Used Saddle Pick of the Week: 15.5″ Billy Royal Show Saddle

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.

Checking out our Picks each week will give you some great insight into buying used saddles. Make sure to click through to the actual listing to see all of the photos and description from the seller.

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.

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LAST WEEK’S PICK:

Last week’s pick – a really handsome 16.5″ Custom Ben Terrell Buckaroo Saddle – went unsold with not a single bid placed. As I feared, the starting bid of $900, coupled with  a saddlemaker who, while very talented and well known in the saddlemaking world, isn’t as well known among the public, scared folks away. Really too bad because this was a really nice saddle and $900 would have been a steal.

THIS WEEK’S PICK:

This week, we’ve chosen a very nice saddle that is also just downright pretty. The saddle is a 15.5″ Billy Royal Show Saddle. Billy Royal makes nice quality saddles and specializes in the show category.

Since show saddles are usually very well cared for and aren’t ridden for too many miles, they are great candidates to buy used. This saddle is a very good example. As you’ll see in all of the photos the seller provides, the saddle looks almost brand new.

The saddle is in dark oil with a 15.5″ suede seat, full floral tooling, and loads of sparkling silver. The tree has Full QH bars. This saddle will look fabulous in the show ring.The seller bought this saddle in 2003 but no longer shows and hasn’t ridden it in years.

There are 6 bids, as of this writing, with a high bid of $510. The Seller has a “Buy it Now Price” of $2100, which, in my opinion, is too high. You can currently find this model for sale new for $2200-$2700. So a five year old model, even in this great of condition, isn’t worth $2100. I think $1500-$1800 would be a fair price. Anything less would be a very good deal.

We present the Saddle Blog’s Used Saddle of the Week:
15.5″ Billy Royal Show Saddle

Check out other Billy Royal Saddles for sale in our tack shop.

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