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Roy Rogers And More At Bonham's Natural History Auction

Roy Rogers was once an American icon and the "King of the Cowboys" but what you might not know about the singer and actor who died in 1998 was that he was a rockhound and mineral collector. Some of his mineral treasures are part of Bonhams upcoming Natural History auction on May 27 in New York City.

Rogers collected nearly every detail from his life. He held on to everything he could. In today's world he'd might end up an episode of a hoarding television show but instead the cowboy icon created a museum full of all the personal things he saved. Even his famous horse, Trigger, was mounted and displayed at the museum, which was first in Victorville, California. The museum suffered with dwindling attendance and in 2003 was moved to Branson, Missouri. Unfortunately it didn't fare too well there either and it closed last year. The various pieces of the collection, from the old battered car that took Rogers's family from Ohio to the large memorabilia archives from the family and the old Roy Rogers television show, will be sold off piecemeal through various auction houses with appropriate specialties.

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Giovanni Apa Cameos

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

Part of the fun of visiting the JCK jewelry show in Las Vegas was getting to meet people from around the world and see unique pieces shown by the manufacturers. Giovanni Apa, a company that hails from Torre del Greco, Italy, a coastal city near Naples, specializes in cameos. They manufacture and sell their own pieces and have a museum onsite, making them a popular tourist destination in this city known for cameos. The company also features a few unique handcarved pieces from the studio of the late Professor Noto. The piece shown above is a shell cameo brooch representing "The Judgement of Paris" carved by prof. Noto It has a white gold frame with diamonds and sapphire and sells for 39,000 euros.

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