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Six bedrooms, nine bathrooms and a dining room that seats 30 -- the only thing missing is a buyer with $100 million to spare. That's all. 

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Felicia Taylor takes us on a tour of what could be New York's most expensive apartment ever.

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This is the view that you get from what is the most expensive apartment to ever be listed in the New York real estate market, but this isn't the only view. 

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It wraps around the entire apartment, all three floors, for a 360-degree panoramic view.

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But for a $100-million price tag, it's not just the view that you're gonna get. We're gonna take a look at some of the other amenities.

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We get an exclusive tour of the penthouse from Howard Lorber, chairman of the listing agent Prudential Douglas Elliman.

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Has there been any interest already?

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Well, there has been. We've had a couple of very important showings, and we have a few more lined up.

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Six bedrooms and nine bathrooms located on the top of the CitySpire building on Manhattan's West Side.

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What makes this apartment so spectacular?

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Well, I think the most important part of this apartment is the views. 

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This is a view apartment. You have terraces. You have over 3,000 feet of terraces facing the city -- the East Side, the West Side, north to the park, south to downtown.

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A $100-million asking price. I mean, it's steep for anybody out there. Is the view really what's going to capture it?

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Pricing apartments today, it's not a science, you know? If this is what the owner wants for the apartment, it will either sell or it won't sell.

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This is the dining room, which can seat 20, 30 people at least.

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So come on. I like to cook.

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You like to cook? OK.

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Show me the kitchen.

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I'm not gonna test your cooking, though. How would you like to be a cooking and looking at this view.

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Oh my goodness.

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The river. (Wow.)

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Then downtown.

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And while sales of less swank Manhattan homes have been flat, business is booming in the so-called super prime sector.

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The high end of the market has reached a new height. The low and middle has not. 

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It has come back, and it's close to where it was before, but it hasn't, you know, gone past it. 

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There are plenty of buyers, a lot of foreign buyers. And local buyers, also.

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I think it's a reflection of a general interest in high-end everything, you know. 

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If you're a luxury consumer -- and there are a lot of them out there still -- you're looking at a place to put your money that's reliable, it's a hard asset class. 

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That could include a boat, it could include a plane, it could include a great piece of art, watches and jewelry, or an incredibly fabulous piece of real estate.

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And fabulous real estate is going fast. At least four deals within eight months. 

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Fifty-two million bought one American a lux pad on Park Avenue. 

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Another American bought the penthouse at the Ritz Carlton on Central Park for 70 million. 

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Eighty-eight million earned a Russian family a penthouse on Central Park West. 

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And the yet-to-be-completed 157 has a deal on the table for about $90 million, possibly with a Middle Eastern royal.

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Back in the triplex, here's more of what a lot of money can buy. 

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For a $100-million asking price, naturally to get to the second and third floors, you have your private elevator.

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The master bedroom sits at the top, and right above it -- the massive dome that caps the building. 

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The penthouse owner controls when it's lit, adding to the New York City skyline.

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Whoever the buyer may be for this apartment, the sky certainly seems to be the limit when it comes to New York City real estate.