This august famed author and book collector, larry mcmurtry, will host a massive book auction in archer city, the west texas town that is the. Learn about the archer city, tx housing market through trends and averages. Thanks to the restoration of the royal theater, which was made famous by the 1971 oscar winning movie, the last picture show, archer city has become a center for performing arts. This rate includes any state, county, city, and local sales taxes.
Archer county, tx land for sale 58 listings land and farm. Please refer to the rules and terms of sale so that you will know what. It is located 25 miles 40 km south of wichita falls, texas, and is part of the wichita falls metropolitan statistical area. Archer city, tx real estate archer city homes for sale. Archer city, texas there are far more books than people in this. All stock has been purchased and shelved over the last four decades by owner and founder larry mcmurtry.
We are a quaint texas town that enjoys our small town feel and friendliness but also offers some finer aspects of city life. Book folks who came to our auction five years ago may want to enjoy archer city again. Auction days may be changed due to a major holiday. However, there was also a new breed of book buyer lurking about among the paperbacks and first editions. The auction no doubt drew book scouts cut from the same cloth as the proprietor of the four booked up storefronts in archer city, texas. Archer county is the 117th largest county 925 square miles in texas. Archer city is 25 miles southwest of wichita falls, lies at the junction of state highway 79 and state highway 25, and is the county seat of archer county. Scott fowler, right, helps mark brown pack up his books after winning a lot during larry mcmurtrys 300,000 book auction the last book sale at booked up no. Larry mcmurtry auctioned some 300000 used books from his bookstores in archer city, tex. Calling it the last book sale was a conceit based on the fact that my novel the last picture show had been filmed on the same site. Author larry mcmurtry at the start of an event to auction off much of the stock from his fourbuilding literary mecca, booked up, in.
Author larry mcmurtry sets auction of 300,000 books wsj. Archer city, texas the small towns claim to fame came from texas novelist larry mcmurtry, who won a pulitzer prize for his book lonesome dove. Auctions will be held rain or shine so bring an umbrella if you need one. Auctioneers opened bidding on nearly 300,000 titles at booked up. Land for sale, ranches for sale in archer county, texas. Several hundred outsiders had descended on the town, a tiny ranching community in the northern part of the state, for a huge book auction. Although buildings 3 and 4 are now closed after the recent book auction. View listing photos, contact sellers, and use filters to find listings of land for sale landwatch. Mostly sunny skies along with windy conditions this afternoon.
In a massive, weekendlong auction dubbed the last book sale, he sold off over. Several hundred visitors had descended on archer city for a huge book auction hosted by the writer larry mcmurtry, who planned to sell 300,000 of the 450,000 books he had brought here since. Search archer county, tx sheriff sales and find a great deal on your next home or investment property. He brings most of them into his crammed used book emporium in tiny archer city.
Browse mls listings in archer city and take real estate virtual tours at realtor. Larry mcmurtrys book auction in texas the new york times. Booked up is internationally known for its volumes of rare, fine and scholarly books. Archer city, texas, is a town of approximately 1,850 people and 450,000 secondhand books. On january second of this year barbara and i were on our way to. He brings most of them into his crammed used book emporium in tiny archer city, a rural city near wichita falls that was the prototype for the fictional thalia in his last picture show literary. This was my third trip to archer city and booked up and as usual, i was amazed at the wonderful selection of rare and collectable books. Archer city real estate archer city tx homes for sale. Browse photos, see new properties, get open house info, and research neighborhoods on trulia. Booked up carries between 150,000 and 200,000 fine and scholarly books. Great american and western author larry mcmurtry loves books and collects them. Larry mcmurtry bids goodbye to books in archer city bookish. We are using the following gps coordinates latitude and longitude for the archer city cemetery.
Get information on foreclosure homes for rent, how to buy foreclosures in archer county, tx and much more. The last book sale, as mcmurtry billed the auction, appeared to mark the end of his book town experiment. Founded june 1973, our mission is to help the elderly and disabled in the community maintain their independence, dignity, and quality of life, by. Browse 58 archer county, texas for sale on lands of texas. At this time there are still zero postive cases of covid19 by residents within archer city.
Booked up archer city 2020 all you need to know before. Out of archer city, texas, comes larry mcmurtrys giant last book sale. See listings 3050% below market value in your area. Larry mcmurtry keeping his last hometown bookshop alive. Compare properties, browse amenities and find your ideal in archer county, texas. The real royal theater in the real archer city had closed too, after a fire nearly destroyed it. He grew up on a ranch outside archer city, which is the model for the town of thalia that appears in much of his fiction. Zillow has 9 homes for sale in archer city tx matching. So you are looking for homes with land in archer city, texas. Writer larry mcmurtry auctions most of 450,000book collection. Where will author larry mcmurtrys massive book auction leave his. My octogenarian father and i just drove over 200 miles to visit archer city.
The last book sale larry mcmurtry to auction 300,000 books. Reuters hipsters, booksellers and fans from across the country converged on the town where the last picture show. Archer city is a city in archer county, texas, united states. Archer city, tx land for sale 11 listings landwatch. Larry mcmurtrys hometown of archer city, texas pop. Larry mcmurtry is putting twothirds of the inventory from his archer city landmark bookstore booked up on the auction block.
File in this april 30, 2014, file photo, pulitzer prizewinning author larry mcmurtry poses at his book store in archer city, texas. For information regarding accomodations, dining, businesses, and upcoming events please contact. You might have to look around a bit to find the people, but you cant miss the books. With last book sale, lit giant leaves one more gift. Of the 254 counties in the lone star state, archer county is 117th in terms of its size 925 square miles. Giant, texassized book auction mobylives melville house books. Visit us in person, at 216 south center, archer city, texas 76351. The two typewriters mcmurtry used to write his pulitzer prize.
Where will author larry mcmurtrys massive book auction. He imagined his hometown, archer city, texas, might one day transform into a book town, something similar to hayonwye, a small town in wales filled with dozens of independent bookstores, a. It was at the royal, which reopened in 2000, where mcmurtry kicked off his book auction with a. This august famed author and book collector, larry mcmurtry, will host a massive book auction in archer city, the west texas town that is the home to. The city lies at the junction of state highway 79 and state highway 25. Larry mcmurtry auctioned some 300,000 used books from his bookstores in archer city, tex. Landwatch has 11 listings for sale in archer city, tx. Archer city, texas there are far more books than people in this lowslung texas town, which boasts one traffic light and little more than 1,800 souls. Along the way, he has filled his fourbuilding bookshop with 450,000 titles and turned his hometown of archer city, texas, into a destination book town. Archer city lies just to the south southeast of the archer city cemetery. Welcome to the official website of the city of archer city. With last book sale, lit giant leaves one more gift author larry mcmurtrys used bookstore is holding an auction to whittle its nearly halfamilliontitle. Upward of 300,000 books went on sale in archer city at public auction, which was conducted by the crackerjack team of addison and sarova out of macon, georgia, where i gather the heat is wet rather than dry.
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