Did The World's Highest Priced Home Finally Sell?

Priced at $750 Million a French Riviera Villa is the most expensive on the market in the world.  Forbes.com has the story:

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2008/08/11/riviera-home-sale-forbeslife-cx_mw_0811realestate.html

What makes this particular villa--built with spoils of Belgian pillaging in Africa under Leopold II-- particularly desirable are its 20 acres of land. This is something impossible to find on the Riviera without combining properties.

No where in the world has a home even come close to selling for $750 Million.  The most expensive home to sell in the U.S. was Palm Beach mansion Casa Apava which sold for $70 Million.  http://www.forbes.com/2004/11/05/cx_cd_1105movers.html

The Real Estate World is a buzz with this news. Some believe the buyer to be a Russian oligarch.  This purchase price nearly doubles the old record.