Mansion of former owner of Banco Santos to be auctioned.
The initial asking price will be R$ 118 million; the property belonging to former banker Edemar Cid Ferreira includes 12 works of art and furniture; two interested parties have already visited the house: Jorge Yunes, a businessman in the publishing industry, and Joesley Batista, partner and president of J&F, owner of JBS; the house has been empty since January 2011, when Edemar was evicted; since then, it has only served as a location for the Globo miniseries "Felizes para Sempre?"
247 - The mansion of the former owner of the bankrupt Banco Santos, Edemar Cid Ferreira, which has been vacant since January 2011, is about to be auctioned off. The rules and date of the auction should be defined in about 30 days, according to a report in Folha de S. Paulo.
The starting price will be R$ 118 million. Whoever buys the property, located in Morumbi, an upscale neighborhood in São Paulo, will also receive 12 works of art, as well as furniture that cannot be removed. Several names have already visited the house and shown interest, such as the publishing entrepreneur Jorge Yunes and Joesley Batista, partner and president of J&F, owner of JBS.
Representatives from Christie's and Sotheby's also came from the United States and Europe to evaluate the works inside the house. The collection consists of rarities found in Latin American museums and could be worth between US$500 and US$800.
Edemar left the mansion after receiving an eviction notice. Since then, no one has lived there. Its only function during that period was to serve as a location for the Globo miniseries "Felizes para Sempre?", when the place was nicknamed Downton Abbey, a series set in an English aristocratic estate.