
Appraisal: Miles City Trophy Saddle, ca. 1914
Clip: Season 28 Episode 19 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Miles City Trophy Saddle, ca. 1914
See Bruce Shackelford appraise a Miles City trophy saddle, ca. 1914, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Miles City Trophy Saddle, ca. 1914
Clip: Season 28 Episode 19 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
See Bruce Shackelford appraise a Miles City trophy saddle, ca. 1914, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: Well, it was, uh, a prize saddle won by my grandfather in 1914, and it has just been in the family since.
Actually, they had it and then I was given it.
APPRAISER: I see, and what did he win it for?
GUEST: He won it in a three-day horserace.
They had to let their own horses go, uh, into a corral with all the other contestants, and then they had to go 25 yards away, run, get their horse saddled, and run around the track three days in succession.
And he got the fastest time and won the saddle.
APPRAISER: Well, what that shows is that rodeo has changed a lot since 1914.
Saddles were the great trophy that was awarded, and this is a great saddle.
The saddle was made at Miles City Saddlery in Miles City, Montana.
Now, from 1895 to 1909, a man named Coggshall ran Miles City Saddlery under his name, and then it switched to Miles City Saddlery in 1909.
So this came out five years after they switched the name.
It's got a lot of great design features.
The name of the rodeo is across the back of the cantle, with the date.
It has a lot of silver alloy trim.
Looks like nickel silver.
It has the classic bronc image on the fender, the "Let 'er Buck" image that everybody still uses even today.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: And the great thing is, is, you've got a great picture of him riding the exact saddle.
So it's kind of a neat thing, and early rodeo saddles are not very common.
They just didn't survive.
And so it's really great that you guys carried this down through your family.
Early rodeo material is pretty desirable.
There's just not a lot of it around anymore.
If it came up for auction today, easily $3,000 to $5,000.
GUEST: Nice.
APPRAISER: And possibly more.
GUEST: Right.
The reason he won is, he had his horse trained to come when he whistled, so the horse just ran right up to him.
(laughs) APPRAISER: So he didn't have to chase him down and rope him, like everybody else did.
GUEST: He didn't have to chase him down, no.
He just whistled, and here came Old Dan.
Appraisal: 1771 Pennsylvania Fraktur
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 1m 33s | Appraisal: 1771 Pennsylvania Fraktur (1m 33s)
Appraisal: 1878 Daniel Huntington Oil Portraits
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: 1878 Daniel Huntington Oil Portraits (1m 3s)
Appraisal: 1937 Jean Carlu Paris Exposition Poster
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 2m 49s | Appraisal: 1937 Jean Carlu Paris Exposition Poster (2m 49s)
Appraisal: American Flyer Train Set, ca. 1930
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: American Flyer Train Set, ca. 1930 (3m 1s)
Appraisal: Basan Rembrandt Etching, ca. 1780
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 13s | Appraisal: Basan Rembrandt Etching, ca. 1780 (3m 13s)
Appraisal: Boston Queen Anne Side Chair, ca. 1740
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 59s | Appraisal: Boston Queen Anne Side Chair, ca. 1740 (59s)
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 54s | Appraisal: Chinese Bronzes (54s)
Appraisal: Civil War Colonel Uniform Group, ca. 1863
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 2s | Appraisal: Civil War Colonel Uniform Group, ca. 1863 (3m 2s)
Appraisal: Coastal Massachusetts Armchair, ca. 1680
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 2m 50s | Appraisal: Coastal Massachusetts Armchair, ca. 1680 (2m 50s)
Appraisal: Diamond & Gold Ring, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 1m 2s | Appraisal: Diamond & Gold Ring, ca. 1920 (1m 2s)
Appraisal: Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture, ca. 1965
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 1m 35s | Appraisal: Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture, ca. 1965 (1m 35s)
Appraisal: Knobelsdorf Tortoise Shell Mandolin, ca. 1900
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 1m 9s | Appraisal: Knobelsdorf Tortoise Shell Mandolin, ca. 1900 (1m 9s)
Appraisal: Manuscripts & William S. Soule Photos, ca. 1872
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 34s | Appraisal: Manuscripts & William S. Soule Photos, ca. 1872 (3m 34s)
Appraisal: Moser Cranberry Glass Vase, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 39s | Appraisal: Moser Cranberry Glass Vase, ca. 1920 (39s)
Appraisal: National Dobro Corporation Guitar, ca. 1940
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 25s | Appraisal: National Dobro Corporation Guitar, ca. 1940 (25s)
Appraisal: Old Mine Cut Diamond Ring & Flato Watches
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 24s | Appraisal: Old Mine Cut Diamond Ring & Flato Watches (3m 24s)
Appraisal: Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, ca. 1975
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 35s | Appraisal: Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, ca. 1975 (35s)
Appraisal: Steiff Character Doll, ca. 1915
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 2m 34s | Appraisal: Steiff Character Doll, ca. 1915 (2m 34s)
Appraisal: Tiffany Studios Desk Lamp, ca. 1925
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 33s | Appraisal: Tiffany Studios Desk Lamp, ca. 1925 (33s)
Appraisal: Victorian Memorial Hair Wreath, ca. 1875
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 38s | Appraisal: Victorian Memorial Hair Wreath, ca. 1875 (38s)
Appraisal: Weller Sicard Vase, ca. 1905
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 3s | Appraisal: Weller Sicard Vase, ca. 1905 (3m 3s)
Appraisal: Signed Mercury 7 Photo & Paperwork
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 2m 41s | Appraisal: Signed Mercury 7 Photo & Paperwork (2m 41s)
Appraisal: 1910 Hough's "American Woods" 3rd Edition Set
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 3s | Appraisal: 1910 Hough's "American Woods" Set, from ROADSHOW's Special: Finders Keepers. (3m 3s)
Appraisal: Bessie Potter Vonnoh Bronze, ca.1900
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 3m 13s | Eric Silver appraises a Bessie Potter Vonnoh bronze, ca.1900. (3m 13s)
Appraisal: Ancient Egyptian Canopic Jar, ca. 340 BC
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Clip: S28 Ep19 | 2m 56s | Anthony Slayter-Ralph explores the history behind an ancient Egyptian canopic jar. (2m 56s)
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