$5,000 not enough to buy kitchen plans for Wausau home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Wausau Daily Herald

This Aug. 16, 1938 file photo shows artist and architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his studio at his home, Talisien, in Spring Green, Wis. Wright designed the home at 904 Grand Avenue in Wausau. The plans for the kitchen are up for auction.(AP Photo, File)

WAUSAU - Bids reached $5,000 for the kitchen plans for a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Wausau.

That wasn't enough.

The Boston-based auction house RR Auction, which specializes in rare documents and artifacts, pulled the plans from the sale because a bid of $5,000 did not meet the seller's minimum price of about $8,000, said Mike Graff of RR Auction.

Graff said the auction house likely will try to sell the drawings again. "Sometimes it takes a few months" to drive up interest in a particular item, he said.

The drawings are on one 45-by-29.5-inch page and include an overhead view of the kitchen, which featured an open-concept design and a curved wall. The plans also include schematics of appliances, a movable work table, counter tops and cabinets. Frank Lloyd Wright approved the plans with his initials.

These plans for the kitchen in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home at 904 Grand Ave., Wausau, are being sold through a Boston-based auction house.

The kitchen was part of a home designed by Wright in 1957 and built in 1958 at 904 Grand Ave. in Wausau. The home is now on the National Register of Historic Places and used as offices and a rental by Midwest Communications Inc., a company that owns 82 radio stations.

The Grand Avenue residence is the second home in Wausau that Frank Lloyd Wright designed. It's closely tied to the first home, said Duke Wright, who is the CEO of Midwest Communications and the son of the Grand Avenue home's original owners, Duey and Julia Wright — none of whom is related to the famous architect.

Contact Keith Uhlig at 715-845-0651 or kuhlig@gannett.com. Follow him at @UhligK on Twitter and Instagram or on Facebook.