“Two-Step ‘Round The Christmas Tree,” written by Suzy Bogguss and her husband Doug Crider, first recorded by Michael Martin Murphy in 1991. This version is by Ms. Boggus.
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Christie’s auctioned off the contents of the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum last week. Roy’s stuffed and mounted horse Trigger was sold for $266,000 to cable network RFD-TV, which also bought the stuffed remains of Roy’s dog Bullet for $35,000. RFD-TV will use them as studio props when it begins airing Roy Rogers movies this fall.
Roy Rogers’ saddle sold for $386,500, his guitar $8,750, and a pair of his boots fetched $7,500. The jeep Nellybelle sold for $116,500 and Roy’s silver-dollar-studded 1964 Bonneville brought in $254,500.
Dale Evans’ preserved horse Buttermilk sold for $35,000. Dale’s handwritten lyrics to the “Happy Trails” theme song sold for $27,500, and the crowd spontaneously sang the tune at the end of the sale. Total raised by the auction: $2.98 million.
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Buy Trigger the Wonder Horse this week in New York. The famed Palomino was stuffed and exhibited at the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum, and the place has closed. Roy and Dale’s treasures have been rounded up for auction at Christie’s on July 14-15. See the slide show here.
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