Snoop around Johnny Depp's Kentucky horse farm before it goes on sale

Actor Johnny Depp is having trouble selling his 41-acre Kentucky farm, so he'll have it auctioned to the highest bidder on Sept. 15.

Jim Halfhill of the Halfhill Auction Group will conduct the auction, but first, the company is giving prospective buyers and innocent busy-bodies a chance to look around the property in this video. 

Depp, who was born in Owensboro in 1963, bought the farm for his mother, Betty Sue Palmer, in 2005 for $2 million. She died last year.

In December, the property was listed for sale for $3.4 million. The price was later dropped to $2.9 million.

Besides bragging rights to living in Johnny Depp's old home, the buyer will get a 6,000-square-foot ranch-style home with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, four-car garage, a one-bedroom guesthouse, three barns and a pool.

The new owner would live near another famous Kentucky property called Castlepost at 230 Pisgah Pike in Versailles. The castle, now used as an inn, isn't far from Depp's farm. 

There is also the possibility that the new owner will tear down Depp's home and sell the land for residential development. It's located near the pricey Westmoreland subdivision. 

For those with a couple million bucks to spare, the auction on Depp's property takes place 11 a.m. Sept. 15 on the farm at 5493 Versailles Road.

It is not an absolute auction, meaning there is a reserve price or the bottom price the seller will accept. The reserve price hasn’t been revealed.

Reach Kirby Adams at kadams@courier-journal.com.

You may like 

WorldFest leads the Top 5 shows in Louisville Aug. 31-Sept. 6

Someone made Taylor Swift put out a terrible song, or maybe it's just her fault

Got an art project for Louisville? The Jennifer Lawrence Art Fund will help pay for it