Sale price: $23.25 million
San Francisco's biggest sale of 2014 came on the market in late 2013 asking $27 million and quietly found its buyer by the end of March. The seller was University of Phoenix cofounder John Murphy, who had bought the place back in 1997 because he loved its Prohibition Room hidden behind a paneled wall. There's also a 1,200-square-foot ballroom.

Sale price: $18 million
The second most expensive home to sell in San Francisco in 2014 also had a University of Phoenix connection: Its seller was Peter Sperling, son of the university's primary founder, John Sperling. The seven-bedroom didn't get its original asking price of $21 million, but did manage to bring in a whopping $2,151 per square foot.

Sale price: $16 million
The city's third most expensive sale is something of a mystery. The seven-bedroom home, built in 1950, never listed publicly but sold on August 6. The home sits on Pacific Avenue right next to the year's top seller. Its Pacific Avenue facade is shrouded in greenery, while its Pierce Street entrance is rather uninspiring.

Sale price: $11.75 million
The first house to sell for over asking on the list is the untouched 1962 Joseph Esherick masterpiece on Scott Street that grabbed $2 million over its initial ask. It was on the market for only six days and mesmerized buyers with its swoopy staircase. The house was sold following the death of its original owner, art collector Jeanette Larsen.

Sale price: $11.1 million
In 2012, this was a vacant two-unit building needing a total renovation that sold for $3.56 million. By late 2013, it was back on the market reimagined as a seven-bedroom single family home asking $11.7 million and filled with designer finishes. It sold in February for a bit under asking.

Sale price: $11 million
This home was built in the 1960s and remained in the family of Kjell Qvale, the first Jaguar distributor on the West Coast and one of the founders of the San Francisco Auto Show. The interiors were advertised as "undeveloped," meaning that this is a very expensive fixer-upper. It was purchased by David Dolby, son of Ray.

Sale price: $10 million
This home has one of the most unassuming facades imaginable for an eight-figure house, but its interiors are open and lovely and the views are phenomenal. After landing on the market in November 2013 seeking $11 million, 2550 Green sold in February for a still quite solid $10 million.

Sale price: $10 million
Danny Glover's former home is the only property in the top ten that sits outside of the city's northern neighborhoods of Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, and Cow Hollow. Glover's former wife Asake Bomani sold the home in October without listing it.