Fugitive Mastro's Lavish Lifestyle on Display at Auction

Items for auction include 23 fur coats, hundreds of bottles of vintage wine, a Bentley and 25 Chihuly sculptures,

by:

Finnian Durkan

Whatever you may have lost in the great recession, it's not likely to compare to what's being given up by Seattle-based developer Michael Mastro, who owed creditors an estimated $570 million when the market tanked and pulled a D.B. Cooper, vanishing along with two diamond rings valued at $1.4 million and enough gold bullion to shame King Midas.

Want to get a peek at the Mastro's lifestyle? James G. Murphy Co., which has been handling the auction of much of the Mastro family’s material wealth to satisfy creditors, put online a list of the items that will be put up for auction. They include:

54 purses, including this gem.
9 full (55 piece and up) sets of china
9 Nutcrackers (including a Phantom of the Opera Nutcracker).
One samurai sword along with nearly 100 pictures of the samurai sword.
100 tables.
Wine from the Mastro cellar includes:
- 2003 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD
- 1988 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD
- 1978 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD
- 1996 CHATEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD
- 1975 CHATEAU MOUTON ROTHSCHILD
- 1982 CHATEAU LANGELUS
- More bottles of Opus One than every Microsoft millionaire has ever owned, EVER.
- More than 100 lots of Wine/Champagne, many with multiple bottles in each lot.
21 fur coats.
A Steinway piano
A 2007 Bentley Continental Convertible with 27,000 miles on it
More than 25 Chihuly glass sculptures.
8 glass cat sculptures.
And an electronic jewelry safe that didn’t prevent two diamond rings from being pilfered.