Emily Eakin and Ellen Jane Patton sold a four-bedroom, two-bath condo at 100 W. 119th St. in Central Harlem to Gareth R. John and Carmen V. Melendez-Vasquez for $725,000 on May 19.

Eakin and Patton paid $1.125 million for Unit #6A in 2006. The seven-story Normandie condominium building dates back to 1910 and offers 37 units.

Eakin has worked as a culture and ideas reporter and book reviewer at The New York Times. She also served as senior editor of The New Yorker and as fashion features writer of Vogue.

She graduated from Harvard University and received a master's in comparative literature from the University of Paris and in English literature from Columbia University.

There were 52 condo sales in Central Harlem in 2008, with a median sales price of $565,000.

Address: 100 W. 119th Street, Unit: 6A
Buyer(s): Gareth R John and Carmen V Melendez-vasquez
Seller(s): Emily Eakin and Ellen Jane Patton
Sale date: May. 19, 2009