Can Someone Help Us Figure Out The Maker And Age Of This Saddle?

[Theitalianaz]

Hello, my wife and I found this saddle and cannot find a makers mark, can someone help us identify the maker and possibly the age and maybe a value?

[Theitalianaz]

Hello again, could someone please help me out here? I have seen a lot of people have viewed this but no one has responded with any info, do I need more pics or is it just a hard one to figure out? Please help the anticipation is killing me. I am obsessed with this and I can't seem to find any info. I don't know where to look that I have not already and am running out of people to go and show it to. Thank you very much!!!

[steveh]

Without a makers mark it is difficullt to ID a saddle. It is a longshot but looking under the seat jockey or rear jockeys may reveal something.Based on its style and construction I would guess it have been made 1910 to 1930. Good luck in you search.

Steve

[bruce johnson]

Without a maker's stamp, that is a fairly common style of saddle from the maybe early part of the 1900s and that would be about all I could say. How are the stirrup leathers adjusted? I get the hint of a slide from a Blevins buckle in the picture, but can't tell for sure. That could sure change things if so, either a later addition or a more recent make of an older style. Value is all over the board. I have seen them bring $100 at local auctions and some decoraters pay up to $500. If it had a stamp from a maker, that could change things.

[Theitalianaz]

Thank you guys, yes Bruce it is a Blevins Buckle that I was able to trace the patent number to a 1940's era but the saddle seems to be older, it also has the initials D.L.M carved into the skirt but that could just be a previous owner?

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

My guess is that it is the mid to late 30"s, based on the fact that the stirrup leathers are in front of the fenders but they are not exposed at the point where they go over the tree bars. also, the type of horn cover used. As for value and the rest, I agree with Bruce, it all depends on who you are selling it to. As they say on Roadshow, for insurance purposes, double the value , because that is what it will cost you to have it replaced. Bottom line, it's worth what you can get for it.

Bob