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Edward H. Bohlin "Tim Holt" Saddle

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Edward H. Bohlin  Tim Holt  Saddle

Named for and popularized by noted western actor, Tim Holt (1919-1973), son of actor, Jack Holt (1888-1951), this lovely two-tone brown floral carved rose pattern Edward. H. Bohlin, Hollywood maker-marked parade saddle with matching martingale, is built on the Bob Crosby tree with a 13" swell and 2 1/2" cantle with Cheyenne roll. It is double rigged and artistically adorned with alternating engraved heavy gauge sterling diamonds and spots around the skirts, fenders, stirrups and Cheyenne roll top, plus 2" domed conchos at the corners. One of Bohlin's more elegant but less indulgent creations perfectly described in their 1941 catalog as "a handsome saddle for all around riding -- not heavily silver mounted -- yet ornate and showy enough for any parade".



Tim Holt (1919-1973)
As they say, like father, like son. Cowboy hero Tim Holt avidly followed in the boots of his famous character-actor dad, the granite-jawed Jack Holt who appeared in hundreds of silents and talkies (many of them westerns) over the years. The two actually appeared together as father and son in the western The Arizona Ranger (1948), and Jack was glimpsed (as a hobo in the Mexican flophouse that Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim were staying in) in the classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948). Tim was also very active in various rodeos his whole life. He bought into the Jennings Lamar Rodeo in 1947 and toured with it whenever he wasn't busy with his film work. Holt turned in solid performances in several "A-list" pictures, and many believed his career could take off, but Tim loved horses and was happy making westerns. After his father died in 1951, he became less interested in making films and when his contract with RKO had ended, he didn't have to answer to anyone. He also felt that the business was changing, and so he left Hollywood behind and moved to Oklahoma to ranch full time while traveling for rodeos. Like Randolph Scott, Tim was able to walk away from Hollywood, only working on a handful of projects and usually only because of encouragement from a friend or for public service.