The properties showcased here are among the most spectacular in the world. Priced at $10 million and above, these exceptional luxury estates have the distinction of being the most impressive and highest-priced properties listed for sale by the exclusive affiliates of ChristieÕs Great Estates. Click here to view Greatest Estates.

For more than 54 years, Hall & Hunter Realtors in Birmingham, Michigan has built on their well-deserved reputation as the premier real estate firm in Detroit's northern suburbs. Under the leadership of Dennis J. Wolf, the firm's 70 agents are widely recognized for their exceptional real estate knowledge and professionalism as well as hands-on involvement in the communities in which they work and live. In fact, as a recipient of the coveted Marshall Fredericks Community Spirit Award in 2005, Hall & Hunter Realtors was honored for its strengths, growth, and enhancement of the community on both a professional and individual level.

Specializing in mid to high-end properties, Hall & Hunter Realtors has based their success on a unique blend of exceptional customer service and the highest integrity and personalized attention to each of its clients. To accomplish this mission, the firm offers a full array of in-house services including marketing, title, and mortgage departments, all designed to make the process of buying or selling a home as effortless and convenient as possible.

Vintage Estates Realty specializes in luxury living in the South Carolina communities of Pawleys Island, Georgetown, and Myrtle Beach. The region is rich in natural beauty, history, and culture and is renowned for its historic plantations, vibrant bistros, antique stores, and outdoor festivals. Vintage Estates Realty was recently founded by Chuck Cooper, Johnny Besser, and Brady Stump. The company's professional sales associates combine their local knowledge of the area with time-tested real estate expertise. Whether you are searching for a historic property in downtown Georgetown or a classic beach house on Pawleys Island, Vintage Estates Realty looks forward to helping you discover the property of your dreams within one of America's oldest seaside resort areas.

Hague Partners is a boutique real estate firm specializing exclusively in residential luxury home properties in the Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona, and surrounding communities. Paradise Valley is an upscale residential area consisting of approximately 6,500 homes located in the heart of the Phoenix Metropolitan area.

Gregory Hague, owner and President of Hague Partners, has been a licensed broker for over thirty years. Mr. Hague is also an attorney at law. Prior to founding Hague Partners ten years ago, Mr. Hague had founded and built a small Phoenix real estate office into a national franchise with over one hundred offices in twenty-two states.

Hague Partners' agents are the most experienced group of luxury home specialists in Arizona. Hague Partner agents have represented numerous professional athletes, community leaders, government officials, and business executives in servicing their real estate needs.

Hague Partners prides itself on providing a concierge type service to all clientele with a goal of providing assistance in all aspects of their life including, but not limited to real estate.

Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil (The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil), by Claude Monet, sold for a record $41,481,000 at the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale at Christie's New York on May 6. The 1873 painting is one of Monet's most significant works and depicts the picturesque town of Argenteuil near Paris, which became a central motif for Impressionism. This historic sale set a new world auction record for the artist. The previous record for a Monet painting was $36.5 million for Nymphéas (1904), which sold in June 2007.

The auction realized a total of $277.3 million and featured prominent works from some of the leading masters of art history, setting new world auction records for artists Alberto Giacometti, Auguste Rodin, and Joan Miró. Highlights included Rodin's Eve, grand modèle-version sans rocher, a 1897 sculpture that fetched $18.9 million, doubling the previous record for this revolutionary sculptor; Alberto Giacometti's monumental nine-foot-high bronze, Grande femme debout II, which sold for $27.48 million—smashing the previous record for the 20th-Century artist by $9 million; and Joan Miró's La Caresse des étoiles, a 1938 work that was painted during the Spanish Civil War, which realized $17.1 million.

(Pictured above, Claude Monet's Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil)

Christie's will offer an outstanding selection of works in the highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York on May 13. The 57-lot sale, which is expected to realize a record $280–390 million, will feature works by seminal artists from some of today's most sought-after artistic movements. Highlights will include Pop art masterworks by Andy Warhol, including the iconic Campbell's Soup Can (Pepper Pot) estimated at $6–$8 million; Roy Lichtenstein; and Tom Wesselmann as well as important Abstract Expressionist paintings by Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. The top lots, which both carry presale estimates of $25–$35 million, are Francis Bacon's Three Studies for Self-Portrait (1976) and Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995)—one of the most important works by this artist to come to market. Christie's currently holds the world auction record for a painting by Lucian Freud with Ib and her husband, which sold for $19,361,000 in November 2007.

(Pictured above, Campbell's Soup Can (Pepper Pot) by Andy Warhol, one of the iconic works to be offered at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale)

Originally built in 1930 and elegantly crafted by the noted architectural firm Delano & Aldrich, this Georgian-style estate, located just 45 minutes from Manhattan, is defined by outstanding amenities, historical significance, and unmatched grandeur. A dramatic entrance flanked by columns and moldings introduces the two-story mansion, which features luxuriant interiors appointed with towering ceilings, floors of marble and parquet, library pine panelling, carved wooden fireplace mantelpieces, and hand-painted wallpapers. The estate is sited on approximately 20 wooded acres replete with a hillside garden, a vegetable garden, and fruit trees. The amenities include a heated pool, a tennis court, a five-bedroom apartment, and a caretaker's cottage.

Ogden Phipps, who once inhabited this marvelous home, was a renowned philanthropist and a major figure in the worlds of horse racing and tennis. Phipps won the United States tennis championship seven times, which earned him a position in the International Court Tennis Hall of Fame. He was one of the most distinguished Thoroughbred breeders of all time, served as The Jockey Club's chairman, and was a founder of the New York Racing Association.

Piping Rock Associates, the exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates in Locust Valley, New York, is offering the Phipps Estate, price upon request, with international marketing services provided by Christie's Great Estates.

Situated at the highest point of Greenwich, Connecticut, with 180-degree views of the Connecticut and Long Island shorelines, this exceptional gated and walled estate was the former home of the late Joseph Hirschhorn—founder of the Hirschhorn Museum at the Smithsonian. Inspired by a château in the Dordogne region of France, the property encompasses more than 22 acres of immaculate grounds that include a circular driveway with automatic gates, formal gardens, a gated pool area, and a tennis court. The mansion's exquisite architectural details include intricate stone and brickwork, a Ludowici tile roof, and a conical tower. Interior highlights include seven bedrooms, a center hall, a panelled library, an English sitting room and wet bar, a two-bedroom master suite, and an indoor pool. This estate was listed by David Ogilvy & Associates, the exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates in Greenwich.

The historic Beaux Arts mansion, on Manhattan's Architect's Row on the Upper East Side, was sold by Paula Del Nunzio of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, the exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates in Manhattan. This rare monument to New York's architectural history is a combination of two grand residences built circa 1879, one of which was executed by John H. Duncan—one of the most famous architects at the turn of the century, and the designer of Grant's Tomb. In 1919, financier, and philanthropist, Jeremiah Milbank, commissioned architectural firm Dodge & Morrison to facilitate the transformation of the two original buildings into the 22,000-square-foot illustrious mansion seen today. The 48-foot-wide 27-room limestone townhouse features an indoor Palladian pool with a vaulted ceiling and arched walls evoking the palazzos of Rome; a full-floor master bedroom with a study, solarium and private terrace; a palatial great room; a stately paneled library; eight fireplaces; an elevator; staff quarters; and elegant outdoor spaces.