What’s the Big Deal: Aspen home fetches $7.9 million

Editor’s note: “What’s the Big Deal?” runs Sundays and is based on the most expensive property transaction recorded of the week in Pitkin County.

Price: $7.9 million

Address: 936 King St., Aspen

Buyer: 936 King LLC

Seller: Glenn K. Beaton

Property type: Single-family residential

Year built: 1998

Total heated area: 7,059 square feet

Land: 18,500 square feet

2014 property tax bill: $14,517.32

Worth noting: The seller, retired attorney and Aspen Times columnist Glenn Beaton, bought the property for $6.7 million in October 2010.