Sweet sale for Quinn

RICH-LISTER Tony Quinn has sold his luxury Gold Coast apartment for a sweet multimillion-dollar price an hour before it was due to go under the hammer.

The 19th floor apartment in Main Beach’s Axis building sold yesterday.

Ray White Prestige agent Jackson Paradise, who marketed the property, wouldn’t disclose the sale price but confirmed it sold.

He said Mr Quinn was a private man so didn’t want to share any details of the sale.

Mr Quinn, who made a $175 million killing on the sale of iconic lolly icon Darrell Lea, listed the luxury apartment last month.

The 320sq m residence has three ensuited bedrooms, a home office, five balconies and panoramic skyline, Hinterland and ocean views.

It was scheduled to go to auction yesterday at 11am.

Property records show the Quinn family bought the apartment for $2.62 million in 2006.

The listing came four months after the entrepreneur splashed $3.4 million on a Byron Bay retreat.

Mr Quinn made his fortune from his family’s VIP Petfoods empire, selling it for $410 million in 2015.