The Milford Company with Emil P. Gebhard at the helm was a U.S. of A. Sauer "Sole" importer thru the NY Customs House in the early 1920s up until at least 1925.

There were other "Sole" Sauer agents in other countries such as D.S Spaulding(& successors) of Cadena 23, Mexico, D.F. As most, this is quite an interesting connection and for the few hardcore Sauer followers I'll add a little info. I'd guess the era was in the mid to late 1800s and in Bristol County, Mass. the Sturdy Brothers had a jewelry making business which was absorbed/merged(or in direct competition) as the Merritt & Draper firm which manufactured a large volume of tortoise shell jewelry. Merritt decided to split the sheets with Draper and Merritt partnered with John Shepard making jewelry of all types while Mr. Draper selected D.S. Spaulding as his new partner. D.S. Spaulding made some advancement in making jewelry in the late 19th century and had a store in NY as well as Mexico City, where I guess him to have been sourcing precious metals from Taxco(if you are every down that way be sure to visit Taxco). In the beginning years of the 20th century D.S. Spaulding(successors) had adverts in Mexican mining journals as a hunting outfitter & Sole Sauer agent. In the 1880s D.S. Spaulding imported to the Mexican folks or peddled sporting wares such as baseballs, tennis "stuff" and bicycles, as well as all things hunting, in Mexico City and I think this to be the same "Spaulding" that offered all the sporting stuff here in the U.S. of A. I type all this as either in Mr. Cate's Sauer text or one of the GGCA publications there is a Sauer with "D.S. Spaulding" on it, if I remember correctly, and I think it was similar to CJ's.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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