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THE BROKERS<br />
BERNARD (BERNIE) UECHTRITZ<br />
International Real Estate Adviser Bernard Uechtritz<br />
has a 20-year proven track record of selling and advising<br />
on complex, unique and luxury real estate as well as iconic<br />
ranches throughout the United States. Since 1995, he has<br />
managed and sold real estate for a broad range of clients,<br />
institutions, and private wealth management entities.<br />
Born in Papua, New Guinea to a pioneering ranch<br />
family, Uechtritz has the ‘cowboy tradition’ in his blood.<br />
In a career made on the impossible, Uechtritz pursued his<br />
passion for real estate and ranches stateside, consulting<br />
as an international marketing expert and strategic real<br />
estate specialist for some of the world’s biggest and most<br />
unique properties. Uechtritz is a father, cattle rancher<br />
and competitive horseman.<br />
quality bucks on the ranch that have never heard a rifle<br />
shot.”<br />
The windswept location also offers untapped potential.<br />
All wind energy rights will convey with the property, giving<br />
the new owner the option of developing that resource.<br />
Obviously, moving the ranch toward the future is vital,<br />
but so is retaining its past.<br />
“Speaking personally,” said Uechtritz, “I am certainly<br />
hoping we engage a true patriot or entity who cares less<br />
about ‘what price,’ and who will step forward to protect,<br />
preserve and enhance this American icon and the cowboy<br />
way of life for another 200 years.”<br />
He continued, “From a brand perspective, no other<br />
ranch will ever be the Waggoner. There can only be one<br />
Waggoner.”<br />
THE PRICE<br />
The receiver for the W.T. Waggoner Estate, Michael<br />
Baskerville, has set a guideline price for the Waggoner<br />
Ranch at $725 million.<br />
“The market will soon tell us if we are $3 million too<br />
high or $300 million too law,” Uechtritz said. “Right now,<br />
the level of response is telling us that this will not be a<br />
drawn out process.”<br />
BRIGGS FREEMAN SOTHEBY’S<br />
INTERNATIONAL REALTY<br />
Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is<br />
the oldest privately held real estate boutique in Dallas.<br />
With six offices in Dallas, Lakewood, Uptown, Ranch<br />
and Land, The Ballpark and Southlake, and more<br />
than 250 associates, the firm specializes in significant<br />
properties, from historic to contemporary, ranch to<br />
waterfront. The company’s deep-rooted connections,<br />
cutting-edge marketing and global strategies bring the<br />
extraordinary to all clients. President and CEO Robbie<br />
Briggs independently owns and operates Briggs Freeman<br />
Sotheby’s International Realty.<br />
CHAS. S. MIDDLETON AND SON<br />
Sam Middleton is the owner of the renowned West<br />
Texas real estate and appraisal firm, Chas. S. Middleton<br />
and Son, established by his grandfather in 1920. The<br />
business consists of farm and ranch appraisals and farm<br />
and ranch sales. Middleton holds Real Estate Broker<br />
licenses in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and<br />
Colorado. Middleton also holds the designation of ARA<br />
(Accredited Rural Appraiser) through the American<br />
Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, and is<br />
a certified appraiser for the states of Texas, New Mexico<br />
and Colorado. He has sold numerous expansive ranches<br />
throughout the western states of Texas, Colorado, New<br />
Mexico and Kansas over the course of several decades.<br />
Middleton lives near Lubbock and is also a cattle rancher.
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