Gangster’s paradise: Tony Soprano’s New Jersey mansion goes up for auction with an opening bid of $3.4million. Why don’t you make them an offer they can’t refuse?
- Patti and Victor Recchia selling the 5,600-square-foot home in North Caldwell, NJ
- Home was used for exterior shots as well as location for the pilot episode of The Sopranos
- Has become a tourist attraction for fans who want to take a photo outside the famous mansion
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The New Jersey mansion of television character Tony Soprano is being put up for auction with an opening price of $3.4million.
Patti and Victor Recchia are selling the 5,600-square-foot home in North Caldwell, eschewing real estate agents and requesting interested buyers to email them a bid directly.
The asking price is well above comparable homes in the area, which have sold for between $1.5million and $2million, but the couple say that they believe the mansion is as much of a piece of one-of-a-kind memorabilia as a home.
‘I don’t think you can quantify the intrinsic value of this home,’ Mr. Recchia told the New York Times in an article announcing the sale.
Patti and Victor Recchia are selling the 5,600-square-foot home of fictional Tony Soprano in North Caldwell, New Jersey
The home and famous pool are seen from above. The asking price of $3.4million is well above area coparables
Sopranos cast members Jamie Lynn Sigler, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Robert Iler are seen outside the home in 1999
Mr. Recchia, 65, is the owner of a construction company which built the home, as well as more than 20 others in the development where it is located.
He built the home in 1987, and the couple have decided to sell it now that their adult son has moved out, saying they have too much space.
The interior of the home was used as a filming location for the 1999 pilot episode of The Sopranos.
Following that, a painstaking set replicating the home’s interiors was built in Silvercup Studios in Queens.
Film crews returned to the mansion often for exterior shots, such as the iconic scenes of Tony Soprano retrieving his newspaper from the foot of the driveway.
Film crews returned to the mansion often throughout the series for exterior shots, such as the iconic scenes of Tony Soprano retrieving his newspaper from the foot of the driveway
After the pilot, a painstaking replica set (above) of the home’s interior was built at Silvercup Studios in Queens
American actor James Gandolfini, as Tony Soprano, smokes a cigar while he stands in pool outside of the home
Over the years, the home has achieved mythic status among dedicated fans, a site of pilgrimage and adoration.
When actor James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano, died suddenly of a heart attack in 2013, devastated fans created an impromptu memorial at the home, leaving flowers, candles and a bag of dried ziti.
A steady stream of tourists have also visited to pose for photos outside of the home.
At least one man arrived wearing a robe and clutching a newspaper.
‘They’ll pull up in like a limo or something, get out in a robe, and pick up a newspaper,’ Mr. Recchia told the Times. He said he believed the photo op was a Father’s Day present.
At least one tourist (above) has posed for a photo outside of the home wearing a robe and clutching a newspaper
‘I was pulling out of the driveway and I noticed a few fellas on their motorcycles coming down the cul-de-sac,’ said Ms. Recchia of a recent interaction.
‘So I open my car window just to acknowledge them, and they say, ‘Hi, Mrs. Soprano! We’re not going to mess anything up, just want to take a couple photos.’
The Recchias are asking qualified bidders to submit offers and proof of funds by June 21 to the email address sopranoshouseforsale@gmail.com.