LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PICO Holdings, Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nevada Land and Resource Company has closed a previously announced transaction with a third party to sell one of its properties in northern Nevada -- the Spring Valley Ranch and related water assets -- for $22 million. It is estimated that as a result of this sale Nevada Land will realize a gain of approximately $17 million before taxes in the third quarter of 2006.
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