Sentimental value.
$754000 is actually a reasonable price for its historical $ value.
It is too small for him though. He would feel like prince Edward in a can.
I lived a few blocks away in East Falls till HS graduation in 55, the year she married and was already famous. Clueless teen, I had no idea her home was nearby. Went to my 60th last year and there was a history marker there.
Larry