Palatial dollhouse?

Welcome to Astolat Castle. It took 13 years for Elaine Diehl, a celebrated miniature artist, to build the 9- foot-tall dollhouse, now appraised at $8.5M. Located in New York City, it offers loads of luxury: a many-volume library, working lights, parquet floors, a marble bathroom with real t.p., and micro-taxidermy for wee hipsters. Even real liquor in tiny bottles!    *   —Diane Richard, writer, November 18*

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Photo credit: Photographer: Zack DeZon/Bloomberg

Source: Patrick Clark, “This Dollhouse Costs $8.5 Million. Let’s Take a Tour,” Bloomberg Business, November 11, 2015