WONDERFUL HEAVY TOOLED BROWN LEATHER DOUBLE BUSCADERO BELT & HOLSTER RIG.

WONDERFUL HEAVY TOOLED BROWN LEATHER DOUBLE BUSCADERO BELT & HOLSTER RIG. Custom made, one-of-a-kind, by John Bianchi from heavy dbl-layered brown belting leather with a 3-1/8″ wide x about 44″ long buscadero belt with sewn-on tongue & buckle billets containing a beautiful heavy Mexican silver buckle set with keeper & tab. All three pieces have heavy silver overlay foliate & floral appliques with a fine stippled background. The belt & billets are beautifully tooled with running foliate & floral patterns and about fifty-two 1/2″ domed conchos and sixty-six 3/8″ domed conchos which are all nicely hand engraved. Rear center of belt has twenty-five 44/45 caliber cartridge loops containing dummy 45 Colt cartridges. Each end of the cartridge loops, on the belt is mounted with an engraved silver diamond. The buckle end of the belt is marked “JOHN BIANCHI / CUSTOM MAKER”. Body of the belt, at the tongue end under the tongue billet, is mounted with a 4-5/8″ long x 1-1/4″ wide engraved silver plaque which is overlaid with an inscribed presentation “SPECIAL PRESENTATION / 1995 GOLDEN BOOTS AWARDS”. The holster drops on the belt contain a set of left & right holsters also of sewn dbl layered belting leather made from 1-pc with attached single swell-center loop. Face of holster & skirt are beautifully tooled with foliate & floral patterns and a fine shaded background and each have a hammer thong on the back side. Skirts of holsters are mounted with twenty-four 1/2″ engraved domed conchos around the perimeter and the face of the holsters are mounted with twenty 3/8″ engraved domed conchos around the top and back edges and around the toe. The loops are tooled to match and are mounted with eight 3/8″ engraved domed conchos and one 1/2″ concho in the center. The loops are attached with small engraved silver conchos through the back of the skirt and the rear face of holsters at the toe are marked identically to the belt. Accompanied by a notarized statement dated Aug. 23, 2010, from Robert Carradine, brother of David Carradine, certifying that “This John Bianchi Buscadero Presentation Double Gun Belt was presented to my brother at the 1995 Golden Boot Awards.” It includes a Bianchi Certificate of Authenticity and Phil Spangenberger article from Guns and Ammo dated 10/95 about Bianchi and the Golden Boots Awards. The Certificate of Authenticity is also included in the lot. PROVENANCE: From the private collection of the late actor, David Carradine. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Leather is soft & supple and retains about all of its orig finish. Holsters have carried revolvers but show very little wear. Right toe of the right holster has had some minor re-stitching, not noticeable from the front. 4-40813 JR258 (1,500-2,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1477	$4,025.00	WONDERFUL HEAVY TOOLED BROWN LEATHER DOUBLE BUSCADERO BELT & HOLSTER RIG. Custom made, one-of-a-kind, by John Bianchi from heavy dbl-layered brown belting leather with a 3-1/8″ wide x about 44″ long buscadero belt with sewn-on tongue & buckle billets containing a beautiful heavy Mexican silver buckle set with keeper & tab. All three pieces have heavy silver overlay foliate & floral appliques with a fine stippled background. The belt & billets are beautifully tooled with running foliate & floral patterns and about fifty-two 1/2″ domed conchos and sixty-six 3/8″ domed conchos which are all nicely hand engraved. Rear center of belt has twenty-five 44/45 caliber cartridge loops containing dummy 45 Colt cartridges. Each end of the cartridge loops, on the belt is mounted with an engraved silver diamond. The buckle end of the belt is marked “JOHN BIANCHI / CUSTOM MAKER”. Body of the belt, at the tongue end under the tongue billet, is mounted with a 4-5/8″ long x 1-1/4″ wide engraved silver plaque which is overlaid with an inscribed presentation “SPECIAL PRESENTATION / 1995 GOLDEN BOOTS AWARDS”. The holster drops on the belt contain a set of left & right holsters also of sewn dbl layered belting leather made from 1-pc with attached single swell-center loop. Face of holster & skirt are beautifully tooled with foliate & floral patterns and a fine shaded background and each have a hammer thong on the back side. Skirts of holsters are mounted with twenty-four 1/2″ engraved domed conchos around the perimeter and the face of the holsters are mounted with twenty 3/8″ engraved domed conchos around the top and back edges and around the toe. The loops are tooled to match and are mounted with eight 3/8″ engraved domed conchos and one 1/2″ concho in the center. The loops are attached with small engraved silver conchos through the back of the skirt and the rear face of holsters at the toe are marked identically to the belt. Accompanied by a notarized statement dated Aug. 23, 2010, from Robert Carradine, brother of David Carradine, certifying that “This John Bianchi Buscadero Presentation Double Gun Belt was presented to my brother at the 1995 Golden Boot Awards.” It includes a Bianchi Certificate of Authenticity and Phil Spangenberger article from Guns and Ammo dated 10/95 about Bianchi and the Golden Boots Awards. The Certificate of Authenticity is also included in the lot. PROVENANCE: From the private collection of the late actor, David Carradine. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Leather is soft & supple and retains about all of its orig finish. Holsters have carried revolvers but show very little wear. Right toe of the right holster has had some minor re-stitching, not noticeable from the front. 4-40813 JR258 (1,500-2,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2010 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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