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"The smallest town in the US has been sold to a Vietnamese businessman for $900,000 (\u00C2\u00A3567,000). Buford was sold by its only resident Don Sammons via an online auction that lasted 11 minutes. The tiny town in Wyoming - which houses a convenience store, gas station and a three-bedroom home - saw bidders from 46 countries. Buford also includes a mobile phone tower, car park, a tool shed and an historic school house from 1905. Auction house Williams and Williams revealed that the businessman flew over to Wyoming to complete the sale. &amp;quot;Owning a piece of property in the US has been my dream,&amp;quot; the winning bidder said in a statement. Sammons moved to Buford with his wife in 1980. After his wife died in 1992, he decided to purchase the town. The 61-year-old explained that he decided to sell Buford in order to move to Colorado to be nearer his son. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m happy and I&amp;#039;m sad all at once,&amp;quot; Sammons said. &amp;quot;But I&amp;#039;m more happy than sad because this is all I wanted. I can continue and start the next chapter of my life.&amp;quot; Buford used to be populated by over 2,000 people, but the numbers dwindled after its train service ended. &amp;gt; Whole Spanish town wins lottery, apart from one man &amp;gt; eBay pulls auction offering date with sexy Virgin Mary, Joseph "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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