Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee bought Grey Gardens for $220,000; it later sold for $15.5M

Photo (L-R): The Corcoran Group via MansionGlobal.com and Sally Quinn's website In 1979, Washington Post journalist Sally Quinn and executive editor Ben Bradlee bought the infamous Grey Gardens estate in East Hampton for $220,000, rescuing a decaying 1897 mansion that had become a symbol of bohemian decline. After restoring the 6,000-square-foot home and using it as a summer residence for decades, the property changed hands again in late 2017, selling for $15.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. The sale, first reported by The Real Deal, marked the latest chapter in the storied history of a house made famous by a 1975 documentary and later by an HBO film and Broadway musical.From Gilded Age estate to cinematic iconGrey Gardens was built in 1897 on Georgica Pond in East Hampton, a 12-room mansion set on 1.7 acres of land. The property became widely known not for its architecture but for its most famous residents, Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Beale, known as Big Edie and Little Edie. The two women, relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, lived in increasingly impoverished and eccentric conditions as the house fell into disrepair. The estate gained cultural importance aft...