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Comments on: Liberace in Paradise (Nevada, that is) https://hipquotient.com/liberace-in-paradise-nevada-that-is/ From Glam Rock, to Garbo, to Goats Sat, 03 Oct 2015 23:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: Jane of the Desert https://hipquotient.com/liberace-in-paradise-nevada-that-is/#comment-18447 Sat, 23 May 2015 23:54:19 +0000 http://hipquotient.com/?p=10520#comment-18447 Good news and bad news. Sad to report that the Liberace Museum in Paradise, is no more, and hasn’t been for awhile. It closed due to lack of ticket sales sometime after Yer Blogger visited at my suggestion.

The good news is that the showman’s Las Vegas mansion, on Shirley Street, is undergoing a complete restoration. The lavish home had fallen into disrepair and was put up for sale in 2013 as a foreclosure. Luckily, UK (wouldn’t ya know) businessman Martyn Ravenhill, a long-time Liberace fan, saw a YouTube advertising the property and ponied up $500,000 to buy it.

After spending several holidays there, he committed to a total restoration even thought the work was complicated by the discovery of sinkholes under the master bedroom. (I’ll leave that to the comedians.)

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that Mr. Ravenhill has spent a cool million on repairs to date and has much more planned for 2015. “The to-do list for the second floor includes preserving the atrium-style “Moroccan Room” and finding replicable copper tiles for it, restoring a bar area, furnishings and accents, and a costly roof replacement. Ravenhill is also researching options and seeking a partnership for solar panels.”

He wants to install as much of Liberace’s original furniture as possible and the Liberace Foundation has agreed to plans to show off some of its collection in the house. So far there are no plans to open the house to tours, but Mr. Ravenhill has allowed it to be used as a site for a charity fundraiser.

What’s not to like about a house with a recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the bedroom and a Moroccan Room? I guess we should be glad Mariah Carey didn’t buy the place.

For more info about Mr. Ravenhill’s ambitious project:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/real-estate-millions/liberace-mansion-restored-old-glamour-photos

]]> By: Pete https://hipquotient.com/liberace-in-paradise-nevada-that-is/#comment-18446 Sun, 17 May 2015 17:01:45 +0000 http://hipquotient.com/?p=10520#comment-18446 Once again, thanks for bringing back some fun memories!

]]> By: Dave https://hipquotient.com/liberace-in-paradise-nevada-that-is/#comment-18445 Sat, 16 May 2015 20:25:57 +0000 http://hipquotient.com/?p=10520#comment-18445 What a character, what a different world it was. I watched Liberace on all the current variety shows that were on. My grandmother loved him. My father always made sarcastic comments about him, but I never really caught on. The whole sexual orientation thing was so secretive and taboo. It doesn’t matter to me one way or the other, just really made me remember how different things were.

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