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Diane Sawyer Sells 'Chip Chop' On Martha's Vineyard For Nearly $24M: Report

Veteran news anchor Diane Sawyer sold her 20-acre “Chip Chop” on Martha’s Vineyard for just under the asking price to investor David Malm, reports said. 

Former 'ABC World News Anchor' sells her 10-bedroom, 9-bathroom Martha's Vineyard Estate sitting on  20 acres of pristine coastline.

Former 'ABC World News Anchor' sells her 10-bedroom, 9-bathroom Martha's Vineyard Estate sitting on 20 acres of pristine coastline.

Photo Credit: Bob Gothard/ Wallace and Co. Sotheby's International Realty/Wikimedia
The main home at the estate

The main home at the estate

Photo Credit: Bob Gothard/ Wallace and Co. Sotheby's International Realty
She bought the home in 1995 with her late husband, Mike Nichols.

She bought the home in 1995 with her late husband, Mike Nichols.

Photo Credit: Bob Gothard/ Wallace and Co. Sotheby's International Realty
Sawyer put it on the market because she didn't spend enough time at the 20-acre estate.

Sawyer put it on the market because she didn't spend enough time at the 20-acre estate.

Photo Credit: Bob Gothard/ Wallace and Co. Sotheby's International Realty
The property has four homes: a three-bedroom main house, a two-bedroom caretaker’s cottage, and two elegant beach houses built in 2007.

The property has four homes: a three-bedroom main house, a two-bedroom caretaker’s cottage, and two elegant beach houses built in 2007.

Photo Credit: Bob Gothard/ Wallace and Co. Sotheby's International Realty
The property comes with a mile of shoreline, but if you don't want to swim in the salt water, it also comes with a pool that overlooks the ocean.

The property comes with a mile of shoreline, but if you don't want to swim in the salt water, it also comes with a pool that overlooks the ocean.

Photo Credit: Bob Gothard/ Wallace and Co. Sotheby's International Realty

Malm, who spent over $100 million on properties in Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket over the past few years, paid $23.9 for the 10-bedroom, nine-bathroom estate, Boston.com reported

Sawyer first bought the luxury property for $5.3 million in 1995 with her husband, acclaimed director and writer Mike Nichols, who died in 2014. She put the estate up for sale through Sotheby's International Realty at $24 million back in August.

The compound at 794 and 690 Chappaquonsett Rd. in Vineyard Haven includes the main three-bedroom home, a two-bedroom cottage, and two beach houses. The properties sit on a 17.4-acre lot and another measuring 2.84 acres.

The compound, which also has two half baths and 8,147 square feet of living space, was built in 1937 for Broadway actress Katharine Cornell, the Daily Voice previously reported.

Sawyer, who graduated with a degree in English from Wellesley College in 1967, became a co-anchor of CBS Morning News in 1981 and a correspondent for 60 Minutes in 1984, according to the school’s Alumnae Achievement Awards page.

She went on to co-anchor “Primetime Live,” “Good Morning America,” and “20/20,” before anchoring “ABC World News.”

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