Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Royalty Interests

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Royalty Interests
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Royalty Interests
Royalty Interests

As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Trust owned the following oil and gas royalty interests (in thousands, except number of interests):
 
 
Net Book Value
 
 
June 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
1/16th nonparticipating perpetual royalty interests
 
$

 
$

1/128th nonparticipating perpetual royalty interests
 

 

Royalty interests acquired
 
29,320

 
24,303

Total royalty interests
 
$
29,320

 
$
24,303


No valuation allowance was necessary at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Trust acquired oil and gas royalty interests in approximately 1,247 net royalty acres (normalized to 1/8th) for an aggregate purchase price of $4.7 million, an average price of approximately $3,800 per net royalty acre.

There were no oil and gas royalty interest transactions for the six months ended June 30, 2018.