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120,000.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 Jan 25 @ 19:59UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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A breathtaking triumph combining artistically tooled leather with exquisitely engraved sterling silver, this 1930s masterpiece from the Visalia Stock Saddle Company of San Francisco is lavishly adorned with Schaezlein, silver mounted on a two-tone brown acorn pattern saddle. Pictured on the cover of multiple Visalia catalogs, it is featured on page 1 of their 1934 catalog and described as Elegance express in refinement and simplicity. The saddle ensemble includes fully matching Bridle with Visalia Humane Bit and dazzling matching Breast Collar. All engraving is jeweler's quality. The saddle has a 14" seat, 4 3/4" high cantle, 25" long tapaderos. The gullet and cantle silver features a twisted rope edge. The classic Northern California scalloped berry conchos in varying sizes are circled with individual silver mountings when placed end-to-end, gives the impression of a fully encased silver rope trim. The saddle was made for Lady Ann Yule (see accompanying Griff Durham write-up) considered to be the wealthiest woman in the world in 1928. Fabulous, 100% original condition. Includes oak display stand. This extraordinary parade/ceremonial outfit was made for Lady Henrietta Annie Yule, said to be the richest woman in the world at the time. Lady Yule, wife of Sir David Yule, was widowed in 1928, and inherited their Hanstead estate outside London and a fortune of twenty million pounds. Lady Yule and her daughter Gladys began breeding Arabian horses in 1925, and for three decades their Hanstead Stud was one of the most successful in Great Britain. The two were also world travelers, and the three hundred foot yacht Nahlin, ordered in 1929, one of the biggest private yachts in the United Kingdom, became a fixture on the World Tour. Santa Barbara, with her benign climate, protected harbor, and extensive upper crust society, became a regular stop. On one of her early stays in Santa Barbara, Lady Yule became acquainted with Ed Borein, and began collecting his watercolors. A close friendship developed, and when Lady Yule decided to build a part-time winter residence on El Cielito Road, she also built another nearby, with a studio, for the Boreins. According to Harold Davidson, the Boreins spent the last five years of Ed's life at the El Cielito Road property. Apparently, through Borein, she was introduced to some of the wealthy individuals who had relocated to Santa Barbara, bought huge properties, and adopted the Ranchero lifestyle. One of these, Silsby Spalding, oil man and ex-mayor of Beverly Hills, had a parade outfit made for him by the Visalia Stock Saddle Company in 1927. Spalding was a founding member of the Rancheros Visitadores, and his silver outfit was likely used on their rides from 1930 on, as well as in Santa Barbara's annual Old Spanish Days parades. Justifiably proud of their product, the company featured its image in and on its catalogs from the late twenties through the thirties. For much of the period that Lady Yule was wintering in Santa Barbara, Visalia had a branch store next door to Borein's studio in El Paseo. It is significant that Lady Yule, who had expensive tastes and the wherewithal to indulge them, chose this saddle to have a copy made for her own use. It clearly justifies the use of the term Supreme to describe the original of this saddle, designed by Lee Bergen in 1927. Further evidence of the timeless, classic nature of Bergen's design is the fact that one of the most important collectors of contemporary saddles has commissioned two copies to be made by founding members of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association for his collection. Ten years ago Cary Schwarz of Salmon, Idaho completed an abbreviated version. Currently, Rob Schaezlein is working with the original dies used by his grandfather to produce the silver for the Spalding and Yule saddles to reproduce a complete set for Chuck Stormes of Calgary. The original Silsby Spalding Visalia Supreme is on display with the rest of his Tecolote Ranch collection at the Carriage and Western Art Museum of Santa Barbara. Footnote: My notes from an interview done twenty-five years ago with Yvonne Berge Bennett, widow of Leland Bergen, indicated Visalia made ...a couple of fancy saddles for Lady Yule of England. Perhaps daughter Gladys' saddle is out there somewhere....Griff Durham, Reno, Nevada
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At this printing the state of Arizona charges 6.3%, city of Mesa charge 1.75% for a total of 8.05%
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