![]() There are several shops in Mexico which make spurs. They were made from the 1980s to 2000s, so they are not old or antique (as you sometimes see them advertised). Garcia items.Įduardo Garcia of San Ysidro, California, imported spurs from Old Mexico with his hallmark (E. Hence they do not (should not) demand as high of a price as the G.S. While Les’s name is generally associated with quality items, for the most part, they are not as rare, as old, or as well made as items made in his father’s shop in the early 1900s. But he also had spurs made at his direction by Mexican silversmiths he contracted with. After he retired from the family business and went into business for himself, he produced many fine spurs (and other goods). He learned the trade from some of the master craftsmen working for his father and really took to it. It has been said he was the most talented metalsmith of the Garcia siblings. Then we have Les Garcia, who was one of the middle sons of G.S. Couple this with the fact that some of the primo, early bit and spur makers from those days were the ones making the spurs for G.S., and you see why those spurs are highly sought after today. This group of spurs would have been produced from about the turn of the last century thru the early 1920s. However, there was not an abundance of spurs made during his tenure with the G.S. These craftsmen built items in Garcia's shop and marked them with the business name. Garcia’s business employed the very best bit and spur makers (and anything else for the horseman) of his day. He is the one all others get confused with. Garcia is the most notable of the bunch by far. What many folk do not realize however, is there is a huge price difference a knowledgeable collector will pay depending upon which Garcia shop produced the spurs. bought Les Garcia’s business in 1978 and they still make spurs to this day under the Garcia name. There are several other “Garcia” marked spurs out there that were not made by the businesses of the three men listed above. Garcias.” Eduardo is no relation to the former Garcias. He remained in business until about the time of his death. He started marketing spurs with his name on them in the 1980s. Finally there was Eduardo Garcia who was born in Mexico (circa 1923) and passed away in 2009. ![]() So Les Garcia was involved in the family business, Garcia Saddlery, and also his own, Garcia Bit and Spur Manufacturing Co. The brothers opened another shop in Salinas, CA in the mid- 1930s and that store stayed open until 1966.Īlong the way, Les opened his own shop, Garcia Bit and Spur Manufacturing Company, which was in business from about 1957 until 1978 in Reno, NV. ![]() As mentioned above, “Garcia Saddlery” continued until 1938 in Elko.
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