[albie]

Glue?

[Billthedrill]

I’ve always wanted a stuffed horse for the rumpus room.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The family has to sell off everything to pay the inheritance taxes.

All property rightfully belongs to the federal government.

[gdzla]

As a side note, Trigger is the horse that Olivia de Havilland rode as Maid Marion in the movie “Robin Hood” with Errol Flynn.

[DallasDeb]

I always loved Trigger.

[BAW]

Too bad this stuff is offered for sale.

I stopped by the museum once when it was in Victorville, CA. The museum was a celebration of Americana circa 1950s, when life seemed less complicated.

[Psycho_Bunny]

If I recall correctly, this sale has to happen because of the Federal Ghoul Tax.

[Beowulf9]

It’d be nice if the Smithsonian would purchase it.

[tnlibertarian]

For some reason, whenever I see anything about Roy Rogers, I think of an old Frank and Ernest Sunday comic strip:

Roy had left his recently purchased boots outside on the front stoop one evening and awoke to find them mangled with incriminating mountain lion paw prints leading off into the desert. Roy mounts Trigger and rides off in pursuit. He comes back with the dead mountain lion laying across Trigger's back.

Upon seeing Roy's successful return, Dale asks, "Pardon me, Roy. Is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?"

[a fool in paradise]

Trigger burgers?

[The_Victor]

[Liberty Valance]

This might be kinda cool for the Uvalde County Texas Museum ...

UVALDE COUNTY CROWN

Given to Dale and inscribed on the inside Dale Evans Rogers Queen of the Uvalde County Centennial - May 10, 1956

Estimate $200 - $300

Dale Evans was born Lucille Wood Smith in Uvalde, Texas October 31, 1912

[mrs. a]

The perfect gift for the man who has everything!

[Swede Girl]

This is heartbreaking. For a time, Roy Rogers was a hero to a generation (or two) of children. I suppose this liquidation would be inevitable with an estate that includes so many children, but one would think that the museum items would have been protected from this type of thing.

His memorabilia truly belongs in the Smithsonian. Archie Bunker’s chair is there, so the beloved Trigger should be there, too. Roy Rogers was part of the greatness of America, and this is a tragedy that most of the items will not be preserved as such.

[polymuser]

I’m really beginning to miss my grandparents’ America.

Don’t fence me in.