Francis E. Henry has purchased the building, after upsetting the latest upset bid of $389,000 submitted by a Charlotte couple, Steve and Kathy Davis.
The Davis' bid, submitted in early March, upped the price that Russell Holderness, of Tarboro, was willing to pay: $370,440.
Holderness' bid knocked Maryann and Jay Vigotov out of the bidding process.
The Vigotovs went as high as $352,800 after their original bid of $320,000 -- which won the foreclosure auction -- was upset by the Davis', who bid $336,000.
It is unclear what Henry, a Wilmington resident, plans to do with the building, which closed in April 2001.
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