{"id":5760,"date":"2016-10-26T03:34:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T03:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/javafurniture.com\/news\/?p=5760"},"modified":"2016-10-26T03:34:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T03:34:18","slug":"blixseth-furniture-to-be-auctioned-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/blixseth-furniture-to-be-auctioned-in-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Blixseth furniture to be auctioned in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

By DANIEL PERSON Chronicle Staff Writer<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no saying where towering gothic thrones made of carved black walnut were planned to go in \u201cThe Pinnacle,\u201d the spec home at the Yellowstone Club promised to be the most expensive in the world when it hit the market.<\/h2>\n

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<\/span> The home was never built. And now the thrones are going to auction, along with more than 300 other antiques accumulated by Tim and Edra Blixseth to furnish the 53,000-square-foot home that was to have hit the market at $155 million.<\/p>\n

Red Baron, an antique dealer in Atlanta, plans to sell the pieces in a live auction the second weekend of November. The total collection, Red Baron says, is worth $8 million or more.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople buy this kind of furniture when they want you to know they\u2019re rich,\u201d said Bob Brown, president of Red Baron. \u201cYou can\u2019t put 100 dollar bills on your wallpaper, so that\u2019s what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on paperwork that came with the furniture, Brown said it appeared the Blixseths spent \u201ca fortune\u201d just traveling to acquire the exquisite furnishings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks to me like some of the best stuff there ever was,\u201d said Brown, who has been in the antique business for 35 years. \u201cA lot of stuff that was made for kings. In America, we can\u2019t be king, so people want to buy things kings once owned.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prospects of \u201cThe Pinnacle\u201d being built dimmed in March 2015 when Tim Blixseth sold the 160-acre lot it would have sat on. By then, the Blixseths were already in divorce proceedings and the club\u2019s bankruptcy was looming.<\/p>\n

The club did go under, and after a series of court hearings, was bought by Boston-based CrossHarbor Capital Partners.<\/p>\n

With the club, CrossHarbor got the furniture, said Matt Kidd, a partner at the firm. But the new owners thought they would do better liquidating the collection than they would trying to find places to put it at the millionaires-only club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t really fit into our business plan,\u201d Kidd said. \u201cIt isn\u2019t needed for what we\u2019re planning for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the throne, a gryphoned and garlanded bank clock, marble and mahogany mirrors and walnut and ebony cabinets are featured in Red Barron\u2019s advertisements for the \u201cfinest and most fantastic furnishings from the world famous Yellowstone Club n the only private ski resort in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In all, 13 tractor-trailer loads of furniture are being shipped from Big Sky to Atlanta between now and the auction, Brown said.<\/p>\n

The collection, which has been advertised in publications like the Wall Street Journal, has piqued interest, Brown said. A man from Britain called saying he wanted to make a bid on the entire collection. Brown said he took the call with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is great stuff. Whether any one person can use it all, I doubt it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Daniel Person can be reached at dperson@dailychronicle.com<\/a> or 582-2665.<\/p>\n

Source : http:\/\/www.bozemandailychronicle.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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