Valerie please contact the Auctioneer!!
 

a google alert earlier today
sure got my attention and my first reaction was to include it in a new "blog" message, but then I thought it was too important to be lost on that worthy effort of mine so here it is:-
Google News Alert for: "gordon lightfoot"
Historic Civil War, Texas and Celebrity Western Artifacts up for ...Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Gordon Lightfoot's silver and gold parade saddle, a knife and beaded sheath attributed to legendary Indian Chief Crazy Horse who fought at the Battle of the ...
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the main link was to:-
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/f...rweb860064.htm

New Braunfels, TX (PRWEB) April 15, 2008 -- Gordon Lightfoot's silver and gold parade saddle
http://www.emediawire.com/prfiles/20.../Lightfoot.JPG
picture caption on that page
Gordon Lightfoot Parade SaddleUploaded: Apr 14, 2008
File Name: Lightfoot.JPG
So naturally I googled and discovered the auction catalogue at:-
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/15641
which nicely links to
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5124529
where it is further described as
Lot 82
Gordon Lightfoot's Wm. T Gustavsen Silver Parade Saddle, Headstall, And Breast Collar. Marked Wm T Gustavsen Long Beach Calif. Seat Measures 14".
and another picture
http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/ho..._1_230_400.jpg
with a suggested price:-
Estimate $8,000 - $16,000
Valerie your shout again!!!

Re: Valerie please contact the Auctioneer!!
 

OK can anybody (Annie?) find anything about this earlier Gordon Lightfoot who obviously predated Gord's horse riding in Harry Tracy
I googled for GL and the searched progressively within the 1.5 million results for "civil war" and " saddle"
but the best I could come up with was an msn shopping listing of "War Movies & Westerns" at:-
http://shopping.msn.com/results/war-...134154/forsale?

text=category:war-movies-westerns+Theme:Sheriffs-and-Outlaws
which pleasingly does include the Harry Tracy DVD
with one copy on offer from alibris
for a mere US$2.90
and a single used copy for $3.99
First come First served of course!!

Apologies RM for the large picture I displayed, but 614KB is not really that large a jpeg
this one is smaller albeit it looks rather painful!!
http://photos.liveauctioneers.com/ho...0082_10_lg.jpg

Re: Valerie please contact the Auctioneer!!
 

Interesting, I received an email from a Lightfoot fan about 30 minutes ago asking me about this, and I said it wasn't "our" Gordon Lightfoot. I gather you have come to the same conclusion! I'm sure that the movie Harry Tracy did not have a budget for silver and gold saddles! And I can't imagine that our Gordon Lightfoot was ever a collector of such things ...

Re: Valerie please contact the Auctioneer!!
 

Doesn't seem like our Gord, either, unless it was a gift at some point. I did email the company to ask if it was the Canadian singer-songwriter or another GL, plus any information about its provenance/history as far as they knew it. Will let you know if I hear anything back.