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Raphael Gutierrez Cowgirl Spurs

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana / Apparel - Spurs Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
Raphael Gutierrez Cowgirl Spurs
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Raphael Gutierrez Cowgirl Spurs. Rare and petite maker-marked (inside the right spur) "R. Gutierrez MFG. / 1084 Le. Conte. Ave / S. F". Single-mounted, silver overlaid California spurs with mini 10-point rowels, and untooled two-piece brown leathers affixed to 1 1/2" engraved silver conchos. Circa 1930s, outstanding condition. Raphael "Filo" Gutierrez (1889-1958). Born in Northern California in 1889, by age 16 Raphael (Filo) was working as a bit and spur maker in Sacramento, Cal with Bernard Valenzuela. He later joined G S Garcia in Elko, NV in 1911 and is credited with the production of some of Garcia's finest work. In 1917 Gutierrez teamed up with Bill Phillips in Cheyenne, Wyoming for the short-lived but legendary partnership of Phillips & Gutierrez. Returning to Northern California in 1920, he joined Juan Estrada, and later worked from his San Francisco home at 1084 Le Conte Avenue until his death in 1958. Gutierrez made bits and spurs for Hamley, Olsen-Nolte, Fred Stern and G S Garcia in addition to his own maker-mark.