PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN A PAIR OF AMERICAN BLACK QUILL OSTRICH, COWHIDE AND FROG SKIN COWBOY BOOTS

BY TONY LAMA BOOTS, CIRCA 1981

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PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN A PAIR OF AMERICAN BLACK QUILL OSTRICH, COWHIDE AND FROG SKIN COWBOY BOOTS
BY TONY LAMA BOOTS, CIRCA 1981
Hand-tooled in 14k gold with the Great Seal of the United States, the eagle's wings and body detailed in American bullfrog skin (Lithobates catesbeianus), each with a fabric printed label for Tony Lama and numbered 17967, 2105 and R-4
10 ½ B

Provenance

A gift to President Ronald Reagan from Rex Allen and Tony Lama Boots, September 1981.

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Lot Essay

This pair of boots are one of four pairs presented to President Reagan. They were a gift from Rex Allen, a movie actor who made his name as a singing cowboy, and Tony Lama, the Texas bootmaker. The story goes that the President admired Mr. Allen’s boots when they made a campaign appearance together in 1980, and Mr. Allen promised a pair with the Presidential Seal when Reagan made it to the White House.

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