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Do I have the ONLY Will Rogers bookend set?

I have a set of Will Rogers bookends. They are bronze and on the back, they say "COWBOY, HUMORIST, WRITER, ACTOR Born Nov. 4 1870 Died Aug. 15 1935. I've looked EVERYWHERE to try to find out if they are worth anything, but they aren't even on Ebay! I've tried Yahoo!, Google, and everything. Can anyone help me please???


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You probably do not have the only set of these, but they are fairly rare. I recall my grandparents had a set of these. I have no idea what they are worth, but a magazine like the Antique Trader might give you a better idea of their worth.

Keep them: don't throw them out. They are valuable to someone, if not you.

Rogers made a lot of money, and invested much of it in California real estate, which made a lot of money after he died.

There is a Will Rogers Museum in Oklahoma. There is a Will Rogers Foundation. Someone there might be able to help you. I am sure that you could find some info from the museum or the foundation. Check out the Wikipedia for info on Rogers. His grandson also named Will Rogers, was a captain in the US Navy.