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Entire Old West town up for grabs on eBay

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TORTILLA FLATS, Ariz., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- An entire Old West Arizona town has gone on the electronic auction block with an asking price of $5.5 million, the Mesa Tribune reported Thursday.

Tortilla Flat, a historic tourist town of splintered-wood buildings and dust is posted on the eBay auction site, and its listing has logged more than 6,500 hits, the newspaper said.

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Nestled in the Superstition Mountains about 18 miles northeast of Apache Junction, the 1904 town offers prickly pear cactus ice cream, half-pound cowboy burgers and saddle seating at the bar.

Dave Levi, 54, who has co-owned the town for five years with his sister and brother-in-law, Pam and Alvin Ross, said he is "getting too old for this stuff."

"That little place is just like running a city. It's a young man or young couple's business," he said.

The land on which the town sits is leased from the Tonto National Forest Service. The 20-year, renewable and transferable land lease, now in its third year, is included in the sale.

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