Actor Patrick Duffy’s longtime southern Oregon residence along the Rogue River, once for sale at $10,995,000, sold at auction Dec. 14 for $5.75 million.
The live streamed auction at Sotheby’s Auction House in New York lasted 15 minutes, with two determined bidders moving up $50,000 at a time.
The 329-acre Duffy Ranch at 436 Staley Road outside Eagle Point includes the main residence, pool house and 15-acre island in the river.
There was no pre-set reserve or minimum bid for the ranch, but interested buyers made offers to Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions during the bidding period of Dec. 7-14. On Dec. 7, the auction house received multiple bids at $3 million, $3.5 million, several at $3.75 million and one at $4 million.
The first bid of the live auction was $4.1 million, made by a representative of the unknown bidder who offered $3.5 million on Dec. 7 and later prevailed as the winner with the final bid of $5.75 million.
Once the bids reached $4.5 million, the eventual winning bidder and a new bidder ratcheted up the price 23 times.
Concierge Auctions, which specializes in marketing luxury real estate worldwide, partnered with Duffy’s listing broker, Alan DeVries of Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty. “This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of Oregon-coveted Rogue Valley,” said DeVries. “With nearly two miles of river frontage and the ability to subdivide, the opportunities are endless.”
Duffy’s 383-acre holdings on Staley Road and adjacent Trails End Lane, including four smaller parcels totaling 54 acres, were initially for sale at $14 million in September 2022. Six months later, the smaller parcels were each listed separately. Two of the small lots have sold; asking prices for 775 Trails End Lane and 535 Trails End Lane have decreased.
The 329 acres auctioned include:
- The lodge-style primary residence on 79 acres of riverfront that is potentially divisible into five acre lots, said DeVries. The 1950s main house has a river-stone fireplace and knotty pine walls under exposed beam ceilings, and an enclosed sunroom facing the water. Duffy added a wing to the house with a high-ceilinged art gallery and a primary suite. There is also a walkway to a wine cave and spa cabin.
- A detached pool building with a series of glass doors that draw in natural light.
- More than 100 acres of irrigated grounds and a two-acre pond for irrigation and recreation.
- A 15-acre island in the Rogue River.
Across the river is the Rogue River Preserve, the former 352-acre MacArthur Ranch that cannot be developed. The Southern Oregon Land Conservancy owns the land that protects declining, rare plant and animal species.
“Amazing views, abundant wildlife” like an elk herd, turkeys and black-tailed deer, said DeVries of the property he calls a “true generational sanctuary” 16 miles from the Rogue Valley International Airport.
An antique wood-fired kitchen range made in South Bend, Indiana, and some of the other materials in the house were rescued from the original, dilapidated homestead after Duffy bought the property in 1990. The actor who had found fame in the primetime TV soap opera “Dallas” starred in the 1990s sitcom “Step by Step” with Suzanne Somers.
The once rusty kitchen range has been restored and converted to use propane. It is the centerpiece of the kitchen, said Duffy in a real estate video.
“There are several different worlds on the property,” said Duffy in the video, as he moves from pastoral to forest to waterfront areas. He said the natural environment, which he has kept undeveloped, has a feeling that can’t be invented but can be understood in any language.
This property “just needs another set of ears and another heart to come in and understand it,” he said in the video.
Property details and diligence documents are available at ConciergeAuctions.com or by calling 212-202-2940.
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— Janet Eastman | 503-294-4072
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