Windsong Stables

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Brown Bear Cub

Also at Countryside Antiques today was this Breyer Brown Bear Cub.

Bear Cub, #309, 1967-1971, pink lip dab version, no USA, $7.50, Countryside Antiques, 3/2017.

Bay Running Stallion

I bought this nice bay Running Stallion from Barrie Getz.

You can see that he is a bit of an oddity; some of them have a bald left ear, as does he.

Bay Running Stallion, #129, 1971-1976/1978-1980, has USA stamp, $40, Barrie Getz, CA, 3/2017.

Barrie Getz found this piece at an antique shop in California and offered it for sale. It is an odd variation with pink hooves. (Nancy Young's book lists them as grey and no note is made of pink ones.)

Bucking Broncho, #191, 1961-1967, $30, Barrie Getz, California, 3/2017.

The grey version is tough to find.

Notice the pink shading on his nose and muzzle.

I am happy to add this piece to my collection!

BHR Percheron

I bought this beautiful BHR Percheron from Liz Cory - my first BHR. And he may be more than he seems!

BHR Percheron, "Companion," #1450, 1996, $35, Liz Cory/GLC, 3/2017.

He reminds me very much of my Western Prancing Pony, Dappled Dude, that I've had since childhood.

A person on Blab directed me to this site when I posted a query in the resin forum, asking for information. I learned that the piece was sculpted by Sue Sifton as a companion piece to the HR Crusader.

Interestingly enough, the piece does not show up on the resin site - in fact, comments I received were that no one had seen this piece before. But I have his original box, and it is labeled, "Percheron, Leopard" so I am sure it was factory produced.

Someone mentioned that they had heard it was a SR, but for who? And when?

I'll keep digging; in the meantime, i am thrilled to have my first BHR resin!

HR Spanish Horse

I got one of the very first Spanish Horses that were released from Heather Wells/The Horse You Want.

Heather wrote:

I received a batch of my Hagen Renaker Spanish Horse (FIRST) order. Issues with the new molds were found and had to be replaced. First 27 on the checks received list were shipped out their horse(s). I will be PM-ing those folks with tracking numbers tonight. I am hopeful the remaining batches will be filled soon. If you have not made payment for your FIRST LISTING order, please do so. Canadian orders... I will PM you tonight/tomorrow with more info concerning shipping.

Thank you all for your understanding, I truly appreciate your support!
~Heather

I was one of the first 27 checks, so I got one of the first pieces. And he is beautiful.

HR Spanish Horse, #4050, $25, Heather Wells/The Horse You Want, Yucaipa, CA, 3/2017

There is also a lot of variation in the shading of this piece. Mine seems to be on the darker side.

Here is Heather's list of those who ordered the piece. I was #21 - good thing I didn't;t wait too much longer to order it!