When Manhattan real estate was at its bleakest late last year, there were a few weeks when it genuinely seemed that the only New Yorkers buying up expensive apartments were the brood of billionaires: Sheridan Mitchell Lorenz (daughter of a Texas natural-gas billionaire), Alice R. Gottesman (daughter of a Warren Buffett pal) and Roy Judelson (son of a Gulf & Western founder) spent nearly $20 million on three apartments; Pittsburgh billionaire Henry Hillman's grandson...
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