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1930s Edward H. Bohlin

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
1930s Edward H. Bohlin
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World Championship Calf Roper/The Will Rogers Rodeo/ Colorado Springs/Sept 4-5-6. According to Bohlin expert and author James H. Nottage, the gold roping horse figure utilized for this buckle is pictured on pg. 167 of the 1937 Bohlin catalog depicting a buckle or plaque made for the 1935 Tex Austin World Champion Calf Roper. This letter is written in order to comment upon an unique rodeo trophy buckle manufactured by the Edward H. Bohlin Company. The oval shaped buckle is made with a sheet of sterling silver and hand engraved on the face with floral motifs and the following words: “World’s Championship Calf Roper/The Will Rogers Rodeo/Colorado Springs/ Sept. 4-5-6/Won By”. In the center of the buckle is a nearly unique and very rare figure of a gold cowboy swinging a lariat and riding a running cow pony. The Bohlin company specialized in providing custom prize buckles for rodeos from Salinas, California, to points east. Clearly this example dates from the early 1930s. The Will Rogers Rodeo was replaced in 1938 with creation of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, located in the newly constructed Will Rogers Stadium. Will Rogers was known world-wide for his trick roping and it is particularly fitting that a calf roping prize buckle has survived to document this early rodeo. Champion ropers such as Leonard Stroud competed for the prize and this is a unique and rare buckle worthy of the best rodeo or buckle collection.....Sincerely, James H. Nottage