Brian Lebel’s 2009 Cody Old West Auction

Auction Details

Antique & Contemporary
Cowboy & Western Americana
Indian & Ethnographic Artifacts
Fine Western Art
Western Design for Home and Ranch


Includes such items as: rare photographs, vintage posters, advertising, & scarce historical western artifacts; the finest in Cowboy & Indian antiques & artifacts, bits and spurs, chaps, firearms, beaded items; fine western art and decorative items
Three Navajo Rugs 62 Three Navajo Rugs
a) 60” x 32” Double saddle blanket in grey, brown, red and white. Fine condition, c. 1950; b) 65 “x 36” Horizontal bands of diamonds and solid strip...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 100.00) = 600.00
Red Mesa Navajo Rug 63 Red Mesa Navajo Rug
66” x 38” Multicolored serrated outlined and stepped diamonds with arrows and banded ends. Good condition with edge damage, c. 1900.
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (700.00 + 140.00) = 840.00
Two Navajo Rugs 64 Two Navajo Rugs
b) 72” x 50” Diamonds and half diamonds, crosses in red, grey, brown and white with three outside borders. Good condition with some damage and dirt,...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimates : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to allengoode for (900.00 + 180.00) = 1,080.00
Navajo Chief’s Blanket 65 Navajo Chief’s Blanket
53” x 63” Second phase variant, horizontal bands and crosses in black, gray, blue, and white. Soft and fine weave. Fine condition, c. 1900.
Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimates : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (4,250.00 + 850.00) = 5,100.00
Navajo Rug 66 Navajo Rug
65” x 54” Stepped diamond lattice design with unusual outside border and banded ends. Red, white, black and tan. Fine condition, c. 1940.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (800.00 + 160.00) = 960.00
Exquisite Filigreed and Pitiado Covered Charreria Saddle 70 Exquisite Filigreed and Pitiado Covered Charreria Saddle
Marvelous, museum quality filigreed sterling silver with 18K gold wash. Front (swells, horn and gullet) and complete cantle trimmed with twisted rop...
Start Price : 10,000.00 | Estimates : 20,000.00 - 25,000.00
Sold to floor for (11,000.00 + 2,200.00) = 13,200.00
Fancy c. 1880s Charro Chaps 71 Fancy c. 1880s Charro Chaps
Decorated with fine silver buttons on the wide stylized billet and down each leg. Intricate leather tooling in delicate floral designs, silver buckl...
Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00 + 360.00) = 2,160.00
Mexican Bridle and Spurs 72 Mexican Bridle and Spurs
a) Mexican Bridle with impressive 3” repousse silver conchos, cheek chains, leather headband and noseband with silver spots, horseshoe/ horsehead ca...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 100.00) = 600.00
Mexican Chinaco Watercolor 73 Mexican Chinaco Watercolor
8 1/2” x 6” framed and matted to 17 1/2” x 15”. Depicts an elegant 19th century charro with his flat brim Cinaco hat, hair saddle bags, botas, spurs...
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,100.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 120.00) = 720.00
1942 Estes Park, Colorado Trophy Buckle 74 1942 Estes Park, Colorado Trophy Buckle
Great sterling buckle won by Tuck Jackson for All Around Cowboy made by H. S. Means Co. Culver City, Cal. Gold bull, corner horseshoes, rope edge. W...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 200.00) = 1,200.00
5 Pair of Saddlebags, including Bohlin Pair 75 5 Pair of Saddlebags, including Bohlin Pair
a) Nice acorn and leaf pattern carved leather saddle bags in excellent condition, c. 1950s-60s; b) Black, deeply carved bags; c) Large floral patter...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to kvyverberg for (1,200.00 + 240.00) = 1,440.00
19th C. Pommel Bags with Holster Pocket 76 19th C. Pommel Bags with Holster Pocket
Early California or Mexico pommel bags with inside holster pocket for a Colt Single Action. Fair condition.
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (800.00 + 160.00) = 960.00
Spanish Folding Shank Spurs 77 Spanish Folding Shank Spurs
Brass inlay on wide flat bands (1/4" wide, 1/2" deep), deep engraving and chasing. Swinging buttons on cut-out and engraved flatting ends, 1 3/4" - ...
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 80.00) = 480.00
Engraved Colt with Fancy Grips 78 Engraved Colt with Fancy Grips
Single Action Army in .32 WCF, very good bore in 4 3/4” barrel, 100% coverage of after-market engraving. 90% of gold wash finish remaining, excellen...
Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for (2,900.00 + 580.00) = 3,480.00
Engraved Colt Single Action 79 Engraved Colt Single Action
.45 cal., 5 1/2” barrel with excellent bore. 100% after-market engraving with silver finish. 2 pc. pearl grips. Ser #158139, c. 1880s
Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,000.00 + 600.00) = 3,600.00
Engraved Colt Single Action 80 Engraved Colt Single Action
Colt Frontier Six Shooter, .44-40 cal. Roll stamped 5 1/2” barrel with strong bore. Nice smooth bone grips. Contemporary engraving in the New York s...
Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,100.00 + 620.00) = 3,720.00
Hermann Heiser Gun Rig with Colt SA 81 Hermann Heiser Gun Rig with Colt SA
Colt with 7 1/2” barrel in .44 cal., re-nickeled but retains strong markings. Stag grips, ser #90733 (c. 1880s) H.H. Heiser, Denver, Colorado maker...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 400.00) = 2,400.00
Colt Single Action with Heiser Holster Rig 82 Colt Single Action with Heiser Holster Rig
Colt 7 1/2” Single Action, re-nickeled 7 1/2” in .44 cal., ser #67415 after-market stag grips. Very nice Hermann Heiser, Denver, Colo button marked ...
Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimates : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 260.00) = 1,560.00
Buscadero Cowboy Rig with Colt 83 Buscadero Cowboy Rig with Colt
Colt Single Action .45 cal, with smooth worn stag grips replaced cylinder and D.F.C. marked 5 1/2” barrel with bright bore, 90% old re-blue. Black ...
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for (900.00 + 180.00) = 1,080.00
Colt Single Action with Rig 84 Colt Single Action with Rig
Colt is a .45 cal., 4 3/4” with a dark bore and 100% re-blue. 2 pc. stag grips, weak marks due to heavy polishing. Inexpensive light tan Mexican flo...
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimates : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (900.00 + 180.00) = 1,080.00