By Neal J. Leitereg / Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — The longtime family ranch and a North Hollywood dance studio of late singer-actress Debbie Reynolds will be among property up for auction next month.
The ranch-estate in Creston, California, had been offered for sale before Reynolds’ death last year for $4.8 million but was taken off the market in June. The studio on Lankershim Boulevard is for sale, with an asking price of $6.15 million.
Both will hit the auction block Oct. 7-8 in Los Angeles as part of the Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds personal property collection, according to auction house Profiles in History.
Owned by Reynolds for more than two decades, the 44-acre ranch comprises a main house, a guesthouse, a caretaker’s cottage, an art studio and a barn. A 10,000-square-foot support building with metal and stage workshops and a 6,000-square-foot film and television production studio are among other structures on the estate.
The six-bedroom, five-bathroom main house includes two master suites, a library, a gym and a country-inspired kitchen with built-in booth seating. A custom theater room seats 20 people.
Irrigated pastures, four wells and a spring-fed pond are also on the grounds.
The dance studio, established by Reynolds in 1979, sits on six parcels totaling nearly an acre of grounds. It includes a lounge area, dressing rooms, showers and six studios in nearly 19,000 square feet of space.
By going the auction route, Reynolds’ estate is hoping to appeal to a larger group of buyers, according to Joe Maddalena, president and chief executive of Profiles in History.
Reserve prices for both properties have not been determined but will be set closer to the auction date. The ranch is expected to fetch $4 million to $6 million, and the studio $6 million to $8 million, based on appraisals.
She died in December at 84, one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, died at age 60.
In harmony with a buyer: Grammy-winning artist Kenny Loggins has cut loose his home in Santa Barbara, selling the 1-acre spread for $2.65 million.
Set against a backdrop of mountains and trees, the park-like property centers on a hacienda-style home built in 1960. The main house, which has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, shares the site with a guesthouse and a swimming pool.
Formal living and dining rooms, a family room with a wet bar, a library/den and an updated kitchen make up the single-story floor plan. Appointments include stone and tile floors, beamed ceilings and fireplaces in the living room and master bedroom.
Pocketing glass doors open to various patios and a built-in barbecue. Lawns surround the pool, which has a baja deck and a spa.
Everett native Loggins, 68, composed songs for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and released six albums as half of the rock-pop duo Loggins and Messina before he became a solo artist.
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