Palatial Hudson Valley estate once asking $30M heads to auction — and could sell for millions less

See more of our coverage in your search results. This mansion couldn't find a buyer. Now it's going once, going twice. A storied 151-acre spread in one of New York's most guarded old money enclaves is about to find out what it's really worth. Renamor, the sprawling French Provincial estate at 120 Ridge Road in Tuxedo Park, hit the market last August asking $29.5 million. A year later, with no taker in sight, the price got sliced to roughly $25 million. That didn't do the trick either. Advertisement 15 Renamor, a 151-acre French Provincial estate in Tuxedo Park, New York, is heading to auction after failing to sell during more than a year on the open market. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 The property returned to the market in 2025 for the first time in more than 30 years. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 The estate was originally asking $29.5 million before the price was cut to about $25 million. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty Advertisement Now the property is headed to the auction block with Concierge Auctions, with bidding open from Sept. 16 through 29, and opening numbers expected to land somewhere between $5 million and $11 million. But there is no minimum bid set, so it could potentially sell for even lower — a brutal discount. Mansion Global first reported news of the sale. The estate dates back to 1928, built by George S. Amory, a major stockholder in the Sea-Land Freight shipping empire, and his wife Marion Renee, whose combined names gave the property its title. The couple split their time between New York City, France and Denmark, tucking their Tuxedo Park retreat in among the rolling hills of the exclusive gated village, which happens to be the first private residential community in the country. Advertisement Most recently the home belonged to the late Robert S. Dow, a longtime financial industry heavyweight and 1972 Olympic saber fencer, who died in 2024. His widow Christina Seix Dow, a former asset manager, held onto the property until listing it last summer. 15 Concierge Auctions will run the sale Sept. 16 through 29. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 Starting bids are expected between $5 million and $11 million, but there is no minimum bid. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 The listing follows the death of longtime owner Robert Dow, a private investment firm partner and 1972 Olympic fencer. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty Advertisement 15 The estate dates to 1928, when George S. Amory and his wife, Marion Renee Carhart Amory, commissioned the mansion, with their surnames inspiring the 'Renamor' name. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 The estate sits within the gated, guarded confines of historic Tuxedo Park, adjoining nearly 2,000 acres of protected parkland, about 50 minutes from Manhattan. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 The main house spans roughly 14,000 square feet. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty The main house alone runs about 14,000 square feet, packed with a great hall, a grand salon, a banquet-sized dining room, a library, a wine cellar and a onetime chapel that's since been converted into a sitting room. There's also a fumoir, the old fashioned term for a smoking room, a detail that dates the house as much as its clay tile roof and dormer windows do. Sixteen bedroom suites and 20 bathrooms round out the main residence, with 19 fireplaces scattered throughout for good measure. Beyond the front door, the grounds sprawl across three additional structures totaling more than 22,000 square feet combined, including a 3,700-square-foot guest house and a 4,700-square-foot carriage house. Outdoor amenities include two pools, a tennis court, a putting green, a boathouse perched on Tuxedo Lake, a tea house, a spa building and a one-room log cabin with its own stone fireplace. 15 Features includes a great hall, a grand salon, a banquet-size dining room, a library, a former chapel and a wine cellar. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty Advertisement 15 The property also boasts a guest house, a carriage house, a boathouse on Tuxedo Lake, a log cabin, a tea house, a spa building and two pools. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 One of two pools. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 The estate totals 16 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms and 19 fireplaces. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty 15 One of 16 bedrooms. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty Advertisement 15 One of 20 bathrooms. Ian Alexander Nelson for Ellis Sotheby's International Realty The sellers reportedly sank more than $1 million into geothermal heating and a hidden solar array over the past decade, enough to let the entire estate run independent of the local power grid on its own microgrid system. Tuxedo Park itself carries plenty of history worth bragging about. The private club there is widely credited as the birthplace of the modern tuxedo, and residents in the community's earlier days would reportedly roll up in their own private railroad cars. Advertisement Etiquette writer Emily Post once summered there with her family. Fewer than 400 people call the village home today, and its historic houses are protected under the National Register of Historic Places. Estates of this scale typically sell at auction for well under their original list price, though sellers often come out ahead anyway once they factor in the taxes, insurance and upkeep costs of sitting on a property that isn't moving.