NewsMarch 19, 2008
Flying saucer house sells for just $135K
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The sale price for a Chattanooga, Tenn., house shaped like a flying saucer is nothing to phone home about. The Space House sold at auction Saturday for a down-to-earth bid of $135,000. Auctioneer Terry Posey said he's surprised bidding didn't go higher. The sale of the 38-year-old, three-bedroom structure perched on six "landing gear" legs attracted worldwide attention. The house even has a retractable staircase that lowers to the ground...
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The sale price for a Chattanooga, Tenn., house shaped like a flying saucer is nothing to phone home about.
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The Space House sold at auction Saturday for a down-to-earth bid of $135,000. Auctioneer Terry Posey said he's surprised bidding didn't go higher. The sale of the 38-year-old, three-bedroom structure perched on six "landing gear" legs attracted worldwide attention. The house even has a retractable staircase that lowers to the ground.
Posey says Pearl Johnson of Cincinnati bought the mountainside house but didn't want to discuss the transaction.
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