Used Saddle Pick of the Week: Vintage Leddy Saddle
February 11, 2008 by Saddle Sense
Filed under Saddle Buying, Used Saddle Pick of the Week
The "Used Saddle Pick of the Week"
Every week we scour the Internet searching for a particularly juicy bargain on a high quality used western saddle and feature it here on the WSG Saddle Blog. The saddles featured are listed for sale on ebay as of the date of the post.
The Western Saddle Guide is not the seller of the saddles featured and does not make any representations about them. We encourage all potential buyers to do their own due diligence on the seller and the saddle before purchasing.
With this week’s pick you get a piece of history. This is a 1965 ML Leddy Saddle (14.5" seat).
The Leddy reputation for quality handmade saddles goes back to Texas in the 1920’s and they’re still making gorgeous saddles, boots and other leather work today. Visit ML Leddy’s.
The Leddy saddle for sale this week has been on display for a while but is still in riding shape. There’s quite a bit of interest in this saddle – already six bidders as I write this – so, you just might want to take a look at the work of one of the classic saddle makers of the past century.
We present The Saddle Blog’s "Used Saddle Pick of the Week"
Gorgeous Custom M L Leddy Vintage Used Western Saddle
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Hi, I have a vintage ML Leddy Saddle #1098 from the 1940’s time frame. The interesting thing is it is stamped ML Leddy 1098 San Angelo, TX yet if we look closer it also is stamped on the fenders under everything: Visalia Stock Saddle Company, San Francisco, CA serial #AB36578.
After talking to both places the only thing we could find out is that Visalia Saddle Company had a couple of bad fires and lost a lot of their records. ML Leddy has had several owners and they don’t know off hand about it. Maybe you have information that could help us.
Thank you Michele
Michele,
That sounds like a verrrrry unique saddle. Have no additional information for you, but I’m thinking that the very uniqueness and the fact that those two marks are from very well known, high quality makers, might make this more valuable in the western collectibles market. You might want to see out a western collectibles appraisers (preferably one specializing in saddles) and see what the value might be.
And we’d love to have you submit this interesting saddle to our Saddle Gallery. http://www.western-saddle-guide.com/western-saddle-gallery.html