A Harris saddle’s serial number can tell you the seat size of the saddle as well as the year in which it was built. Request a photo of the saddle’s serial number. Once you have the number, give us a call and we can confirm its legitimacy and provide you with more information regarding that particular saddle.ĭON’T: Do not simply accept what a seller online tells you about the seat size, year model or original price of a Harris saddle. Buying a saddle on Facebook, eBay, or Tack Trader without first seeing a picture of the serial number could get you in the middle of a mess if the saddle were to be stolen.
We keep detailed records of saddles by their serial numbers and encourage our customers to report to us first if a saddle should become stolen, so we can flag it in our database. Make sure you provide those considering buying your used saddle with its serial number.
The same goes if you are selling a saddle as well. As the company that manufactures much of the tack that is regularly traded on eBay, Facebook groups, and the like, we feel it is our responsibility to educate and assist our customers by providing you with several do’s and don’ts concerning the trading of Harris brand saddles and tack online.ĭO: ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS get a serial number for any Harris saddle that you are considering purchasing online. At Harris, our customers are very important to us so it’s distressing when we hear about their bad experiences buying and selling tack online. However, buying and selling on these sites can have drawbacks, and you would not believe some of the horror stories we hear from our customers on a regular basis. There are many benefits to using these sites to your advantage, whether you are shopping for quality pre-owned equipment or trying to clean out your tack room and make some extra cash. Websites such as these can be tremendous tools to help individuals buy, sell and trade used saddles and tack with ease and with great results. Along with this surge in technological advances we have witnessed the growth of used tack being readily traded on websites such as Facebook, Tack Trader and eBay. Everywhere you turn it seems someone is browsing on a smartphone or working on a tablet or computer. Over the past decade we have witnessed a tremendous growth in technology in all areas of society. All prices reflected include 15% buyer’s premium.You are here: Home › The Do’s and Don’ts of Buying Used Saddles and Tack On Facebook, Ebay and Tack Trader The Do’s and Don’ts of Buying Used Saddles and Tack On Facebook, Ebay and Tack Trader Overall, the Annual High Noon Western Americana auction realized nearly $2 million on just 300 lots of Western and Native Americana, fine art, artifacts, historic property and Hollywood memorabilia.Ĭomplete results of the sale will be forthcoming and available at. To see a video of the sale of the Pancho Villa saddle, go to The bidding competition ensued until the hammer dropped on the winning bid of $718,000 - new world record for a saddle at auction!Īpplause and cheers filled the ballroom in honor of the new owner, a passionate south Texas collector who plans on having the saddle on display in a museum (to be announced). Estimated to bring $150,000 to $250,000, Auctioneer Troy Black opened the bidding at $125,000 and quickly escalated the increments until it became a two-bidder war at $500,000. Offered without reserve, the consignors sat in the audience with great anticipation hoping it would be bought by someone who would share this important piece of history with the world. Smothered in silver-wrapped threads over leather stump work with boldly-domed silver conchos, the saddle bears the marks of the craftsmen, and on each silver stirrup the carved styled initials of Francisco Villa (Villa’s given name) appears. Prior to Villa’s assassination in 1923, the magnificent saddle was created for him by renowned Mexican artisans and presented to him. The key offering of the sale, which received worldwide media attention, was the rare, historic, silver embroidered saddle that belonged to the infamous renegade and revolutionary hero Pancho Villa. On Saturday evening, January 28, 2012, the much-anticipated High Noon Western Americana Auction was held in Mesa, AZ to a standing-room only crowd inside the ballroom of the Marriott Mesa Hotel.