Auction Alert!

60 Years of City Views Go To Auction: 3525 Turtle Creek #17B

By Jon Anderson / November 3, 2017 /

On November 15, Heritage Auctions will be auctioning unit 17B at Dallas’ first residential high-rise, 3525 Turtle Creek.  It’s the Meyer-designed building with the concrete lattice (brise soleil) next to Vendome.  Since 1957, it’s been holding court on Turtle Creek and this year marks its 60th anniversary. After a recent tear of renovation projects and the…

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Church Accepting Bids on Historic Downtown Grapevine Homes

By Bethany Erickson / July 31, 2017 /

If you’ve always loved the shopping and dining in downtown Grapevine, a local church is unloading two historic homes within walking distance to raise funds. First United Methodist Church in Grapevine announced this month that it would take bids on the historic H.L. Forbes house and the J.K. Buckner house. Both are on College Street,…

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Auctions, Auctions Everywhere: The Champ, Eagle Mountain Lake Estate, and the Home of the Crystal Heiress

By Candy Evans / June 13, 2017 /

Yes, there are a proliferation of fabulous real estate auctions coming up, including our very own CandysDirt.com Staff Party TONIGHT in Vaquero, at the 8,923 square foot estate of Swarovski heiress Vanessa Swarovski. Vanessa was formerly married to MLB player Jorge Piedra, but she got the house. Her 1.7-acre estate has six-bedrooms and nine-bathrooms at…

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Running Down Memory Lane at 3420 Ranchero in the Hearthrob of Plano

By Candy Evans / March 13, 2017 /

The original owners of 3420 Ranchero, the mega Plano mansion that will be auctioned tomorrow at 2 o’clock p.m. sharp, stopped by one of the preview events at the home over the weekend. Here is James Muns,  a former mayor and the developer of El Rancho Estates back in the early 1970’s. He built the…

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It’s (Almost) Showtime: 3420 Ranchero Hits Auction Block TUESDAY 2pm

By Candy Evans / March 12, 2017 /

Let me tell you why Tuesday’s auction of 3420 Ranchero in the honeypot of Plano is so very important: dirt. This area is the estate haven of Plano, equivalent to the honeypot of Old Preston Hollow in Dallas, or Hunters Glen in Highland Park. And the property can be had for less than its Collin…

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