Dr. Seuss’s Iconic California Home Goes Up for Sale at $10 Million
I’ll be honest — it’s not every day you see a home with this much cultural weight land back on the market. Dr. Seuss’s longtime La Jolla estate returning for sale almost 35 years after his passing feels less like a real estate update and more like a moment in literary history. And when I first saw the listing price hovering just under $10 million, the number wasn’t the thing that grabbed me. It was the timing, the story, and the strange mix of nostalgia and curiosity this property still carries.
The home isn’t owned by the Geisel family anymore — it belongs to UC San Diego. They inherited it through the Geisel Trust and have held on to it since Audrey Geisel passed away in 2018. Now they’re putting the entire estate up for sale in a sealed-bid process ending April 15, which instantly makes this feel like a high-stakes opportunity. It’s not a casual listing; it’s a serious, time-bound invitation.
And if you follow luxury real estate in Southern California, you’ve probably heard the names behind the listing: Jason Barry and Ryan McGovern from Barry Estates. These are the guys who usually handle the kind of properties people talk about long after the sale is done. It tells you something about the significance of the home — UCSD didn’t hand this to average agents…