'Sleeper' house auctioned off for $1.5M

DENVER, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A house featured in Woody Allen's 1973 film "Sleeper" has been sold at auction for $1.5 million after falling into foreclosure, The Denver Post said.

Michael Dunahay bought the house for $3.4 million in 2006, but fell behind on his payments, the report said.

Denver investor John Dilday paid one dollar more for the Genesee Mountain property than the minimum bid set by the lender who foreclosed on it.

He told the newspaper he has several buyers interested in what is known as the "Sculptured House" and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural merit. It was built in 1963.

"I usually don't buy houses like this unless I have interest," Dilday told the Post.