McIver ranch and possessions auctioned off

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PHOTOS: McIver ranch auction

Event Aug. 3-5 at property in Eatonton, Georgia

Tex and Diane McIver's 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA was auction off for over a million dollares Saturday GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Edd Jones bids on an item during an auction of Tex and Diane McIver's personal effects at the 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

People sit among items ready to be auctioned off at Tex and Diane McIver's 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A tracker sits waiting to be auctioned off during the auction of Tex and Diane McIver's personal effects at the 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Tex and Diane McIver's 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA was auction off for over a million dollares Saturday GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A Native American headdress sits waiting to be auctioned off during the auction of Tex and Diane McIver's personal effects at the 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A jade covered skull sits waiting to be auctioned off during the auction of Tex and Diane McIver's personal effects at the 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Kaylee Barckhoff (left) and her mother, Valerie Barckhoff, look over items for sale at the 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., where Tex and Diane McIver had lived, on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Ramona Bray looks over a humidor that was to be auctioned off this weekend at the 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., where Tex and Diane McIver had lived. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Harvy Lee Whitening looks over items that will be auctioned off at the 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., where Tex and Diane McIver had lived, on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Kristin Toland looks over pewter cowboy boots that will be auctioned off at the 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., where Tex and Diane McIver had lived, on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Tom Lindsey from Dempsey Auction Co. helps to keep track of the bids during the live auction for Tex and Diane McIver's former 85-acre ranch and all their former belongings in Eatonton, Ga., on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Tex and Diane McIver's former 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., was auctioned off for $1 million on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

A diamond-studded brooch sits waiting to be sold during the auction of Tex and Diane McIver's personal effects at their former 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo; STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

The 85-acre ranch in Eatonton, Ga., where Tex and Diane McIver had lived, was auctioned off for $1 million on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

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Tex and Diane McIver's 84-acre ranch in Eatonton GA was auction off for over a million dollares Saturday GA August 4, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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