The Manor, 594 South Mapleton Drive

Television producer Aaron Spelling and his wife Candy build a 56,500-square-foot, 123-room French château–style estate on 4.7 acres in Holmby Hills, designed by James Langenheim & Associates. It becomes known as one of the largest private residences in Los Angeles.

Five years after Aaron Spelling’s death, Candy Spelling sells the estate in an all-cash deal to Petra Ecclestone, the 22-year-old Formula One heiress, for $85 million — a steep discount from the $150 million asking price. Rick Hilton, Jeff Hyland, and Sally Forster Jones represent the seller; Rick Hilton and David Kramer of Hilton & Hyland represent Ecclestone. Ecclestone spends a reported $20 million more on a major renovation.

After listing on and off since 2016 at prices as high as $200 million, Ecclestone sells the estate for $119.75 million, at the time the highest price ever paid for a home in Los Angeles County and in California. James Harris and David Parnes (then of The Agency), Jade Mills, and Kurt Rappaport represent the seller; Jeff Hyland of Hilton & Hyland represents the buyer, whose identity is not officially disclosed.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt buys the estate for $110 million, a discount from its $165 million asking price, and plans to rename it “594” after its street number. Drew Fenton of Carolwood Estates holds the listing for the seller; Linda May of Carolwood Estates represents Schmidt.