Need Estimate On What Old Childrens Saddle Might Be Worth

[equiss]

Hello all,

a friend of mine has an old childrens saddle that she wants to sell, I mentioned I wanted a "project"; she has no idea what she wants for this, I have no idea what it is worth. I did some searching on tack trader for older used saddles, and there are a lot on there right now and prices seem pretty low. What I need are some good estimates on what this might be worth and what a fair offer to her might be.

I have no idea how old it is, we are guessing 60-70 years old? No makers mark or other identification; there is a tear in one fender such that the whole fender really would need to be replaced to make it safe and ridable, there are some tears in the swell leather, but not too bad for its age. It is missing most of the rosettes (easy), tree seems sound, and the skirting is coming apart from the tree. The seat is in good shape as is the horn, I would guess it is in about a 7 in a scale of 1 to 10 shaape with 7 being excellent.

it is about a 13" seat.....

What would you offer someone for something like this if you wanted to restore it? we dont have kids, so I have no need for a childrens saddle, I would just like to get it back to its original condition - then what, I have no idea?

it has silver rivets all around the edge, several are missing, not sure if those can be replaced.

Charlene

[cavsgt]

Hello all,

a friend of mine has an old childrens saddle that she wants to sell, I mentioned I wanted a "project"; she has no idea what she wants for this, I have no idea what it is worth. I did some searching on tack trader for older used saddles, and there are a lot on there right now and prices seem pretty low. What I need are some good estimates on what this might be worth and what a fair offer to her might be.

I have no idea how old it is, we are guessing 60-70 years old? No makers mark or other identification; there is a tear in one fender such that the whole fender really would need to be replaced to make it safe and ridable, there are some tears in the swell leather, but not too bad for its age. It is missing most of the rosettes (easy), tree seems sound, and the skirting is coming apart from the tree. The seat is in good shape as is the horn, I would guess it is in about a 7 in a scale of 1 to 10 shaape with 7 being excellent.

it is about a 13" seat.....

What would you offer someone for something like this if you wanted to restore it? we dont have kids, so I have no need for a childrens saddle, I would just like to get it back to its original condition - then what, I have no idea?

it has silver rivets all around the edge, several are missing, not sure if those can be replaced.

Charlene

Not sure what the market is where you are but around here after you get done it will be about a $75.00 saddle. Most of this style saddle came from a second rate mass production saddlery and were pretty cheap when new.

That said if you just want to use it to learn it is worth what you will give.