Civil War home, farmland brings nearly $900K at auction DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. — A 120.57-acre gently rolling, mostly cropland farm with a Civil War-era frame home sold at auction recently for $888,520, or $7,369 per acre. The home – with 14.4 acres, a tobacco barn and a tool shed – brought $152,000, for an average of $10,556 per acre. The remaining unimproved land sold for $736,520, or $ 6,937 per acre. This auction was conducted by James R. Knott, auctioneer with Kurtz Auction & Realty Co. To learn more, email him at john@kurtzauction.com or call 800-264-1204, and visit www.kurtzauction.com |