Very few days, sometimes the first day!

Because the rich are different, especially when it comes to buying and selling real estate. That's why agents who work in the luxury marketplace are a breed apart. The homes they show are appropriate only for a handful of buyers. They may go unlisted to protect a high-profile seller's privacy. What's more, they're often found through personal connections rather than public open houses.

As many of them are unlisted, any data will never reflect the reality.

It is also dependant on the location, but everywhere it is taking longer now to sell.
Portland, Oregon
Between 90 and 120 days now
(30 to 60 days before)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29036051?slide=3

Charlotte, North Carolina
average being 120-160 days now
(60-90 days in 2006)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29036051?slide=5

There are exceptions too:
e.g. Millburn and Short Hills, NJ
Most homes are actually taking less time on the market to sell than they did a year ago. In 2008 the average number of days that a home was on the market was 52, whereas in 2007 it generally took 62 days to get a house sold. This is most likely due to the fact that the inventory of available homes is low. When a motivated buyer comes along, they have less selection to choose from therefore it takes less time to house hunt. Buyers do seem to be taking more liberties in negotiating as they managed to secure sales prices at 96.7% of the asking price in 2008, down a little from 97.9% in 2007.

Are you in Millburn or Short Hills, NJ
Source(s):
http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/agentsandbrokers/20040722-hodges.h...
http://activerain.com/blogsview/874324/MillburnShort-Hills-Real-Estate-A-Ye...

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Consider that marketing a multi-million dollar home is an expensive proposition, with color spreads in upmarket magazines and specialist publications, such as listings in the Dupont Registry, or on websites such as www.hamptons-international.com and www.luxuryrealestate.com

And in this market there is a chance that the estate agent can spend thousands of dollars and still not sell the property.

Well, since I'm done with my two cents worth, here's the info you need :)

"2006 sales of luxury homes in the United States were up 11 percent over 2005, according to the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing... the average market time for properties priced at $1 million and up in the Edina area was less than three months in 2006, says Ann Shaeffer, a realtor at Sky Sotheby’s International Realty."

--- from "Marketing the Million Dollar home"
http://www.mspmag.com/homes/features/million-dollarhomes/67886.asp

And -

"...homes listed for under a million bucks have a market time of 3.53 months vs. 21.29 months for homes listed for more than $1 million."

The chart shows the latest data (Mar 2009) and the column for time taken to sell these luxury homes (in months) is conveniently highlighted... maybe they knew you were gonna ask this question!

http://i42.tinypic.com/1zc2s6x.jpg

--- from "Million-dollar homes 6 times harder to sell"
http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2009/03/23/million-dollar-homes-6-times-harder-to-sell/17365/

This last pic is just for people to see what a luxury homes real estate agent looks like. The lady in the pic is a 'real' real estate agent, and has her own website.
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