AWESOME Huge Bit Bridles and Bits An Encyclopedia Signed by Doc Malm MAKE OFFER For Sale

GREATEST BOOK Ever WRITTEN on BITS
THIS BOOK IS SIGNED BY DOC MALM who was a friend of ours and Member of the NBSSCA
ISBN:0965281809/0-9652818-0-9

This was was taken from the FARM SHOW FOLLOWSHIP

FARM SHOW reader and veterinarian Gerhard A. Malm started collecting bridle bits in 1961. He was on his back delivering a breech calf when he noticed about 40 bridle bits lined up at the top of the barn wall. When he finished his work, he asked if he might purchase some of them. “Take them,” the farmer told him. “They’ve been hanging there for more than 40 years.” Malm selected about 10 of the bits to begin a collection that eventually grew to more than 800. He also has about 600 copies of patents for bits, along with other collectables. His bits’ values range from $100 to $3,500 and are between 100 and 3,000 years old. The newer ones were made in the U.S. For example, Malm has a military dragoon bit from 1840 among his 15 military bits, which date from pre-Civil War to the end of the horse cavalry. Older Chinese bits date back to the Han Dynasty (220 B.C. to 200 A.D.). When first started, Malm purchased them through a New Zealand dealer. He was fortunate to get them, because about a decade ago China banned them from being sold out of the country. Malm says he gets $300 to $400 for his Chinese bits. He also made connections with a dealer from Jordan for bits that date back to 1200 to 500 B.C. from northern Iran. They are sandcast bronze, and Malm has three of them, two with animal figures and another with a geometric design. Some bits come with certificates of authentication, and Malm has a large reference library to verify bits. He collected only iron, bronze, brass and copper bits and avoided buying silver-plated bits because there are many fakes on the market. One of his most memorable buys was at an antique business in a home near Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. He was told there were no bits, but noticed one hanging in a tree as he left. He bought it for $4 and later discovered it was an 1857 dragoon bit worth $400. Based on his collection and friends’ collections, Malm published three books over the years with photos and information about bits. This Book Bits and Bridles: An Encyclopedia is the best ever written on Bits.Doc Malm is 80+ years old and has saleed off many of his bits. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup,This book is OUT OF PRINT and will just GAIN IN VALUEThis BOOKhas theorig dust cover and in unread condition!THANKS FOR LOOKING! GOD BLESS AMERICA! requests that we only take PAYPAL payments and that is fine as we will ship very quickly if you pay that waybut is up to you the buyer how you wish to pay.

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Product descriptionProduct class=\"br\" style=\"position: relative;\">Key DetailsAuthorGerhard A. MalmNumber Of Pages550 pagesFormatHardcoverPublication Publishers
Additional DetailsCopyright Date1996IllustratedYes
DimensionsWidth8.5 In.Length11 In.

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