Another couple listed, Rick and Sheila Beeson of Wichita Falls, Tex., also voiced dismay.
The couple listed it in April for $1.15 million.
The couple lists Mr. Montgomery, Gov. Jan Brewer and Will Humble, the director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, as defendants in its lawsuit.
That was when the couple listed the house as a short sale, hoping to work out a deal in which their lender would accept less money than the outstanding mortgage balance.
The couple listed the house for $1,649,900, substantially more than the $1.35 million they paid in January 2005, but it was warranted, they thought, given their many improvements, including extensive landscaping and a housewide audio system.
Indeed, when the couple listed their specifications for the renovation, along with the usual modernist requests (sharp lighting, white rooms, no skirting boards), there were some additional needs that gave the game away: plinths, reinforced floors, a fitting for a large refrigeration unit which might, one day, house Quinn's blood sculptures.
The couple listed their custom house nearly two years ago at $19.8 million.
The couple listed the Cape Cod-inspired home, along with an adjoining property, in October for $2.85 million.
In 2007, the year the couple listed more than $1 million in income after selling their home, Anita Perry donated a silk beaded dress she had purchased for $7,500.
The only public notice of it was a mention of the title in a couple lists of recent books: The United States Review and Literary Gazette listed it in August and the North American Review listed it in October 1827.
