Full Larry McMurtry Auction Catalog Released: Books, Bookends, and Desk
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Cast-signed edition of the Lonesome Dove saga
The full catalog of the auction of bookseller and writer Larry McMurtry's partial personal estate has been released by Vogt Auction Galleries, featuring around 300 items from his home in Archer City, Texas.
Among the lots featuring his firearms, boots, memorabilia from his Hollywood productions, artwork, and furnishings from his home are:
* Various of his typewriters, including eight of his favourite Hermes 3000 which still work and several others which he cannibalized for parts, plus his Hermes Rocket, a Hermes Baby, and two silent typewriters, a Smith-Corona and a Royal. Estimates ranging from $600 to $6,000.
* McMurtry's Arts and Crafts partners desk, manufactured by Roycroft Community around 1910-1915, used by him for works including his Academy Award-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Estimate: $10,000 – $20,000
* A cast-signed set of the four books in the Lonesome Dove saga including Robert Duvall, Anjelica Huston, Chris Cooper, and Margo Martindale, as well as McMurtry. Estimate: $4,000 – $8,000
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A pair of vintage iron bookends, each in the figure of a bear standing on an uneven stone ground. Estimate $200-$400
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McMurtry's Arts and Crafts partners desk
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A signed first edition of his slim In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas, 1968
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A stained glass window in decorative bookshelf motif, leaded, in painted window frame
* A signed first edition of his slim In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas, 1968, first published in a run of 250 by Austin publisher Encino Press. This edition copy 94, with McMurtry’s signature inside and in slipcase. Estimate:$4,000–$6,000
* A wooden newspaper rack. Estimate $300 – $400
* A 1877 score of Lucia di Lammermoor with hand-written sheet music and notations. Estimate: $100 – $200,
* A stained glass window in decorative bookshelf motif, leaded, in painted window frame signed 'Tbott 2019'. Estimate $300-$500
* A pair of vintage iron bookends, each in the figure of a bear standing on an uneven stone ground. Estimate $200-$400
The auction takes place on May 29, 2023, with Gallery Previews May 22-29.
