After Vail and Beaver Creek’s largest home hit the market for two months, the $25 million house is heading to auction.

The house in Beaver Creek has 9 bedrooms, including a 3,000-square-foot master bedroom with a secret spiral staircase that leads to the indoor pool.

First, you have to get there, the “there” in this case being the particular courthouse. Think of venue as “place.” It is the GPS pinpoint on the Google map of the law. Venue deals ...