It's worth noting that Trigger and Bullet are in very good
hands. One of my favorite channel's on the tee-vee is
RFD-TV. The owner of the station won Trigger and Bullet
at the Christies auction a couple of years ago. Here is
the site dedicated to them both...
http://www.triggerandbullet.com/about
dave@dwmorrison.com
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> Hunter,
> This is very sad, and I knew you were a great fan.
> Ed Thompson
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> THE END OF AN ERA.......
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> The Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, MO has closed its
>doors forever.
> The contents of the museum were sold at a public
>auction.
> Roy Rogers told his son, if the museum ever operates at
>a loss, close it
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> Note the follow-up article; truly the end of an era.
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> Here is a partial listing of some of the items that were
>sold at auction...
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> Roy 's 1964 Bonneville sold for $254,500, it was
>estimated to
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> A collection of signed baseballs (Pete Rose, Duke Snyder
>and other greats) sold for $3,750.
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> A collection of signed bats (Yogi Berra, Enos Slaughter,
>Bob Feller, and others) sold for $2,750.
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> Trigger's saddle and bridle sold for $386,500 (EST.
>100-150 K).
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> One of many of Roy 's shirts sold for $16,250 and one of
>his many cowboy hats sold for $17,500.
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> One set of boot spurs sold for $10,625. (He never used a
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> A life size shooting gallery sold for $27,500.
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> Various chandeliers sold from $6,875 to $20,000. Very
>unique and artistic in their western style.
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>perfect game in the world series against
> The Dodgers on Oct. 8, 1953, along with a signed
>baseball to Roy from Don, sold for $2,500.
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>boxes with
> Numerous photos of Roy, Dale, Gabby, and Pat sold for
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> A collection of memorabilia from his shows entertaining
>the troops in Vietnam sold for $938.
> I never knew he was there. His flight jacket sold for
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> His set of dinner ware plates and silverware sold for
>$11,875.
> The Bible they used at the dinner table every night sold
>for $8,750.
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> One of several of his guitars sold for $27,500.
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> A fabulous painting of Roy, Dale, Pat, Buttermilk,
>Trigger, and Bullet sold for $10,625.
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> One of several sets of movie posters sold for $18,750.
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> A black and white photograph of Gene Autry with a
>touching inscription
>From Gene to Roy sold for $17,500.
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> A Republic Productions Poster bearing many autographs of
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> People that played in Roy 's movies sold for $11,875.
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> Dale's horse, Buttermilk (whose history is very
>interesting) sold below
> The presale estimate for $25,000. (EST. 30-40 K).
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> Bullet sold for $35,000 (EST. 10-15 K). He was their
>real pet.
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> Dale's parade saddle, estimated to sell between 20-30 K,
>sold for $104,500.
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> One of many pairs of Roy 's boots sold for $21,250.
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> Trigger sold for $266,500.
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> Do you remember the 1938 movie The Adventures of
>Robinhood,
> With Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland? Well Olivia
>rode Trigger in that movie.
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> Trigger was bred on a farm co-owned by Bing Crosby.
> Roy bought Trigger on a time payment plan for $2,500.
> Roy and Trigger made 188 movies together.
> Trigger even out did Bob Hope by winning an Oscar in the
>movie Son of Paleface in 1953.
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> It is extremely sad to see this era lost forever.
>Despite the fact that Gene and Roy 's movies,
> As well as those of other great characters, can be
>bought or rented for viewing,
> today's kids would rather spend their time playing video
>games.
> Today it takes a very special pair of parents to raise
>their kids with the right values and morals.
> These were the great heroes of our childhood, and they
>did teach us right from
> Wrong, and how to have and show respect for each other
>and the animals that share this earth.
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> You and I were born at the right time.
> We were able to grow up with these great people even if
>we never met them.
> In their own way they taught us patriotism and honor, we
>learned that lying and
> Cheating were bad, and sex wasn't as important as love.
> We learned how to suffer through disappointment and
>failure and work through it. Our lives were drug free.
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> So it's good-bye to Roy and Dale, Gene and Hoppy, The
>Lone Ranger and Tonto.
>Farewell to Sky King and Superman and Sgt. Friday. Thanks
>to Capt.. Kangaroo,
> Mr. Rogers and Capt. Noah and all those people whose
>lives touched ours, and made them better.
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> It was a great ride through childhood.
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> HAPPY TRAILS MY FRIENDS
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> -----Original Message-----
>From: Hunter Hampton <airstreamingypsy@gmail.com>
> To: AirstreamList <AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 7, 2012 11:42 am
> Subject: Re: [A/S] AC shroud needed
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> On 6/7/2012 10:11 AM, dtbw wrote:
> Yea, I thought about paint as well. Given the flexible
>nature of the material
> hey used, you would need to use a a flexible urethane
>paint (like used in car
> umpers) so that the paint would not crack when flexed
>(ie hail, small tree
> imbs, etc).
>
> David T
> ts a shame no one is making an aluminum shroud.......
> Hunter
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