Original Austin "Slim" Green saddle made in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Greene is a famous saddle maker who has made saddles and leather work for celebrities and dignitaries including President Franklin D. Roosevelt and actors John Wayne and Robert Redford. Green's hand tooled saddles and leather work have been featured at the Smithsonian Institution, the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West and the Professional Ropers and Cowboys Assn. Museum. His entire shop and tool collection is on exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. Born in Ravi, Okla., on June 10, 1916, Green moved with his family by covered wagon to Texas, where he became a boy rodeo rider and roper. He apprenticed himself to Pop Bettes, a noted saddle maker, and made his first saddle in 1936.Green continued to make saddles while serving with the Army during World War II. After the war, he moved to Santa Fe, N.M., co-founded Rodeo! de Santa Fe and taught the next generation of saddle makers through a state art apprenticeship program. Green was featured in Hola Magazine Spring 2004 issue. Shipping to be calculated at end of auction.

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