From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 4:40 PM PT
To: John K. Pollard Jr.
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Subject: LAST DAY...===...: No mention of Ron Burkle. I mis-remembered this information for sure.

 

Think of a way for me to introduce my forthcoming book, THE HISTORY OF MONEY CREATION AND ITS FUTURE! to Madeleine Pickens, apart from knocking on her door with some of Marie’s oil paintings!

 

Gary Jacobs is a much harder “sell” given how most likely he knows less about how to judge good art while having in all likelihood a better understanding of the Diamond Invention; quite certain am I, however, given his penchant for big houses that he missed out in his Judaic studies when covering the all important, “The tallest trees attract the most wind”.

 

On further thought I will first stop off at Gary’s house who should remember me from a conversation we had not all that long ago but first I think I should brush up on my tennis?

 

Ps – Marie tells me that there is a letter over at the cliff house and that it looks like it was sent by my father. I hope to have it displayed on the Internet along with of course the envelope by the end of the Memorial Weekend; and so long as we are not forced by then to remove our military bases in places like the Persian Gulf, the South China Sea, South Africa etc etc., I don’t see why either Ms. Pickens or Mr. Jacobs or for that matter my buddy Alan Viterbi whose father co-founded with Gary’s father Qualcomm, need be that concerned with the increasing “attractiveness-unattractiveness” of their real estate holdings.

 

Can you remind me about the “engineers” position on the glass being “half full” or “half empty”?

 

I know it has something to do with the glass being “over-engineered”?

 

Ps II – You wont mind if I let my very worldly pal Don Barr know that I plan to have lunch with him this coming Wednesday up in Los Angeles and if he is able to make it down here and at the same time have me assist him in checking on his holdings in our “neck of the woods” then I will gladly take him to Rainwaters in downtown San Diego for the Wednesday Special Chicken Pot Pie Lunch; and of course I will bring Pypeetoe along so long as none of the many rattlers here at the Stone Home don’t bite.

 

You remember that Don, back in 1960, a sole practitioner just out of law school, earned for himself a $1 million legal fee after successfully presenting before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of his U.S. Defense Contractor client a rather important contingency case, which naturally also made his father’s close friend, Chief Justice Warren, happy.

 

Ps III – Try getting me the email address of the journalist who penned the article that suggests Mr. Nicholas may be reading my emails.

 

Not to mention the one day Mr. Nicholas was giving a party in the 120 feet section that straddles the beach - not to be confused with commodity trade “straddles” that the Tax Reform Act of 1978 placed a “dent” on Joe Seigal’s ability to compete against his DAAC owners - I was encouraging Pypeetoe on the beach in front of the house to chase Mr. Nicholas’ dog who was running “back and forth” and the well laid concrete and at the same time I was on my cell phone with Mr. Jeffrey R. Krinsk Esq. who was “briefing me” on how to get invited without being arrested.

 

Below is a photo of Marie standing in front of Mr. Nicholas’ beach home. Were you to persuade her to allow me to place up on The Internet photos of her revealing more of her awesome body I think I could talk her in to giving you her camel painting which by the way she decided before you told her how much you would pay for it to “gift” it to you, framed to boot!

 

BTW tomorrow is the last day to see the art showing of Sebastian Capella’s students at the La Jolla Art Association’s gallery on Ivanhoe in La Jolla.

 

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From: John K. Pollard Jr. [mailto:jkpjkp@alum.mit.edu]
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:07 PM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: No mention of Ron Burkle. I mis-remembered this information for sure.

 

May 26, 2007

 The most expensive house ever sold in the county is slated to close escrow next week.

Madeleine Pickens is poised to buy the Del Mar oceanfront home of Arthur Nicholas, a founder of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, at a price in the neighborhood of $35 million.

The 5,204-square-foot house on 120 feet of beach front, is part of an estate that originally was listed for sale for $50 million. It has been divided between two buyers. Gary Jacobs, a real estate investor and son of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, recently bought the compound's two guest houses, tennis court, greenhouse and pool for $13.15 million.

When the second sale closes, both purchases will bring the estate's overall sale price close to the $50 million asking price.

Pickens, the wife of hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens, has put her own five-acre Rancho Santa Fe estate on the market for $26.9 million. It's located in the private Del Mar Country Club, which she owns.

If the escrow on the beach estate closes as planned, its price will surpass the $25 million county sale record set in 2000 by another Del Mar coastal residence.

But the property will fall far short of having the highest assessed valuation in the county. That distinction goes to a Rancho Santa Fe estate re-assessed last year at $59 million after it underwent major construction that included a 26,433-square-foot home.

Owner Charles Brandes is appealing the county's new appraisal of the property, which encompasses 29.7 acres on two parcels. The financier faces an annual tax bill of more than $600,000.

So, while inspiring comments from a Forbes.com reporter that “the skies are sunny in San Diego, but housing prices are the real scorcher,” these high-end homes are clearly great for the county tax collector's bottom line.