Apparently not. They tried to auction off Nicholas Cage’s foreclosed Bel Air mansion on Wednesday, but it had no takers. Weird that no one wanted to spend $10.4 million on a “fascinating and bizarre” “frat house bordello.” But I guess that’s the sort of thing you do to Dean Martin’s old house when you think things will never change.

Does this mean I need to rethink my Sorority House Coffee Klatch with Bunnies Ranch theme in the Power Shack?? What?
Foreclosure auction of Nicolas Cage’s mansion is a flop

After a rapid-fire spiel by the auctioneer, the bidding was opened at $10.4 million, far less than the $35 million that Cage had tried unsuccessfully to sell the house for.

To put it mildly, the house, though impressive, was not to everyone’s taste. Real estate agent Bret Parsons, who toured it most recently in October, described the interiors as “fascinating and bizarre.”

“The design was ‘frat house bordello,’ ” Parsons said. “There must have been 300 comic book covers elaborately framed and hanging on the walls.”

Model train sets on raised tracks a couple feet below the ceiling circled the inside of the breakfast room and two bedrooms…

The property was built in 1940 for $110,000, said Parsons, who is also the author of “Colcord Home” about architect Gerard Colcord, who designed the landmark property.

It was once owned by singer Dean Martin, who in 1974 commissioned Colcord to add a 2,500-square-foot entertainment complex. When another singer, Tom Jones, owned it, a $60,000 wall was erected around the property to keep adoring fans at bay.

Parsons blames the pricing for the fact that Cage couldn’t unload the house, even after it came down to $17.5 million. But the real estate agent also noted that the lot was squeezed with the addition of the entertainment complex. And, he said, there was no room left for a tennis court.

Well, never mind then!

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  1. franknitti says:

    I’m surprised Charlie Sheen didn’t put in a bid what with the frat house bordello interior designs and all. Tiger Woods might be interested as well.

  2. Maynard says:

    Hey, that sounds like my kind of place. Maybe we could get a few TAMs to pool our resources and set it up as a sovereign fiefdom under Queen Tammy I. I will myself serve as chamberlain and food taster, and Pat S can be chief of staff. Our top priorities will of course be to commit terrorist acts and acquire nuclear weapons, thus assuring that the Obama Administration will send aid and bow down to us. Good thing that Tom Jones built that wall; we’re going to need it when America collapses and we get a flood of political refugees. I’m working up a fantasy of slamming the sledgehammer down on the fingers of Barbara Streisand and the rest of our disreputable Hollywood neighbors when we catch them climbing our fence begging admittance.

  3. RuBegonia says:

    Syd would likely prefer to be the only critter barking in the background at the Power Shack 🙂

    • Maynard says:

      Don’t worry, Ru. Come the revolution, Sydney’s antediluvian intolerance will no longer be permitted. We will, if necessary, send Syd to a re-education camp, where she will be reminded of her place in the scheme of things. Exodus was quite clear on this point: Upon being freed from the House of Bondage (an oblique reference to West Hollywood), we were sent to take possession of the Land of Canine. All animals are now equal (although some are more equal than others).

  4. JLThorpe says:

    300 framed comic book covers hanging on the walls? Sad to say, but I actually find that kind of neat. When I was younger, I had some comic books hanging on the walls of my bedroom. I also had ideas for hanging album covers and the like as well, if I ever got a place of my own. But I’ve since grown up (slightly), and my house is decorated normally. Well, except for the two bookcases filled with action figures, but those are sequestered in the sunroom with a door I can close when I want to hide my shame from others. 😉

  5. Don’t worry, Ru. Come the revolution, Sydney’s antediluvian intolerance will no longer be permitted. We will, if necessary, send Syd to a re-education camp, where she will be reminded of her place in the scheme of things. Exodus was quite clear on this point: Upon being freed from the House of Bondage (an oblique reference to West Hollywood), we were sent to take possession of the Land of Canine. All animals are now equal (although some are more equal than others).

    lol!
    🙂

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