Dec 28th 2012 8:00AM
Things you can get at an auction: A 27,415-square-foot mansion in Queensland, Australia, with horse stables. And a gym. And a heated indoor swimming pool and spa. That's a pretty awesome auction. This 44-acre estate, dubbed the "Bellagio La Villa," seems to be the subject of a nasty split: Owners Paul and Viki Sweeney,... Continue Reading »
Jun 18th 2012 6:00AM
Kenny Rogers' house is up for auction. "The Gambler" is taking a gamble with a no-reserve, no-minimum absolute auction on his 150-acre lake house estate in Athens, Ga. The property, which was designed by Rogers himself, was previously listed for $3.5 million. And it's quite the place. There's a private eight-acre... Continue Reading »
Mar 17th 2011 12:56PM
First Lynne Curtain gets evicted at the end of the last season, and now this. As fans of the Real Housewives of Orange County get to know the newest member of the franchise's original show, Peggy Tanous, pictured left, she might be more preoccupied with the fight to keep her Irvine home than her newly-found time in the... Continue Reading »
Aug 3rd 2010 2:26PM
Confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad may be infamous for an attempt to detonate a car bomb in Manhattan's busiest plaza, but the foreclosure sale of his former Connecticut home ended like most auctions these days -- back in the hands of the bank. At this past weekend's foreclosure auction, no one countered the... Continue Reading »
Jul 16th 2010 11:07AM
A 55,000-square-foot mansion set for auction next month would easily fetch the $9.9 million previous asking price if it were in Carmel, Calif., instead of Carmel, Ind. But there it sits in Indiana, a 36-room home called Le Chateau Renaissance, built by Conseco insurance company founder Stephen Hilbert and his wife,... Continue Reading »
