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New York real estate investor has taken a page out of Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" by selling the president's boyhood home for $2.14 million, or 54 percent more than the $1.39 million he paid in December, an auction house said on Monday (March 27).Investor Michael Davis closed the deal to sell the five-bedroom, brick-fronted home in a wealthy enclave in the borough of Queens on Thursday, Paramount Realty USA, a leading auction house in New York. It did not disclose the identity of the new owner.The White House could not immediately be reached for comment on Monday.Davis had originally purchased the home in December through the auction house.Built around 1940 by Trump's father, Fred, the Tudor-style house has a five-car driveway, a fireplace, a sun room and a paneled study.The senior Trump got his start as a developer by building single-family homes in Queens, and later multi-family apartment building across the outer borough.The president, who outlined his approach to business in his 1987 book "The Art of the Deal," set his sights even higher once he got involved in the real estate business, buying and managing properties in Manhattan, and later around the world.

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