Okaptopus

Also at Nancy Falzone's party, I picked up one of Kristina Lucas Francis' Okaptopus!

 Okaptopus, $80, ceramic, #5/6 in purple orchid glaze, 11/4/2017.

 I am not a fantasy animal collector, but I do like this one!

Early HR Elephant Baby

Jamie Rott and her mom, Yvonne, surprised me with a gift at Nancy Falzone's get together yesterday.

This sweet little elephant baby!

 Elephant Baby, A-264, Monrovia, early version with pink ears, painted toenails, gift from Jamie and Yvonne Rott, 11/2017.

Sugarmaple

Gosh, I love Breyer's clearware! And Sugarmaple, their Fall decorator, is proving to be really popular.

Sugarmaple #1782, Fall 2017 Special Edition Decorator, $60, Back in the Saddle, 10/14/17.

This is a photo I pulled off of Blab; apparently there is a lot of variation in the color. Mine seems amber/orange as its dominant color.

B Stamp Proud Arabian Stallion

Sell It Here continues to be a great place to shop for models! I went back a couple of times to see if that vendor who's had the black point PAM and the two 1980 JAH unpainted models had added anything new. Both times I left a dirty Proud Arabian Stallion behind. (I left it behind when I bought the unpainteds, too.)

Then it occurred to me that I might want to check it for a B stamp - after all, the JAH horses are from that era, and since this piece was probably from the same time frame, maybe it had the stamp. So I went back yet again to check.

 Proud Arabian Stallion, #211, 1971-1976, 1978-1981, $20, 10/5/17, Sell It Here, Lafayette, IN.

 He's a rare B stamp, all right!

I will give him a bath and then some time in a sunny window - he'll be a nice addition to my PAS conga!

Unpainted Clydesdale Mare

I ended up going back to Sell It Here later in the afternoon and picked up that Clydesdale Mare.

 Unpainted Clydesdale Mare, 1980 JAH Special Offer, $20, Sell It Here, Lafayette, Indiana, 9/23/2017.

Cosmus

I am liking many of Breyer's new decorators, including Cosmus.

Cosmus, #62052, $25, Amazon, 9/2017.

Unpainted Indian Pony

My third find of the day (all from the same vendor) has already been sold to Jamie Rott.

 JAH Unpainted Indian Pony, (JAH VII, #3), 1980, $20, Sell It Here, Lafayette, Indiana, 9/23/2017.

I had just posted her picture on Model Horse Liberation Front (Facebook) when Jamie Rott messaged me and said that, if I ever wanted to sell the piece, to let her know.

Well, I have about 1,000 models now and for me, a lot of the fun is the hunt for models at antique shop and thrift stores. While the Indian Pony is my favorite mold, I don't need an unpainted one. Nice to have? Yes. But I know Jamie would be thrilled to have her, whereas I am simply happy, not over the moon like Jamie.

So, I will take her to GLC in October and hand her over to Jamie. I am charging her $20 as I certainly don't need the money - getting what I paid for the piece is fine with me.

I am actually quite excited at helping Jamie get a piece that excites her so much.