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Sold: Playboy Mansion for $200 million

This house comes with Hugh Hefner.

Car not included. 
Car not included. 
Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Playboy

This final note on the way out today: A little bit ew, a little bit misplaced nostalgia.

The Playboy Mansion here in L.A. has been sold. The buyer is a 32-year-old private equity guy who, by the way, is also one of the owners of the new Hostess Twinkie brand — bought the snack maker out of bankruptcy a couple of years ago.

The listing price was $200 million, and the house includes 12 bedrooms, a wine cellar, a theater, a gym, tennis courts and that grotto. It is, apparently, one of the few private residences in L.A. with a zoo license.

Also, comes with a 90-year-old man.

A condition of the sale is that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner gets to stay as long as he wants.

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