Marino Adds Furniture, Football to Home Offer (now only $13.5M)

Online WSJ ^ | 6-5-09

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Unable to find a buyer for his Weston, Fla., home, Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has a new game plan: He’s throwing in $1.5 million worth of designer furniture—and a signed football, too.

The former Miami Dolphin first listed the house—about 25 miles west of Fort Lauderdale—three years ago and twice cut the price.

Now, Mr. Marino, 47 years old, and his wife, Claire, are asking $13.5 million for the 15,000-square-foot Tuscan home on four acres. They built it in 1998 and among other things put in a new master suite and marble showers.

The home has 10 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms and two powder rooms. The property includes two guest houses, a pool, a putting green, a 5,000-bottle wine cellar and a pond stocked with fresh bass.

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Video tour of home

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~~Things are tough all over .... ;)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Marino earned every penny he’s got.

[Frank_2001]

He’ll throw in a FOOTBALL? Wow, that’s really generous of him!;))

[penelopesire]

Wow...nice place...too bad about the looming Obama Depression of 2010.

[trumandogz]

Perhaps Dan can sell all those Super Bowl rings.

[cydcharisse]

I hate it when they stock those ponds with stale bass.

[reagan_fanatic]

OK, Marino, here’s 3 mil, and I’ll throw in a football signed by me to boot.

[bicyclerepair]

Boo frikking hoo! Boy are Americans confused as to whom they idolize.

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[jakerobins]

Sure I’ll buy it if I can get a nice sweetheart deal like Chris Dodd...or Rezko will loan me some dough like Barry......

Otherwise it’s a little out of my price range...by about 13.4999 million dollars. LOL

[MediaMole]

What’s the over/under on a hurricane wiping the house off the map?

[prismsinc]

Nobody better be pickin on my childhood hero, Dan Marino. He’s a lifelong avid pro-life conservative.

[lilycicero]

Dan Marino ping....

[Lib-Lickers 2]

yeah but he’s tossing in over a million bucks worth of gaudy furniture

[Cheetahcat]

Yes season after season Him turning the game over in the 4th Quarter and losing, it got to a point where we were Real glad to see him go.

[MarineBrat]

That’s too much money to plonk down next to the ocean. The ocean does mean stuff!

[Buckeye McFrog]

why is Dan moving? I know he is not coming back to Pittsburgh.

[Recon Dad]

It's 25 miles from the ocean, but even with that if he'll finance I'm will to give him a $1,000.00, or I will swap my house with him.