Model Horses—Help!

13 May 2007 4 Comments

Anyone have a clue re: how to find out what model an oldish Breyer is?

I found a box of my models in the shed today, and of course I don’t have the boxes. What I do have are eight or nine Breyers from the mid-1990s at least—maybe earlier. I tried looking online to figure out what models they are, exactly, but the Breyer site doesn’t seem to have a complete catalog with all their previous models (why not?!) and I’m feeling clueless here.

How does one go about researching old (but certainly not ancient) model horses?

Horses and Riding, Generally Horse Related

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Equine Mine says 15 May 2007

There are a couple books put out by Breyer…one is called Molds and Models and the other is like a collectors guide.  If I remember right, the books are spendy.  I have over 300 from the 70s.  It is pretty amazing how much they are worth.  I actually have them insured.  I think about some of the ones I broke when I was a kid:-(  Good Luck.

Iron Bess Flint says 16 May 2007

Try this website:

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~bearda/modellinks.html

They list several reference sites…hopefully one of them will help!!  Any pictures of the mystery models??

Learning Horses says 17 May 2007

Try visiting a high end toy store with lots of breyer models. They will have the catalog that photogchic talks about.  With 8 or 9 you can just spend some time looking yours up.  To get vaules, look at ones selling on ebay! http://halt-near-x.com/images/smileys/smile.gif

Rising Rainbow says 18 May 2007

I have one of the expensive collector’s guides put out by Breyers. If you can get pics, I can help you identify. As for values, my book is about 5 years old but the prices in the book are still higher than what you can find the horses for on ebay. My guess is the high end collector stores probably pick them up on ebay to sell in there stores or at toy shows because they can still make a great profit. I know I buy books on ebay that way and sell them for the “proper” prices or true market valued elsewhere.

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