European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. December 15, 1937 the stars and stripes Page 7 Texas mansion still awaiting new owner Dallas al1 a .1 1.00 1 Square fool mansion that h is languished Cut four years a he sagging Texas re in estate Market a reduced fur a him a Sale at a special auction Sunda just .44 million. He Here were no lakers. There weren t even any bidders. "1 really did t it Eccl in to sell  said owner in Ricc Shane aim. "1 he real reason for this was to try and gel some exposure ill we have Jollyn a great Deal of interest hmm All Over the  the sprawling Flagstone Clad icon to the Texas Boom Days went up for auction on inc fourth Day of estate sales within the Walls of what is re Quiej to be inc biggest House in a big slate. For the auction the mansion was piled High with furnishings Silver per Sian pigs and China. About 100 people kept bidding Active but no one even hindered to put Down ,000 Lor a bid Ding card. Ili Ikhil was to have begun at j i Mil lion and the announcement Ibal there were no bidders was a letdown Lor some who came to gawk. I was disappointed that the Home did t sell that s really what i came Here for said Kay Pratt a broker who bought a few dinner plates. It would make a great private club but i Doi Ihl they could gel the zoning for it. I think it will be Here for a while built in 1964 by Theodore Shan bum inc House is a testament to the flashy. Some might say Gaudy design of the period. Wide rooms Low ceilings panelling and mirrored tiles Are Hall Marks of the Home which even a local real estate agent admits Lias a Case of t Joe  but agents and auctioneers have promoted he potential of the Manstein Winch ii us 19 ediooivi5. Four kitchens indoor and outdoor pools garage space for five cars and a parking lol Lisa will accommodate 75 More. The House  door to the estate or billionaire Hross i Ortii also comes Complete with 17 bathrooms. Shan Baum  said he put in All that plumbing because he grew up in a Chi Cago tenement where six families shared a single bathroom. He doubled inc sine of the North dal Las mansion in 1968. And it had an orig Inal asking Price of $2.75 million when it went on the Market in the Early 1980s after the couple divorced. Aside from the Price there were Oiler a rings working against the Sale much of the furniture was removed and the House sat unattended Uli Ile the Price of Oil stalled a decline the crash. It realty went downhill after a Cou ple of years it  said Norman Iran to. President