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Current Lighthouse Bids: Old Orchard Shoals - $235,000 (closed); West Bank - $245,000; (closed); Borden Flats - $20,000; Sharp's Island - $5,000.
Current ArticleBy Sue Clark on Apr 18, 2008 in Updates 
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Clare Island Lighthouse, on the market since 2006, apparently has had no interest with a price tag of 2.1 million Euros ($3,303,912 USD). The company listing it has cut the asking price down to 500,000 Euros, or only $786,645.90 USD. Want to make an offer on it at that price?
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Bagging Lighthouses
Sounds like some big game safari. Well, lighthouses are our prey, and the British describe this hunting and shooting (photographing) of our lighthouses just perfectly. They “bag” them, just like a hunter bags the game he shot.Continued...
Lighthouse Bidding Breaks $200,000
Whew, so far the bids are standing at $200,000 for West Bank Lighthouse and $140,000 for Old Orchard Shoal. There will probably be no more bids over the weekend, but come Monday there might be some more action. There is a notice on the site that if the auctions haven’t closed by August 26, the bid increments will be increased to $15,000 rather than the $5,000 as it is now.Continued...
The Bids Keep Going...
Just a quick update on the GSA auctions. The bidding on New York lighthouses Old Orchard Shoals and West Bank is still going strong. The auction is extended one more day till Tuesday August 19. Current bids are $130,000 for West Bank Lighthouse and $90,000 for Old Orchard Shoals.Continued...
Big Tub At the Mall
We’ve seen a lighthouse installed in an airport, but now there is going to be one in a mall. An eighteen foot replica of Big Tub Lighthouse (Tobermory, ON) will be installed this week at Vaughn Mills Mall, Canada’s largest outlet mall, which is about 18 miles north of Toronto.Continued...
Grand Haven Lighthouse Raffle
Well, it’s not the real Grand Haven lighthouse. And you have to live in or very near to Grand Haven, Michigan. But if you do, you can enter the raffle to win a playhouse for your kids, or yourself. Remember, aging is inevitable, but maturity is optional. So feel free to keep it for yourself, if you win.Continued...
Private Lighthouse Crumbling
A private lighthouse at a lodge on Lake Tahoe is in danger of crumbling from last winter’s waves and ice, and if not fixed will probably tumble off its damaged foundation into the lake. The Thunderbird Cove Beacon light is owned by the lodge, which is housed in a former mansion known as the Whittell mansion, and was formerly used to house the mansion’s security and lighting system.Continued...
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