Roy Rogers Collection Auction Jan 10
Published January 2nd, 2009
The auction will consist of 364 cataloged lots of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans items. Included in the auction is a rare Roy Rogers outfit that only 12 coloring contest winners received in Houston, Texas, presented by The Houston Chronicle in February, 1950. This outfit is the only known outfit still complete with all accessories, including wristwatch, gold pistols on holster, hat, scarf, boots and the complete outfit.
Other outstanding lots are: a Roy Rogers outfit still on the mannequin out of a Sears store in New Hampshire; original 1950’s Roy Rogers child’s leather saddle; an autographed hat that Roy Rogers wore in one of his movies, and a picture of Roy, Dale and others with hat in photo. Also offered in this unusual sale will be: a hobby horse, magazines, books, paper goods, autographed items, arcade cards, comic books and autographed comic book covers, toys, pins, badges, premiums, clothing, boots, hats and accessories, real guns, BB guns and toy guns and pistols, wristwatches, lunchboxes and thermoses, and many other items.
The auction will be held at Porters Fire Company, 1199 Porters Road, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Auctioneer Randy Dickensheets of Pa. OnSite Auction Company will begin the sale at 9 a.m. sharp. To view a full auction catalog and over 1,000 pictures of items being sold, visit the auction Web site at www.paonsiteauction.com.
