![]() “This is the desk that he and Diana Ossana actually wrote the screenplay to Brokeback Mountain on, which ultimately won an Academy Award,” Vogt said.ĭisplayed across the room are pieces of McMurtry’s life, from Hollywood mementos such as photos from the filming of “The Last Picture Show,” another of his stories to an old pinball machine to a Steinway piano. His Roycroft writing desk is estimated to sell for between $10,000 and $20,000. His works won a Pulitzer, Emmys, and critical acclaim. It was more real and raw than romanticized. ![]() This son of a rancher’s fiction largely focused on the American West and cowboys. McMurtry was known to bang out five double-spaced pages a day - every day. “Oh, yeah, he would have nothing else,” Vogt said. “So, we’re talking about the ‘Terms of Endearment’ that’s off of his shelf in his master bedroom.”Īmong the 312 pieces are several Hermes 3000 typewriters, all manual. “What’s cool about this is these are his personal copies of his works and his famous things,” Rob Vogt said. ![]() ![]() Lonesome Dove is his most celebrated work, although he was a prolific writer of fiction, essays and screenplays, including Brokeback Mountain. Now, pieces from his Archer City, Texas home will go to the highest bidder in an auction set for May 29 at Vogt Auction on Blanco Road. They are the belongings of the late Larry McMurtry, literary legend and Texas treasure. SAN ANTONIO – Stepping into Vogt Auction, you can’t help but wonder what stories the books, bones and boots could tell. ![]()
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