The 10-room apartment at the San Remo has some updates, but it retains many original details.

The 10-room apartment at the San Remo has some updates, but it retains many original details.

Big Ticket is a new feature with the Big Deal column that will list one of the priciest sales of the previous week.

Trading hands for the first time since the 1950s, a 10-room co-op at the San Remo was the highest sale of the week, according to transactions posted on Streeteasy.com.

The three-bedroom three-and-a-half-bath apartment retains the original bathrooms and kitchen — with St. Charles steel-and-glass cabinets — installed in 1930, when the San Remo, designed by Emery Roth, was built. The kitchen and pantry lead to a “servants’ hall and three maids’ rooms waiting for your touch,” according to the listing.

Full Story here:   http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/big-ticket-sold-for-14-million/?ref=realestate