani necklace, which he gave to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis after she asked for it.
“I myself am a fabulous fake,” he once quipped — also joking that his “fake” and “junk” jewelry were actually “faque” and “junque.”
Unlike his copies, the Italian Renaissance Palazzo-style mansion that houses his co-op is one of a kind. Known as the James H. and Cornelia V. Robb House, it was built in 1891.
Lane’s apartment, meanwhile, comes with high ceilings, plaster moldings, period wood paneling, hardwood floors, tall windows, a white-and-black marble fireplace mantle and a terrace overlooking Park Avenue. Lane bought it in 1977, sources say.
Listing broker Serena Boardman, of Sotheby’s International Realty, declined to comment.
