Thought you folks might like this

[Delmonico]

A customer of mine did pen and ink drawings on a pair of boots that was autioned for charity at the Annual Nebraska Cattleman's Ball.  They brought $3750.

[Irish Dave]

A muy talented feller, that's for sure.

Can't say the boots would be my pick for everyday footwear, but the pen-and-ink work on them is first-rate (and I've seen more than enough first-rate artwork to know the difference).

Were the drawings done directly on the boots? I assume they were. Outstanding job.

[Delmonico]

Yes, they most likely will end up in a glass case, like the Husker boots the boss bought last year down in the boot dept.  Wish he'd a bought these instead.

[GunClick Rick]

They been stealin my buddies work forever~~Just cut the head from the originals and copy.I used to help him track "em" down.Not sayin that's the case,but i have seen alot of his work copied on all kinds of things.I knew Ivan Jessie a long time and watched him paint at times.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Del , that's quite a boot, the art work is really something, like you said, and I agree, it needs to be in a glass case, but if it's up for sale , I bet that Gun Slick Rick would be your first bidder.

[GunClick Rick]

Yes sir..

[GunClick Rick]

Ivan and Roy,Robert Duval and Lonsome Dove Ivan did for him


Ivan With Willy's life size


Doug McQluer


and this one for the Cowboy Hall of Fame

this one he was workin on when i went over one day
Rare photograph




Two i just found the other day

[Delmonico]

They've been doing the "Give Cancer a Boot" for a while now, they are considered works of art and are displayed, we have a pair from last year in our Boot Dept the boss bought.  A link to some of the other boots from this year.

Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska, Inc.

The money goes to cancer research at UNMC in Omaha.

The poem on the 4th pair are the lyrics to this old Statler Brothers song.


Everybody knows when you go to the show
you can't take the kids along.
You've gotta read the paper and know the code of G, PG, and R, and X,
and you gotta know what the movie's about
before you even go.
Tex Ritter's gone, and Disney's dead,
and the screen is filled with sex.

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
ridin' the trail alone?
Whatever happened to Gene and Tex,
and Roy, and Rex, the Durango Kid?
Oh, Whatever happened to Randolph Scott,
his horse plain as could be?
Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
has happened to the best of me.


Everybody's tryin' to make a comment
about our doubts and fears.
True Grit's the only movie
I've really understood in years.
You gotta take your analyst along
to see if it's fit to see.
Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
has happened to the industry.

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
ridin' the trail alone?
Whatever happened to Gene and Tex,
and Roy, and Rex, the Durango Kid?
Oh, Whatever happened to Randolph Scott,
his horse plain as could be?
Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
has happened to the best of me.

Whatever happened to Johnny Mack Brown,
and Alan "Rocky" Lane?
Whatever happened to Lash LaRue?
I'd love to see them again.
Whatever happened to Smiley Burnett,
Tim Holt, and Gene Autry?
Whatever happened to all of these
has happened to the best of me.

Whatever happened to Randolph Scott
has happened to the industry.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Outstanding work on that boot, Del. Thanks for the pics.