Christies is holding an auction later this week of Roy Rogers memorabilia and for many it is going to be a great opportunity to rack up on some unique items. Don't expect these items to come cheap, though. The auction is going to hold many different and unique items that will be quite expensive.
So where is all this stuff coming from? The family of the late cowboy decided to close down his museum in Branson and auction off his goods. There's also a Bonneville convertible that is expected to bring in another $100,000 to $150,000.
The bidders at the auction are those who love all things cowboy or who grew up watching Roy Rogers. Many note that the cowboy films of his era had high morals - there wasn't any unnecessary violence and it usually occurred where Rogers would actually just shoot the gun out of the bad guys' hands - and didn't aim to kill.
So whether someone is going to go to the auction to purchase Trigger horse, a Bonneville, or some furniture or clothing, Christie's will be rife with Roy Rogers auction fans from July 14-15, 2010.
I watched him as a bad guy in some of his first films and grew up watching him turn into a good guy. In some of his very first films with Bob Steele, Johnny Mack Brown he used his own name as the character he was supposed to be. I believe he was left handed, either that or the film was reversed for the TV. I also have one of the First Superman movies, you can see his pants rip up the backide as he jumps on a car. Not too much edit in those day's I guess. Frank Dioguardi
ReplyDeleteI want Clarabelle!
ReplyDeleteI am very disappointed about the selling of this stuff...I went to the RR Museum and was thrilled to get to see all this stuff...too bad that it cannot be kept together!! By the way...it was Nelle Belle the jeep...not Clarabelle.
ReplyDeleteYou mean "Nellybelle."
ReplyDeleteHow sad! The museum was a real treasure of the early days of the great American western. After the museum closed in Branson, it was rumored that the contents were to be auctioned. And now it's really the end.....
ReplyDeleteVery sad. Have visited the museum twice. So thankful that we had that opportunity.
ReplyDeleteVery Sad to see this happen - Treasures of Western
ReplyDeleteHistory going to be pieced out - when it should stay as a Valuable Collection at Smithsonian or
another place for Future generations to view!
I'm so glad my parents took our family to see the museum in Cal. before it moved, and then closed. Now I'll just get to show my son old home movies of the place. So sad. It seems nothing good can last in todays world.
ReplyDeleteHow horrible! The Rogers children must be so greedy to sell their parent's preserved animals at auction! The animals should have been donated to the Smithsonian, or a western museum in Nashville, as a collection, along with their tack (saddles, bridles, etc) and maybe a few of Roy and Dale's outfits, guns, and photographs. Would it have been that hard to donated a small collection of items? Shame on you, Rogers family! Things that were the most precious to your parents should not be separated and sold off to the highest bidders! Maybe someone with morals will buy the animals today, and donate them to a proper place! I only hope! SO SAD!
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that the family could not find a museum to DONATE part of the collection to. HORRIBLE that the animals are being auctioned off! TERRIBLE!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about Roy and Dale through the years. I would say that money and the "things" were not as precious to them as their children. Since movie stars in those days didn't make the digustingly outrageous money they do now, I don't believe it is immoral for the Rogers Clan to sell things from their parent's estate to provide fot their families. People do it all the time!
ReplyDeleteI am devestated! How is this possible? Surely, some money people will step up and purchase some of the most important objects for donation to museums like the Mueseum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles or the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth...jeeze this makes me sad!
ReplyDeleteI have purchased some of Roys and Dales outfits from the first sale. I am a fan of them myself. I put up 80 acres of my land so I could have some money to buy them. I really wanted a saddle but they went to high. I talked to Dusty Rogers in Springfield Mo at that sale and he is not real happy about seeing the things go, but he said his folks told him when the museum didn't make money anymore and was pulling them down to sell the items. I feel Dusty is doing what his parents wanted him to do. I will keep my items until I die and then they will be donated to a museum somewhere.
ReplyDeleteRoy Rogers was a fine man - a model of virtue and good morals. His kind are hard to find. I was going to marry him but, alas, I was five and there that Dale woman (!). I'm sorry that I was never able to go to his museum. I will treasure his movies.
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