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Edward H Bohlin Taxin Model Sterling and Gold Parade Saddle

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD
Edward H Bohlin Taxin Model Sterling and Gold Parade Saddle
Preview: Phoenix Marriott Mesa - 200 N Centennial Way, Mesa, AZ 85201
Preview Period:
Thursday January 27 -- 3:00 pm-7:00 pm
Friday January 28 -- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday January 29 – 9:00 am -4:30 pm
A model popularized by the legendary Roy Rogers, this stunning black, floral carved, silver and gold mounted parade saddle with three-dimensional gold rodeo scenes on the corner plates that include bronc busters, bulldoggers, calf ropers and the iconic steerhead. Round figural horsehead conchos on the corners and around the perimeter. Long 25” tapaderos with a large central silver medallion adorned with a gold let ‘er buck cowboy. Ensemble includes a 100% matching Bridle, Bit and Reins plus a Breast Collar and black and white Corona. Saddle is in overall fine condition, a silver letter M was removed from each tapadero and the holes were filled with small silver spots. These could be easily removed and filled, should one so choose Bohlin author and expert, James H Nottage, writing about Roy Rogers Bohlin Taxin Saddle that sold in the High Noon/Christies Auction July, 2010 for $242,500, penned the following: As Roy Rogers gained both fame and fortune from movies and product endorsements, he continued to develop his personal wardrobe and the wardrobe and accessories for his horse Trigger. A special custom “Taxin” model parade saddle was ordered at the shop of Edward H Bohlin sometime around 1949. The saddle was used on both Trigger and Trigger Jr. and is evident on the covers of Roy Rogers comics and in public stills from personal appearances. The manufacturer called it the Taxin and prominently advertised it in the 1949 catalog. The outfit is mounted overall with beautifully engraved sterling with horseheads on all the conchos and rope edges on all the different fixtures. On the long, graceful tapaderos, the corner of the skirts and jockeys, and elsewhere there are solid gold figures of cowboys on bucking horses, calf ropers, steer wrestling, bull riders, and steer heads. This was the ultimate in horse gear for one of the most famous silver screen cowboys, a fine example of the best of silver equipment from the famed shop of Edward H Bohlin, and a highly significant part of the life of perhaps the greatest film horse of all time.