Roy's saddle fetches €460K

Roy Rogers’ silver, gold and ruby-studded saddle has been sold at auction for £287,000 (€466,674.39), as his family unloaded the screen cowboy’s prized possession to pay a Wild West-sized tax bill.

Roy's saddle fetches €460K

Roy Rogers’ silver, gold and ruby-studded saddle has been sold at auction for £287,000 (€466,674.39), as his family unloaded the screen cowboy’s prized possession to pay a Wild West-sized tax bill.

An anonymous bidder at the High Noon western memorabilia in Mesa, Arizona, took home the saddle, which was custom made in 1931, after paying the highest price ever for a saddle.

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