The first bids for their prewar apartment, which they sold last spring, were not close to their $570,000 asking price.

Also offered for $199,000 was a prewar apartment at 130 East 94th Street.

"Even though everything is new, it has a solid feel to it as if you were in a real prewar apartment," she said.

So this one might be perfect for a prewar apartment.

"You've got the absolutely gorgeous prewar apartments, and the service businesses are already there," she said.

It may be the best local source for early-20th-century doors and sinks, particularly if you are trying to match something in a prewar apartment.

They will accept almost any nice prewar apartment - except one in what an agent called "the funeral parlor building."

The prewar apartment, complete with original moldings and plaster details, is worth over $1 million.

An untouched kitchen in a classic prewar apartment speaks volumes.

It helps that they live in a rambling prewar apartment.