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Posted June 6, 2005
                              
Class Matters
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A large compound with multiple buildings, pool and tennis court occupies Abrams Point on Natucket. The site is one example of the new properties being snapped up and built for millions of dollars in recent years.
                                       

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The exterior of the home.
                        

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The Screening room inside the $7.5 home
                                      

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The wine cellar, part of an 11,000-square-foot home that sits on a 3.5 acre plot and comes complete with a movie theater, gym, message room and heated pool.
                                       

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Mr. Kittredge relaxed in the living room of his 10,000-square-foot house, which has a basement movie theater and a 2,000-bottle wine cellar. A seperate residence a quarter-mile away houses staff members and a gym.
                                  

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Mr.Kittredge dined with his family and friends.
                                         

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Yachts at the dock in Nantucket Harbor. Over the past decade or so the island has com to be dominated to a new class: the hyper-rich.
                               
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Picket-Fence Past An understated, neighborly Nantucket of cottages and common paths is giving way to acres of lavish, secluded estates.
                   
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