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Original G.S. Garcia / Elko, Nevada Please click on each photograph for details. Tax Season Discount! Many of our devoted collector clients have asked us to reduce our prices until April 15th – TAX DAY. We, at Pure Cowboy, understand that tax day can be a heavy burden. The government won’t give you a break – so we will! We've decided to offer a discount of 15% on our entire collection of Antique Western Americana and Cowboy Memorabilia until April 15th, 2012. It's your money and you deserve a break! Note: discount does not apply to items listed in “The Bargain Bin”!
G. S. Garcia / Elko, Nevada
Item #UA901
G.S. Garcia Leather Headstall and Bit Set Item #HS109 Inquire For Price
G.S. Garcia Heart Concho Batwing Chaps, circa 1910 Item #CH555
Item #UA201
Item # SP208
G.S. Garcia #13 Inlaid "Peanut" Silver Spurs
Item # SP922
G.S. Garcia Engraved No. 10 Spurs - Roy Rogers Museum Collection Item # SP945 SOLD
Item # SP907
Item #SP245
G.S. Garcia Legendary Silver Engraved Snake Bit No. 110 Item # B840
G.S. Garcia Bit on G. S. Garcia Card Suit Headstall, Juan (John) Estrada Item #HS109 Inquire For Price
G.S. Garcia #75 Silver Engraved Eagle by Adolph Biancani Item # B1000 Inquire For Price
G.S. Garcia 1904 World's Fair Prototype Bit by Alsalio Herrera Item # B1008
G.S. Garcia No. 1 (Eagle) patterned after the World's Fair Winning Bit Item # B902 SOLD
G.S. Garcia #16 Crescent Bit, Juan (John) Estrada Item # B713
G.S. Garcia Crescent [Ring] Bit No. 60 Item # B883 SOLD
G.S. Garcia Silver Engraved Bit No. 80 - Ortega Braided Rawhide Reins Item # B990
Item # B881 SOLD
Item # B820
Item # B927
Item # B123 SOLD
Item # B985
G.S. Garcia Pre-1900's Santa Barbara Bit Item # B980
Item # B520
About G. S. Garcia / Garcia Saddlery - Elko, Nevada Guadalupe S. Garcia was born in Sonora, Mexico in 1864 and was raised in Santa Margarita, near San Luis Obispo, California. In 1882, he apprenticed with the Arana Saddle Shop in San Luis Obispo, prior to opening his own shop in Santa Margarita in 1883. In 1894, G. S Garcia moved to Elko, Nevada. The first Garcia catalog was published in 1897. The Saddlery was employing about 20 craftsmen and apprentices at that time. Alsalio Herrera was hired from Visalia, California for the post of master bit and spur maker. He brought 35 years of experience of working with his father, a famous maker in his own right. By the start of 1904, the G. S. Garcia Harness and Saddlery would be one of Elko's largest employers. The quality, craftsmanship and attention to detail was unmatched. When coupled with G. S. Garcia's natural marketing ability, there was no stopping the resulting success of the company. G. S. Garcia was involved in every aspect of design and implementation. By all accounts he was inspired by the elaborate and ornate styles of the early California vaqueros, many of which had their origins in Colonial Spain and Mexico. Beginning in 1899, G. S. Garcia employed the most distinguished spur makers of the time, including Juan Estrada, Gus Goldberg, Mike Morales, Adolf Biancani, Alsalio Herrera, and Raphael (Philo) Gutierrez. These great artists are credited with producing Garcia's finest work. Juan Estrada had been hired in 1896 to make the bits and mouthpieces. Over the next 5 years, Estrada apprenticed in silver engraving under Herrera and became one of the best. G. S. Garcia bits and spurs were marked in different ways, depending on the maker and the date made. Those pieces marked with the backward "N" were made prior to 1910. In 1904, G. S. Garcia won the Gold Medal for his silver show saddle entered at the St. Louis World's Fair - and thereby began his vast world-wide popularity and the overwhelming success that has been continued for generations. The silver on that saddle, bridle and bit was the work of Alsalio Herrera. Contact Us To Arrange Your Purchase
Your purchase of any G. S. Garcia Items will include a complimentary copy of "Legacy of Silver and Saddles": G. S. Garcia to J.M. Capriola Co. (Limit One Copy Per Client)
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G.S. Garcia Bit No. 6 - Kissing Bird Spade with unique "1" mark
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