If someone said to me "Roy Rogers guitar," I would picture something like the item on the right -- a vintage-looking toy made of pressed cardboard with some gaudy King of the Cowboys artwork. The Autry National Center of the American West sell this very item for $35.But if someone from the Christie's says "Roy Rogers guitar," the price is going to be more than $35. In fact, it'll be six figures. The auction house is selling a Martin OM-45 Deluxe guitar that once belonged to Rogers, who was, in addition to being the coolest of all cowboys, the founder of the Sons of the Pioneers.
The guitar was made in 1930 and Roy was the last person to play it. Christie's is selling it in its unrestored state -- j
ust under the bridge is a gold star sticker from a flour promotion campaign Rogers did in the mid-1930s -- and is expecting it to go for $150,000 to $250,000 in an April 3 auction. Three other guitars once owned by the former Leonard Slye of Cincinnati, Ohio, also are being put on the block by the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Missouri.
ust under the bridge is a gold star sticker from a flour promotion campaign Rogers did in the mid-1930s -- and is expecting it to go for $150,000 to $250,000 in an April 3 auction. Three other guitars once owned by the former Leonard Slye of Cincinnati, Ohio, also are being put on the block by the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Missouri.I was a big fan of Roy's but I suppose the pressed-cardboard model fits my budget better than the Martin.
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