STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Robin Quivers, co-host to radio shock jock Howard Stern, listed her Todt Hill estate on the market in 2009 for $2.65 million when she made Manhattan's West Side her primary residence.

It finally sold last month for $1.1 million.

Less than two miles away, former New York Mets' relief pitcher John Franco is close to notching another save with his mansion now under contract seven years after he first put it up for sale.

Laird Klein, who marketed both in his role as director of fine homes and estates for Vitale Sunshine Realty, offered only a few tidbits about the buyers.

"The Staten Islander who bought the Quivers home is a gentleman from the North Shore who wanted property and loves stately homes," he said.

As for Franco's home, the potential buyer fell in love with the numbers, along with the privacy and the "exceptional views."

Klein declined to name the accepted offer since the sale has not been finalized, but called it a "serious price reduction" from the original $8.3 million asking price, which was later cut to $5.7 million in 2009.

"It's still a good number," Klein said.

Ms. Quivers purchased a 1935 English Tudor with an antique limestone fireplace, sauna and master bedroom suite for weekend and holiday getaways in 1999, according to a story published in the Advance at the time.

She had reportedly hired a local decorator and visited local stores to renovate it.

She cut the original $2.65 million asking price to $1.3 million, Laird said.

She accepted the final offer of $1.1 million because of "legal issues the new buyer was willing to take on."

Franco -- a four-time All-Star who posted 276 of his 424 saves in his 15 major league seasons with the Mets -- added his home to the market in 2005. The gated, six-bedroom house includes an ice cream parlor, indoor basketball court, in-ground pool and cabana, as well as views of the adjacent Richmond County Country Club's golf course and the Raritan Bay.

Though Franco no longer calls the borough home, he is still a frequent visitor.

His most recent public appearance came in April when he made a presentation at the Staten Island Economic Corporation's Twenty Under Forty induction at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield.