On this undated picture supplied by RETO Media is the home featured within the Steven Spielberg movie The Goonies in Astoria, Ore.
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On this undated picture supplied by RETO Media is the home featured within the Steven Spielberg movie The Goonies in Astoria, Ore.
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ASTORIA, Ore. — The itemizing agent for the Victorian house featured within the The Goonies movie in Astoria, Oregon, mentioned this week the doubtless new proprietor is a fan of the basic coming-of-age film about friendships and treasure looking, and he guarantees to protect and shield the landmark.
The 1896 house with sweeping views of the Columbia River flowing into the Pacific Ocean was listed in November with an asking worth of practically $1.7 million.
Jordan Miller of John L. Scott Actual Property mentioned the sale is predicted to shut in mid January, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The brand new proprietor, a self-described serial entrepreneur, will make his identify identified at the moment, Miller mentioned.
For the reason that film got here to theaters in 1985, followers have flocked to the house in northwestern Oregon’s historic port of Astoria. The town celebrates Goonies Day on June 7, the movie’s launch date, and welcomes 1000’s of individuals for the occasion.
A proposal was accepted six days after the home was listed, in line with public document.
“After the phrase unfold that the property was on the market, we acquired a number of affords, at asking worth and better, and we’ve got a full backup supply,” Miller mentioned.
Vendor Sandi Preston is passing alongside film memorabilia she has collected or has been given, and a number of the furnishings within the house, restored to its unique 1896 fashion, might also be offered to the customer, in line with Miller.
Preston was identified to be largely welcoming to guests. However she lived in the home and the fixed crowds had been a pressure that prompted her at occasions to shut it to foot visitors.
After the movie’s thirtieth anniversary drew about 1,500 every day guests in 2015, Preston posted “no trespassing” indicators prohibiting vacationers from strolling as much as the property. She reopened it to the general public in August.
Based mostly on a narrative by Steven Spielberg, the movie incorporates a group of mates preventing to guard their houses from an increasing nation membership and threats of foreclosures. Within the course of, they uncover an outdated treasure map that leads them on an journey and permits them to avoid wasting their “Goon Docks” neighborhood.
