June 24, 2023 Brian Lebel's Santa Fe Old West Events Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/24/2023
a) Rare 1930s sterling & 10K gold RV (Rancheros Visitadores) “Los Charros” camp PIN, 1 - 1/2” round with great detail maker-marked Bohlinmade/Hollywood/Calif. Made and marked with the name and brand of Merle Templeton who was the Chief Liquor Control Officer in Los Angeles in the late 1930s but ultimately accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which he allegedly conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license.
b) 1/2” Bohlinmade Sterling & 10K rose gold buckle for watch or hatband with rope edge and rubies, circa 1950s.
c) Bohlinmade, Burbank, Calif let ‘er buck sterling watch or key FOB, 1 - 1/2” round, circa 1982.
d) Edward H. Bohlin, Hollywood, CA marker-marked sterling and 3-color 14k gold, 1” keeper for an “Arizona” model buckle set. Buckle also stamped with the initials CF for Charlie Feroze who was Ahmad Khan’s cousin and worked for Bohlin at his own shop in Glendale, Calif., circa 2002.