Inspired by our discussion of Buffalo Bill show show-thru coins, Larry Saryan writes:

After sitting stuffed and mounted for more than 40 years in a museum, Roy Rogers' horse Trigger and dog Bullet will be TV stars once more.Rural cable network RFD-TV bought 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.

Trigger and Bullet were part of a Christie's auction of items from the now-closed Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Mo.

On Thursday, more than 1,000 items hit the auction block, including the Rogers family dining set, which sold at $11,875, triple the presale estimate; Trigger's flower-bedecked straw hat, which fetched $2,750, compared with the $500 to $1,000 estimate; and the hand-drawn music and lyrics to "Happy Trails," which sold for $27,500, compared with the estimate of $500.

Elkies, the auctioneer, said it was the "most colorful, emotional and sentimental" sale she had experienced in her 20 years at Christie's.At the end of the auction, the audience broke out spontaneously in a rendition of the Roy Rogers theme song "Happy Trails."

To read the complete article, see:Roy Rogers' dog Bullet fetches $35K at NYC auction(www.aolnews.com/story/roy-rogers-auction-in-nyc-offers/1156611)

According to the Christie's catalogue:

To read the complete article, see:WHAT WOULD ROY ROGERS RIDE?(moreintelligentlife.com/blog/what-would-roy-rogers-ride)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:MORE BUFFALO BILL WILD WEST SHOW TARGET COINS(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n28a11.html)