WONDERFUL HAND MADE VINTAGE NO. 531 TOOLED SADDLE MADE BY FOSTER IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THIS COMES FROM THE HOME OF JEAN VANDERLYN, NEW PALTZ, N.Y. IT IS ON A HAND MADE STAND, WITH HER INITIALS ON FRONT, IT ALWAYS WAS NEXT TO HER BED, SHE LOVED THIS SADDLE, AND ALWAYS KEPT IT CLOSE. THE STAND WAS PROBABLY MADE BY HER FATHER, THE WOMAN HANDLING THE SALE SAID JEAN BOUGHT A BLANK SADDLE AND TOOLED IT HERSELF. EVEN HAS HER ROPE SHE LASSOED WITH ON THE FRONT, THIS IS JUST HOW WE REMOVED IT FROM HER HOME. SHE IS IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY NOW, AND BY THE CONDITION IT IS IN, YOU CAN TELL IT WAS HER PRIDE AND JOY......THIS COMES FROM THE HOUSE OF 96 YEAR OLD FORMER WESTERN RODEO HORSE TRICK RIDER JEAN VANDERLYN OF NEW PALTZ, N.Y. WE ARE SELLING THE CONTENTS OF HER WONDERFUL HOME. HER FATHER OWNED THE BAR V RANCH IN OHIOVILLE, N.Y. (OUTSIDE OF NEW PALTZ, N.Y.) HE TAUGHT HER TO RIDE, THEY BOTH TOOLED LEATHER, HE WAS A METALSMITH AND MADE MAY OF THE ITEMS IN THE HOME, INCLUDING FURNITURE, LANTERNS, LAMPS, ETC. MANY WITH THEIR (BAR V) LOGO.