{"id":16458,"date":"2026-06-15T11:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=16458"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:43:48","slug":"modern-fantasy-castle-auction-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=16458","title":{"rendered":"Modern fantasy castle auction\u00a0 in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you have the $2.5 million reserve, you can get into the estimated $6.5 mil DecaroAuctions.com auction for an Oregon fairy-tale castle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melissa McPhail was the author of the expansive epic-fantasy series\u00a0A Pattern of Shadow & Light<\/em>. She originally imagined a place where she could write and create, with the longer ambition of welcoming artists from around the world into a setting that offered the same freedom\u2014a castle for creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, she passed away in 2022 before it was completed in 2023. The estate is now being put up for auction by her surviving husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find it interesting how many of these kinds of grand capstone projects are started by wealthy individuals that often never see them completed. Steve Jobs started his famous yacht. It’s a reminder to treasure each day because the plans of tomorrow may all come to nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.<\/p>\nPsalm 146<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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