TSII Sale Catalog for C R Dispersal

 

Sale Catalog of Timaru Star II pieces from the Colette Robertson Estate Dispersal.  For sale and auction at BreyerFest 2024.  Details are in this Catalog post, with 2 pictures per piece;  additional pictures are in each saddle's own post, if available.  Funds raised go directly to help pay Colette's medical and other bills.  (No premium or percentages to me.) 

TSII #401, Koi & Water Lilies.  Closes Sat., July 13, at 8pm.  Current bid:  $1100

TSII #442, Colette's Medieval Vine.  Closes Fri., July 12, at 7pm.  Current bid:  $300

TSII #451, Clyde Goehring No. 1 Silver Mexican Parade:  Closes Fri., July 12, 8pm.  Current bid:

TSII #427, Mint Chocolate Chip.  Closes Thurs., July 11, at 7pm.  Current bid:  $500

TSII #448, 10th Anniv. Donation.  Closes Thurs., July 11, 8pm.  Current bid:

TSII #358, Colette's Starburst Rays.  Closes Wed., July 10, at 8pm.  Current bid:  $325

TSII #434, Rose Gold Concho.  Closes Wed., July 10, at 7pm.  Current bid:  $500

TSII  Domo Vaquera Spanish Saddle set:  for sale with delivery at BreyerFest.

4-in-hand Hungarian Harness:  for sale with delivery at BreyerFest.

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It is with both sadness and pleasure that we present the cream of Colette Robertson's collection of Timaru Star II pieces at auction.  She was my best customer;  many times, across nearly two decades (1993 to 2010) and beyond, she literally kept the TSII alive.  Her unfailing demand and enthusiasm drew out of me the best I could produce.  The model horse world is losing a truly great champion.

The current plan is to accept offers via email until July 8.  My email address is sbytsii@verizon.net.  Starting the evening of July 8, offers will be accepted via text (814-470-7199) and in person.  The pieces may be viewed in my CHIN room 612 starting Monday evening.  Reserves are usually based on the original selling price. 

Gritty details:  I can accept cash, PayPal, and personal checks.  Checks will be held til clear (yes!).  I am Not set up to accept credit cards, Sorry!  Shipping costs must be bourne by the buyer.  Time pays up to 60 days are allowed:  a deposit of 25% is required at time of winning, with balance due by Sept 12 at the latest.  Fractional payments are non-refundable.  If you do not respond to contact within the 60 days, all amounts paid are forfeit and the piece will be re-listed.  Foreign bidders welcome!  If winner has an international address, they will be responsible for shipping costs. 

Please understand these pieces are being sold on an as-is basis.  Repairs, cleaning and updates will have to be addressed individually, as time permits.  I'll do what I can; but the wait may be quite long. 

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TSII #401, Koi & Water Lilies, built in 1997 for Susan Rudnicki.  [Reserve has been met.]  More pictures and many details, including a link to its own blog post (and pictures of Colette), here.  Closing at 8pm Eastern July 13, Saturday, 2024.

May it find a good owner.

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TSII #442, Colette's Medieval Vine, built in 2005.  This saddle also has its own post, here, (ignore the first paragraph).  Original price was $700.00.  Closes Friday, July 12, at 7 pm.  I personalized this saddle especially for her.  There is a stethoscope and syringe hiding in the tooling;  look on the front of the taps.  The vine-and-grape pattern, originally inspired by the Anglo Saxon Chronicles, was a reference to wine-drinking, something I didn't do, but she did.

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TSII #451, Clyde Goehring Silver Mexican Parade saddle the First, finished in 2014 for Sue Stewart.  A portrait of a real-life saddle, this exquisite piece of tack took 15 months to create; I was inventing new techniques every step of the way.  Embellished with hand-engraved Argentium on a custom tree, this saddle is documented with 13 blog posts;  the final listing is here.  Its original price was $900.00.  Colette purchased it from Sue sometime after 2017.  (Note there is a second Goehring Silver Mexican out there, TSII #457, made for EJH in 2020.)  Closing Friday the 12th at 8pm.

Photo by C Partee

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 TSII #427, Mint Chocolate Chip set, built in 2002 for Val Sydor, with an original price of $660.00.  Closes Thurs. July 11 at 7pm.  More pictures, and descriptions from my Grey Braidwork scrapbook and the TSII Saddle Numbers Registry, here.

Photo by C Partee

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TSII #448, 10th Donation Saddle, made to benefit NAN 2008, built in 2008.   The winner of that auction was, who else, Colette.  The reserve on this set today is $600.  The saddle was inspired by a High Noon 2008 catalog photo.  More pictures and saddle details here.  Closing Thurs., July 11, at 8pm.

Photo by C Partee

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TSII #358, Colette's Sunburst Rays Silver Parade Set, built in 1993.  Original 1993 price was $245.  A few more pictures are here.  Closing Wednesday July 10, at 8pm. 

You can see from Christie's photo that Colette included a matching rider doll and other parade themed goodies.  The winner gets the lot.

Photo by C. Partee, 2024

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TSII #434, Rose Gold Concho, (mistakenly referred to earlier as Peet's Braided, sorry!), was built in 2004.  Sold on eBay for $913.00 in 2002, won by Denise Stover.  So named from the gold pins in the center of its Rio Rondo conchos and plates, and the Rose Rayonnant carving pattern.  More pictures and details here.  Closing Wednesday, July 10th, at 7pm.

Photo by C. Partee, 2024

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TSII Spanish Domo Vaquera saddle, built in 2009.  Original price was just over a thousand.  Colette won this piece in an eBay auction in October of 2009.  For sale at BFest, price to be determined.

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TSII Four-in-hand Black & Gold Hungarian Harness, built in 1997.  She ordered it for her 4 white Amarna Arabs, and the original price was $450.00.  BFest sale price to be determined.

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Many of these saddles were documented with 35mm photographs, so I'm digitizing them:  thanks for your patience.  I'm also relying on Christie's current (May & June 2024) photos.

Huge thanks to Christie and Kim Wandrey who are doing incredible work with this dispersal.  There is a FaceBook group, CR Perf Dispersal Sale, headed by Christie Partee, dedicated to the task of rehoming Colette's collection of tack and props.  We always referred to it as Smaug's Hoard!!  and Christie said the job was like trying to "boil the ocean," so true.  Christie has allowed me to handle most of the TSII pieces.  My deepest thanks also to all those who supported the TSII;  and most especially to Colette the Medicine Woman, who is really going to be missed, to put it mildly.  Our hearts go out to her, in hospice as of this writing.  May she know as much peace and comfort as possible.

Some great shots taken during North American Nationals in my photographer heyday: