{"id":19167,"date":"2021-10-01T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/the-colt-of-gene-autry-the-singing-cowboy\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T12:02:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T17:02:02","slug":"the-colt-of-gene-autry-the-singing-cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/the-colt-of-gene-autry-the-singing-cowboy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colt of Gene Autry: &#8220;The Singing Cowboy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K2f0iktfWpA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Any antique, black powder frame Colt Single Action Army is a collectible in its own right, but when you can put it in the hands of one of the 20th century&#8217;s most prolific entertainers, it enters a world all its own.<\/p>\n<p>Gene Autry, &#8220;The Singing Cowboy,&#8221; is a name not familiar to many in recent generations, so we make sure to detail just how active Autry was as a performer. His extensive portfolio of work, not only is still experienced by many today, but shaped ideas on Western culture and country music for decades.<\/p>\n<p>This Colt was donated by Gene Autry for an auction to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art&#8217;s Arms &#038; Armor division. Quite the departure from celebrity social mores surrounding firearms today.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any antique, black powder frame Colt Single Action Army is a collectible in its own right, but when you can put it in the hands of one of the 20th century&#8217;s most prolific entertainers, it enters a world all its own. Gene Autry, &#8220;The Singing Cowboy,&#8221; is a name not familiar to many in recent&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/the-colt-of-gene-autry-the-singing-cowboy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Colt of Gene Autry: &#8220;The Singing Cowboy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":19168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}