A bit of controversy

[vanillafluffy]

Yahoo has a story up about the auctioning of items from the Roy Rogers Museum, including---drumroll, please!---Trigger, who was preserved when he passed. According to the article, they expect Trigger's taxidermied remains to fetch about $200K.

I commented. I HAD to comment:

Gee, I wish I had a spare 200 grand to throw away on a giant stuffed palomino! Nothing against Trigger, but in this economy, that's just crazy. Anyone who spends that kind of cash on something so absurd clearly has more money than good sense.

To my bemusement, reaction is running 5 to 4 against, and a subsequent poster accuses me of being jealous. Someone else has commented that it's funny to think that a dead horse is worth more than a Prius. And a lot of people are saying Trigger belongs in the Smithsonian.

It's funny what people will find to wank about!



ETA 7/16/10: From Yahoo news: Rural cable network RFD-TV bought (Roy Roger's dog) Bullet for $35,000 on Thursday and Trigger for $266,000 a day earlier at an auction in New York City.

RFD-TV owner Patrick Gottsch said the Omaha, Neb.-based network will begin airing old Roy Rogers movies on Saturdays starting November 6. The movie cowboy's son, Roy Jr., will introduce each film, as Trigger and Bullet stand in the background.

"The goal is to introduce Roy Rogers to a whole new generation of kids," Gottsch said.

That's kinda cool!

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Comments

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think the Smithsonian would be a great place for Trigger. He's as cool as the Enterprise and way better than Archie Bunker's chair! (My mom was a Roy Rogers fan as a girl. I've read Dale Evans Rogers books about her two daughters who died, Robin and Debbie.) When DH and I used to help some friend sell swords at ren faires (just a couple fairs each summer) we all loved those patrons with more money than sense!

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

I agree, the Smithsonian would be fitting resting place for Trigger. He's definitely iconic enough.

I used to adore ren fests! I haven't been to one in nearly ten years, but back in the day, no spring was complete without a weekend at the Tampa Bay area Renaissance Festival (to give it its proper title). *sigh* Those were the days.