Estate agent uses ‘pregnant woman’ to help sell $2m New York home
The home boasts four bedrooms and five bathrooms
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Your support makes all the difference.It’s not every day that you see an image of a semi-naked pregnant woman on an estate agent’s website.
But that seems to be the tactic of one American agent, whose listing of a $2m (£1.5m) home in Great Neck, New York includes an unsuspecting snap of what appears to be a pregnant woman reclining on an armchair and wearing a bikini.
However, it turns out that the woman is in fact a very realistic work of art created by New York-based sculptor Carole A Feuerman, whose work sells for up to $498,000 (£385,569).
The sculpture, named “Mona Lisa”, has turned quite a few heads in real life too, says listing agent Sandy Rosen of Coldwell Banker, which is selling the four-bedroom property.
“Everybody was enamoured with it,” Rosen tells Realtor.com of prospective buyers who she has already shown the property to.
“Sometimes they jumped back. They thought it was a real person.”
The home also boasts five bathrooms and has been designed in a contemporary style, with wooden floors and cream furnishings.
There are some other interior quirks in the property – such as the triangular-shaped lounge tables and a large blue painting in the dining area – but the “Mona Lisa” is by far the most unique selling point of the home.
You can request a private viewing of the home online here.
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