An auction scheduled for Nov. 8 for the contents of the historic Museum Club in Flagstaff, Arizona, was abruptly canceled on Friday, and it appears those will be included with the asking price of the property.
The Arizona Daily Sun reported on Friday about the auction’s cancellation, but had few other details.
The Museum Club’s page on Facebook provided some clarity on Saturday:
1 The Stuber Auction Company had scheduled an auction for November 8. That auction has been canceled and memorabilia has not been moved.
2 The building and everything associated with it is currently for sale.
3 What happens next is entirely up to person who purchases the building.The Museum Club itself had been put up for sale this summer for $2.3 million. That listing is ongoing at the same price.
I suspect the initial news of the auction wasn’t greeted warmly by residents and Route 66ers. The memorabilia inside the Museum Club are what provide its indelible character.
Dean Eldredge originally opened the Museum Club as a taxidermy museum in 1931. He described the structure as “the biggest log cabin in the world,” “the biggest log cabin in the nation,” or “the biggest log cabin in Arizona.”
The Museum Club earned fame when Don and Thorna Scott bought it in the early 1960s and booked music legends such as Willie Nelson, Wynn Stewart, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.
In the last decade or so, the Museum Club endured several closures and ownership changes because of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial issues.
A local ownership group called The Zookeepers purchased the property about four years ago.
(Image of the Museum Club in Flagstaff, Arizona, via da Vinci Realty)