Kate Spade[1]’s suicide in June left a $3 million real-estate deal in limbo.
The designer’s estranged husband Andy Spade[2] was allegedly two days from closing on Laura Steinberg’s apartment at 47 E. 67th St. when Kate died[3] and Andy decided he didn’t need another pad.
“He had already passed the board,” the Italian-born ex-wife of the late Saul Steinberg told me. “I had already bought a house in Millbrook, NY.” When Spade backed out, she says, “he really screwed me.”
Months earlier, Spade had moved out of the couple’s art-filled Park Avenue apartment to a place 14 blocks north, but with her passing he could move back in.
“Obviously in the wake of this tragedy, and during this time of grieving, Andy’s plans have changed,” a spokeswoman for Spade told me. “Andy was not in a position to be purchasing another home.” Spade’s rep says he complied with all of his obligations on the deal.
Steinberg’s apartment is back on the market asking $3.4 million.
References
- ^ Kate Spade (pagesix.com)
- ^ Andy Spade (pagesix.com)
- ^ Kate died (pagesix.com)