4 days ago
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- Wall Street Journal
On Cape Cod, Billionaire Bill Koch Lists Bunny Mellon's Former Home for $23.85 Million
When Kansas-born Bill Koch was a newcomer to Cape Cod in the 1970s, he was a frequent guest at the summer home of banking heir Paul Mellon and his wife, the famed gardener Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon. After bringing his hosts a couple bottles of wine, Koch would walk through the Osterville, Mass., house with Paul, admiring the couple's enviable art collection.
'He had some of the world's greatest masterpieces,' Koch, 85, recalled in an email. 'I always wanted a Van Gogh, and he knew it, and would always—with just a touch of smugness—steer me into the room where it hung.'
