Epstein’s “House of Horrors” Assets Secretly Sold

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A disgraced predator’s “house of horrors” is being quietly stripped and sold off piece by piece.

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Furnishings from Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse are being sold at auction with his name scrubbed from the listings.
A 19th‑century Viennese desk from his NYC study just hit the block after earlier sales already topped $100,000.
The stealth liquidation reflects a broader two‑tier system that protects elites while victims and the public are kept in the dark.

Secret liquidation of a notorious townhouse

A New Jersey auction house, Millea Bros. Auctioneers, has been quietly selling furniture and artwork from Jeffrey Epstein’s former Upper East Side mansion, but you would not know it from reading their catalogs. Lot descriptions highlight Old World craftsmanship and prestigious provenance, yet omit any mention that these pieces once filled a 20,000‑square‑foot townhouse raided by the FBI in 2019 after Epstein was charged with sex trafficking minors. Instead of transparency, the sales move forward behind a thin veil of antique jargon and selective silence.

That secrecy matters because this is not just any estate sale. The first “select” auction in June 2025 moved more than two dozen recognizable items from the so‑called “house of horrors,” including sculptures, lamps, and furniture that matched federal raid photos and glossy magazine spreads of Epstein’s home. Those June sales alone reportedly netted around $100,000. The decision to erase Epstein’s name from listings shields the auction house from controversy but leaves bidders in the dark about what, exactly, they are buying.

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The Viennese desk and the elites who sat around it

At the center of the latest sale is a 19th‑century Viennese map desk, circa 1820, said to originate from the House of Liechtenstein and purchased for Epstein through a Paris design studio in 2006. The ornate piece, with multiple drawers and brass hardware, was photographed in his living room or study, a space where he entertained high‑profile guests from the worlds of tech, finance, and politics. Images circulating for years show the desk in the background as power brokers visited, underscoring how comfortably the global elite once mingled in that setting.

The desk went to auction on December 12, 2025, with an opening bid of $2,500 and estimates in the $5,000–$7,000 range, ultimately drawing only a single bid at the minimum. That tepid interest highlights how toxic Epstein’s legacy has become, yet the item’s description focused on imperial elegance and aristocratic ownership instead of its more recent role in a disgraced financier’s lair.

Jeffrey Epstein’s antique Viennese desk kept inside his creepy NYC home heads to auction — the latest in a secret sale that has already netted $100K https://t.co/cSBhoVo6fh pic.twitter.com/NOQPkuGYyQ

— New York Post (@nypost) December 12, 2025

Victims, “trophy hunters,” and a skewed sense of justice

Epstein’s estate, reportedly worth around $600 million, authorized a bulk sale of the townhouse contents to Millea Bros. in 2024, with co‑executors and their attorney insisting the liquidation is a standard effort to “marshal assets” and satisfy creditors and victims. On paper, that sounds like justice working slowly, but some observers are uneasy. A federal employee who first spotted the Epstein connections in the auction listings delayed going public, worried that publicity might fuel “trophy hunting” by buyers eager to own artifacts from a crime scene rather than support genuine restitution. Victims and their families may eventually benefit financially from these sales, but they had no say in how the items are marketed, where they go, or whether buyers are warned about the objects’ history.

Art market ethics and a culture that protects the connected

Art‑world commentators have described Epstein’s collection as “ghoulish and junky,” but that has not stopped auctioneers from courting bidders with talk of European provenance and designer names. Sculptures by Tom Otterness, Neptune figurines, and Baroque furnishings have all crossed the block since June, often with provenance lines that emphasize royal houses or Parisian studios and gloss over the New York townhouse where underage victims say their abuse occurred. As President Trump’s new administration focuses on law and order and border security, stories like this remind conservatives why transparency, equal justice, and protection of the vulnerable must stay at the center of the national agenda.