BUFORD, Ga. -- Michael Vick's house is still available.
No one made an offer on the luxury home in suburban Atlanta at an auction Tuesday. A minimum bid of $3.2 million was required, but only two parties showed up and neither brought the $160,000 payment that was needed just to start the auction.
There is no market for the eight-bedroom, 11-bath home at that price in light of the economy, Sterling Realty Services president Narender Reddy said. The whole process lasted less than an hour. Now, a bankruptcy judge must decide the next step for Vick's house.
The former star quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons is serving a 23-month sentence at Leavenworth, Kan., for bankrolling a dogfighting operation. He filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July.
Federal authorities are opposing a plan to take Vick to Virginia to testify at his April 2 bankruptcy hearing.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro said last month that Vick must appear at a hearing in Norfolk even if his attorneys have to get a court order to make it happen. The U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria filed an objection Tuesday, a day after Vick's lawyers asked for the court order.
No explanation was given for the objection. Santoro has scheduled a hearing on the issue for Wednesday morning.
