'Deal' of the Century

Lenny Kravitz: $19.5 M. to 14.995 M.; Julian Schnabel: $59 M. to 41 M.; Baby Jane Holzer: $22.5 M. to 16.9 M.; Brooke Astor: $46 M. to 34 M.

Just got my lease renewal in the mail Friday and, after nearly 11 years in the same Chelsea apartment, I'm considering looking for a new place to call home. (If you have any leads on modestly priced one-bedroom apartments, please contact me HERE.) It seems it's a renter's/buyer's market out there these days (I'm a renter), as noted in this New York Observer piece about eight top addresses having to slash asking prices -- "Schnabel begs $19 M. for Chupi duplex, $22 M. for triplex as the recession gobbles grandiosity" -- so I'm hoping the otherwise grim economic situation works to my advantage ...