What’s the Big Deal: Music mogul sells Aspen Highlands home for $5.7 million

“What’s the Big Deal?” runs Sundays and is based on the most expensive property transaction recorded in Pitkin County through 3 p.m. each Friday.

Price: $5.7 million

Date recorded: July 31

Address: 351 Glen Eagles Drive

Neighborhood: Aspen Highlands

Buyer: Jack Earnest

Seller: Jason and Wendy Flom

Year built: 1994

Total heated area: 7,806 square feet

Land: 32,666 square feet

Property type: Single-family residential

Property tax bill: $14,622

Worth noting: The New York Post’s gossipy “Page 6” column in July 2015 reported that the seller, Jason Flom, “quietly put his Aspen mansion on the market for $8.25 million at the same time a ruling on his divorce from his wife of over 20 years, Wendy, is imminent.” Flom is a music mogul, having been chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records, Virgin Records and Capitol Music Group. He currently is CEO of Lava Records.