{"id":327,"date":"2019-07-11T14:47:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-07-12T03:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T03:22:56","slug":"gone-with-the-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-up-for-sale-starting-bid-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gone-with-the-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-up-for-sale-starting-bid-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Going, Going, Gone with the Wind: iconic mansion that inspired the film now up for auction with starting bid of $1 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/gone-with-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-auction.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gone-with-the-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-is-for-sale-auction-covington-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The iconic mansion that inspired &#8220;Gone with the Wind&#8221; is for sale<\/a> The instantly-recognizable plantation house that set the stage for the Wilkes family home in the movie &#8220;Gone with the Wind&#8221; is now on the auction block. And frankly, my dear, it&#8217;s a bargain<br><br>\n\nAccording to its website, the plantation home &#8212; now renamed Twelve Oaks after &#8220;Gone With the Wind&#8221; &#8212; inspired author Margaret Mitchell as the book was being adapted into the Oscar-winning movie. She apparently saw a picture of the Covington, Georgia home in the &#8220;Atlanta Journal,&#8221; sent it to the film&#8217;s production team and wrote &#8220;I like this for Ashley&#8217;s home.&#8221;<br><br>\n\nOnline bidding for the home began July 4, and a live auction will take place on July 25. The starting bid is $1 million.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nImage courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gone-with-the-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-is-for-sale-auction-covington-georgia\/\">Target Auction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) The iconic mansion that inspired &#8220;Gone with the Wind&#8221; is for sale The instantly-recognizable plantation house that set the stage for the Wilkes family home in the movie &#8220;Gone with the Wind&#8221; is now on the auction block. And frankly, my dear, it&#8217;s a bargain According to its website,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/gone-with-the-wind-mansion-twelve-oaks-up-for-sale-starting-bid-1-million\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,9,12],"tags":[45,79,26,78,28],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-movie-critic","post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-art-and-poem","category-figures-and-facts","category-movies-books-and-entertainment","category-us-and-world","tag-art","tag-entertainment","tag-facts","tag-movies","tag-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}