Rowell And Thomas Saddles

[oltoot]

As would be expected for the time (has an early 50's look) , it's pretty narrow and steep angled in front. It is in great shape though and a good cleaning with a glycerine based cleaner would have been time well spent. It's a little too new to be a "restoration" so for someone looking for a well made kid's saddle for use on smaller horses with angular conformation it should bring somewhere +/- $300. I'm not at all familiar with your market but I would be a little picky about who I sold it to. A heavy user on big horses could end up with a bad experience and tell all their friends about it. As for the other one it may be a little older but not much. Good brass hardware like the EZ rig front dees was just about impossible to find until after WWII and high priced until after the Korean conflict, too high priced for use in a low end shop made saddle like that one. If its narrow like the other one you would probably be in the same pricing boat as with the other one maybe worse because of the bigger seat.

[Saddlebag]

I'm thinking the stirrups on both saddles are not originals. Considering the excellent quality of both saddles they'd have had leather bound stirrups. The laced rawhide are a style that came later. The metal bound were seen on economy saddles, usually mail order saddles, of that era.

[Kaarin]

Did you ever find information about the Moroni Thomas saddle? I have a bit of history and can put you in touch with the family.

Kaarin