The NY Observer is reporting that Peter Jackson has possibly bought a duplex in TriBeCa. While Jackson’s name doesn’t appear on the records, several of his people do.

Records indicate an anonymous buyer paid a total of $17.35 million dollars in two separate transactions for the two penthouse units at 54 Franklin Street. And that, according to the Observer, is one of the area’s most expensive apartment deals to-date.

Jackson’s executive assistant and his New Zealand and Hollywood lawyers appear on the records, so it’s assumed that Jackson is the anonymous buyer.

The units were purchased from the developer, Chris Clark. He had only listed the first unit, but got an offer he couldn’t refuse on both. Total square footage hovers around 8,000 square feet, reportedly. Mr. Clark kindly noted the penthouse has a wraparound terrace with views of the New York skyline.

The bigger of the two units has a massive 2,300-square foot living room. Well, darlings, sounds like you could have a regular roller-rink in the living room, with a few bowling lanes thrown in just for fun. If you’re into that sort of thing.

Peter Jackson is, of course, best known for producing mega-hits such as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong. He’s not without controversy, having some disagreements with New Line Cinema over filming of The Hobbit, the prequel to Lord of the Rings. It does appear that those issues have been resolved, however, because Jackson is listed as the producer for the film on IMDB.

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Kevin Spacey, such a private celeb that many real estate hounds didn’t even know he owned luxury property in Manhattan, recently lowered the price on his TriBeCa duplex condo from $5 million down to $4.675 million. But the word is out, now. As are the pics.

Speculation abounds about the size of Spacey’s unit (now, kiddies, don’t go there - we’re talking about his condo). Big Time listings reports that public records list it at 3418 square feet, while the property listing (which has since become unavailable), says 2363 square feet. Regardless, they all seem to agree that it has three bedrooms and two and a half baths.

It has some nice features. We especially like the kitchen, even though the cabinets are a tad on the dark side for our taste. But the number of cabinets, plus the buffet, more than make up for it. The master suite appears to have a walk-out terrace, and all of the rooms have lots of windows. And we are all about the natural lighting, my pretties.

We don’t have numbers on what Spacey bought the place for, nor is there any word on why the listing no longer comes up. Maybe someone already snapped up the place.

Spacey is known for a litany of films, our favorite being "The Usual Suspects." Although, his cameo in "Austin Powers (Goldmember)" comes in a close second. Remember, Keyser Sose is watching.

Spacey image: dalekhelen on flickr