 cloudcaptain  | 03 Jul 2007 6:03 a.m. PST |
Bran castle is on the market if you are looking for a vacation home: link |
| cloudcaptain | 03 Jul 2007 6:05 a.m. PST |
WEll…Drac's castle that is. |
Germy Bugger  | 03 Jul 2007 6:12 a.m. PST |
Nice little haunt (pardon the pun) picture Although they reckon it will go for about $135 USD million so I can either buy that or a two bedroom flat in London…. |
| malamute | 03 Jul 2007 6:14 a.m. PST |
I submitted my offer this morning…. |
 nycjadie  | 03 Jul 2007 6:25 a.m. PST |
Unfortunately, we do not accept bids for 135 million pounds of lead, sculpted or not. |
 Bonny Prince Bluebottle | 03 Jul 2007 6:32 a.m. PST |
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 Saber6 | 03 Jul 2007 6:37 a.m. PST |
Gee, I did not know there were any Hapsburgs left |
 John the OFM | 03 Jul 2007 7:01 a.m. PST |
I read somewhere that the legitimate heir to the Hapsburg crown is a usd car dealer in Vienna.
"Hi, Biff Hapsburg. I see you have quite a family there. Can I interest you in a mini-van?" Sure, they may have dropped the "von", but who knows what they are really up to? |
| Father Georgi | 03 Jul 2007 7:57 a.m. PST |
Not sure about that John the OFM. The "heir" to the Hapsburg crown is Otto Von Hapsburg link |
| Cry Havoc | 03 Jul 2007 9:45 a.m. PST |
It's Habsburg not Hapsburg. :-) I always wanted to live in a castle. It is one of my childhood dreams. With prices like this I think I can give up hope. Well at least there is sort of a moat next to my appartment building. |
 Pictors Studio | 03 Jul 2007 11:50 a.m. PST |
Given that one of their main areas of skill in being a dynasty was their ability to reproduce themselves like crazy I would be surprised if there weren't any left. |
 nazrat | 03 Jul 2007 1:50 p.m. PST |
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 Jovian1 | 03 Jul 2007 2:16 p.m. PST |
Wow, when I win the lottery – the big one – perhaps I'll make a bid. Now only if I could get some fancy title to go with it! Can you imagine if all of the TMPer's put together a bid – we could make it into The Miniatures Pages Convention Center & Castle. Just think of all of the fun conventions you could host there! Pulp games, historical games, complete with a historical setting! Now wouldn't that be the thing! |
| Pictors Studio | 03 Jul 2007 2:27 p.m. PST |
I don't think that I could host many games there. The airfare would kill me. |
| John the OFM | 03 Jul 2007 5:44 p.m. PST |
Perhaps the article I read meant he had invested in auto delerships.
You have to make ends meet when you can no longer tax salt and hearths. |
| Trapondur | 04 Jul 2007 1:38 a.m. PST |
The Habsburgs breed like rabbits, don't worry about them.
They make their money with evading taxes by smuggling their art treasures from one country to another, and there selling them off for usually at least thrice overpriced. Otto is really old now, he only talks about God and "restitution", his son Karl is the greatest idiot the main lines of the family have had in quite a while. He was so stupid even Austria's republicans didn't want him to run for them anymore (and they usually take any candidates). |
 Dances With Words | 04 Jul 2007 8:44 a.m. PST |
….did they mention the part about 'includes one family crypt'…slightly 'used'…but only during daylight hours for last 400 or so years?????….(do you hear that 'flapping noise' in the darkness Hans????…Hans?…HANS???? HAAAAAAAACCKKKKK****choke! 'I never drink….wine…..' Good Evening…enter freely and of your own will….' 'Fortunately, MY ancestors spawned in different oceans than yours!!!! slish…slish*… |
| imperialforge | 04 Jul 2007 4:54 p.m. PST |
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 andygamer | 04 Jul 2007 7:35 p.m. PST |
Buy it and turn it into a steak restaurant (with great garlic bread). |
 Der Alte Fritz | 05 Jul 2007 9:31 a.m. PST |
They will only sell it to "a buyer who will treat the property and its history with the appropriate respect." I guess that eliminates Disney or Six Flags Over Transylvania. |
| nycjadie | 05 Jul 2007 9:42 a.m. PST |
"Do they ship overseas?" The Castle or the Habsburgs? |
