Phillips & Gutierrez Catalog And Price List

PHILLIPS & GUTIERREZ

Publication: Reprinted by Reproductions West, 1984, Burbank, California

First edition thus. 8vo. Reprint of the rare 1918 Phillips & Gutierrez catalog published in Cheyenne, Wyoming, including illustrations of silver mounted bits and spurs, headstalls and conchos. Tan cloth, decoration and titles stamped in gilt on the front cover, n. p. (48 pp.), frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Limited edition of 509 copies dated Feb. 17, 1984, signed by Walter L. Rickell, Publisher and this being copy number 250. Raphael (Filo) Gutierrez began working as a spur and bit maker at the age of 16 and worked for G.S. Garcia’s company at first, where he met Bill Phillips. The two worked in Garcia’s shop together for four years before they decided to move to Cheyenne, Wyoming and start a business together. They started the business in 1916 and listed gunsmithing and locksmithing among their services in addition to bit and spur making. In 1918, Phillips was drafted into the war and upon his return in 1919 the two dissolved the business with Filo moving to San Francisco where he had a great career on his own while Bill Phillips stayed in Cheyenne and continued making bits and spurs in addition to doing other jobs that came along. Very few pieces are known from this partnership as it did not last long, and no one knows how many bits and spurs were actually produced. Fine copy without dust jacket, as issued.