Former Hawthorn captain Sam Mitchell's house passed in at auction
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The West Hawthorn home of former Hawthorn AFL premiership captain Sam Mitchell was passed in at its weekend auction.
The onsite Jellis Craig auction opened with a $1.05 million vendor bid.
There was then a $1.1 million vendor bid.
It concluded with a $1.15 vendor bid.
”Three or four of you have been through three or four times,” said the auctioneer Steve Abbott as he tried to get a bid.
The renovated, single-fronted, three-bedroom house features open fireplaces, baltic pine floorboards, a CaesarStone bathroom, north-facing courtyard and rear off-street parking.
Jellis Craig agent Peter Vigano had been quoting $1.1 million plus. The house is now advertised as for sale for $1.25 million.
Mitchell paid $920,000 in early 2007 a year before his engagement to long-time girlfriend Lyndall Degenhardt. The couple now have three children.
Mitchell did not attend the auction.