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Garcia Silver Mounted Spurs & Spur Pictorial Billhead

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Garcia Silver Mounted Spurs & Spur Pictorial Billhead
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1,600.00USDto a**********5+ buyer's premium (400.00)
This item SOLD at 2018 Dec 07 @ 13:32UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Exceptional quality. Marked with the early small letters: " ? S. Garcia/ Maker/ Elko, Nev." Nevada's early and famous silversmith out of Elko, Nevada. In 1896, Garcia and his new bride, Saturina, came to Elko with two suitcases filled with bits, spurs, riatas, rawhide headstalls and reins. Garcia set up shop in corner of Charles Mayer's old Gem Hotel and sold out the first evening. He soon opened his G.S. Garcia Harness and Saddle Shop near Sixth and Commercial streets. By 1903, Garcia was filling custom orders throughout northern Nevada which his brother would deliver by wagon. He soon had catalog orders from around the world and his impressive list of customers included such well-known names as Will Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks. Garcia's most famous saddle was one that brought home the gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. These spurs are made in the original vaquero tradition. Intricate engraved silver work shows on the outside of the spurs only. In-sized hearts and inlaid silver diagonals grace this fine pair. Definitely used. This is one of the finest pairs of Garcia spurs we've seen in years. At the request of an advanced collector, we have examined the pair under a microscope, and have posted a detailed close-up of the Garcia markings on one of the spurs, which is unquestionably real, as the corrosion from age is consistent throughout the lettering - throughout the top, sides and bottoms of the letters. The silver work on this spur is also exemplary, with fine, artistic lines and patterns. The second spur may have been the original hand-made partner, which is difficult to ascertain when the spurs were hand made. The silver work on the second spur is not consistent with the quality on the first spur, and could be a repair or replacement. [Holabird Western Americana Auctions]. Includes a nice 1917 pictorial billhead of a spur. Lots of background notes are included. State: Nevada City: Elko, Elko Date: HWAC# 99446