Listen up, Lonesome Dove fans! The contents of famed author Larry McMurtry's Archer City, Texas home will hit the auction block in San Antonio this May courtesy of Vogt Auction Galleries.
The genius behind Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment, and Brokeback Mountain passed away in March 2021 at the age of 84. Now, the contents of Larry McMurtry's lifelong home in Archer City, Texas are coming to auction, including his typewriters, writing desk, personal copies of his famous books, his guns, boots, artwork, furnishings, and more. The sale will be held at Vogt Auction Galleries in San Antonio, TX on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, and will include approximately 300 items.
Items from iconic Texas author Larry McMurtry's Archer City, Texas home, to be sold at Vogt Auction on May 29, 2023.
“Perhaps more than anyone, McMurtry shaped how the rest of the country sees Texas, and he became one of the premier voices of modern American literature,” said Vogt Director Rob Vogt. “Vogt Auction Galleries is proud to be the marketplace for Texas treasures, and we are incredibly honored to bring the personal estate of this Texas icon to auction.”
Texas author Larry McMurtry's famed Hermes 3000 typewriter, one of several from his Archer City, Texas home to be sold at Vogt Auction on May 29, 2023.
The full auction catalog will be published May 5 at TexasAuction.com. The auction will take place on Monday, May 29, beginning at 1pm Central at Vogt’s auction facility at 7233 Blanco Road in San Antonio. Bids will be accepted live in person, live by telephone, live online, and by absentee bid.
Described in his New York Times obituary as the “Novelist of the American West,” McMurtry published more than 30 novels, winning an Academy Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Signed First Edition of Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize winning novel Lonesome Dove, to be sold at Vogt Auction on May 29, 2023.
To learn more about this and the many other auctions Vogt Auction Galleries has going on, check out their website and social media.
