A nearly 1,800-acre gentleman’s cattle ranch in California’s Mendocino wine country that was featured in HBO’s 2018 TV mini-series “Sharp Objects” will be sold to the highest bidder in an auction on Feb. 3.
Listed in July for $8.5 million, the Redwood Valley property served as the Crellin family estate in the thriller starring Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson. The property, two hours north of San Francisco and three hours from Lake Tahoe and Silicon Valley, will be sold at a live no-reserve sale conducted by Florida-based DeCaro Auctions International.
The auction was first reported by the New York Post.
The sellers live in the San Francisco Bay Area and bought the property, which is called The East Ranch, in 2017 as a vacation home and private retreat, according to Kathy Tang of Compass, who listed it in July. The owners are listed in property records under a limited liability company and could not be reached for comment.
“It’s one of the largest estates in the area, and there’s no other property that has a house of comparable quality and size,” she said, adding that “no expense was spared— the house has everything.”
The 7,500-square-foot wood-clad primary residence, which was built in 1997, is a replica of an 1885 Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco, complete with a porte-cochere, vintage furnishings and décor, custom woodwork and an etched-glass skylight that illuminates its upper stories.
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The four-story house, which follows the floor plan of the 19th-century original, has five bedrooms, four full bathrooms, one half bathroom, a den, a library, a kitchen island and a breakfast nook, a covered deck and a wraparound porch.
The property comprises 10 contiguous parcels, nine of which are protected under the Williamson Act as Type II Agricultural Rangeland with tax incentives. The Russian River flows through the remaining adjacent parcel.
Twenty-four miles of roadways pass through the grounds and grazing pastures. A guest house, a 4,900-square-foot barn, a gazebo, seven natural springs and six ponds, including an 18-acre one devoted to wildlife, and three walled gardens are among the main amenities. In addition, 50 to 75 acres are primed for wine cultivation.
The detached three-car garage includes 760 square feet of living space and a 250-square-foot workshop.
Calling the property “versatile” and “unlike any other,” Daniel DeCaro, auction house president and founder, said that “the winning bidder can make use of this property in many ways, according to the lifestyle envisioned,” whether that involves cattle or wine-making.
The sellers put the property on the market, Tang said, because “their kids are older, and the family doesn’t get there much any more.”
She added that the property is in a prime location. It’s about 35 minutes from Healdsburg, a city that has a 19th-century plaza and Michelin-star restaurants.
An eight-episode psychological thriller, “Sharp Objects” was based on the 2006 Gillian Flynn novel of the same name. Clarkson won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress in the show.
This article originally appeared on Mansion Global.
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