Sullivan & Sullivan holding auction at 27 Malone Ave. on Aug. 13. (AMY PORTER PHOTO/THE WESTFIELD NEWS)
WESTFIELD – Sullivan & Sullivan Auctioneers, LLC held a successful tax possession auction for the City of Westfield on Aug. 13 for a raised ranch at 27 Malone Ave.
Founder and owner Marianne Sullivan read the list of rules to the 18 to 20 qualified bidders that were gathered. Sullivan then began the bidding at $100,000. The first bid came in at $50,000, and quickly rose to a final sale of $182,000 after a back and forth between several parties.
The current assessed value for the property, a 6,969 square-foot lot and 1,232 square-foot duplex with 10 rooms, six bedrooms and two baths, is $171,200.
Approx. 18 to 20 qualified bidders attended the auction. (AMY PORTER PHOTO/THE WESTFIELD NEWS)
The house was previously on the auction block in July 2019, when it sold for $175,000. No information was available as to why it was back on the block.
