Yves Saint Laurent's house in Morocco up for sale

AP News (2009-08-13 05:00:40)
Morocco home of late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent up for sale

The Tangier, Morocco, cliffside home of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is up for sale.

Christie's Great Estates, a subsidiary of the auction house, said Wednesday that broker Residence Helvetia of Marrakech is offering Saint Laurent's Villa Mabrouka, or House of Luck. Christie's would not release pricing details.

The five bedroom house overlooks the Strait of Gibraltar and includes a lavish garden.

Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge purchased the property in 1998.

Christie's also says it will offer a second sale from the art collection of Saint Laurent and Berge with auction house Pierre Berge and Associates on Nov. 17, 18 and 19 in Paris.

The sale of almost 1,200 art works is estimated to fetch between 3 and 4 million euro ($4.26-$5.68 million). The first auction took place in February.

Saint Laurent died in June 2008 at age 71.