Just acquired this old beauty from MH$P!
Red Roan Running Mare, #119, 1971-1973, $32, 9/2013, Becky Hawkins, Reno, NV.
Now I need the matching foal...
Monday, September 30, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Clear Peter Stone Weanling
The Peter Stone Company was having a sale on some pieces, and I went ahead and bought one. I rarely buy from them - too expensive, but for $19.99, I could buy this weanling foal.
Sold as a body, not top quality. I have read on Blab that some of these need to be watched as the plastic may be deteriorating. The tell-tale sign is a vinegary smell, and this piece definitely has that. Some hobbyists do the "lick test," but I am not going to taste this pony! If he begins deteriorating, I'll know anyway!
Peter Stone QH Weanling, #WE21223, $19.99, 9/2013.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Red Roan Scratching Foal
I have always loved the red roan color Breyer produced back in the day, and was lucky enough to recently find two pieces to add to my collection that were missing.
Red Roan Scratching Foal, #170, 1970-1973, $25, MH$P/Arline Wulfekotter, Cincinnati, Ohio, 9/2013.
Vintage Collectors Club 4th Release
The fourth release in the Vintage Collectors Club for 2013 is Kiowa, the Jumping Horse done in the vintage Indian Pony's soft chestnut pinto color with warpaint added!
(Photos pulled from Breyer's web site announcing the release.)
Kiowa, Vintage Collectors Club #4, $152, 9/2013.
Vintage Collectors Club Bonus Stablemate
The 2013 Vintage Collectors Club bonus Stablemate is Jackson, a G3 jumping horse done in old time Family Arab appaloosa!
(Stock photos from Breyer's web site.)
Jackson, 10/2013.
Me & Annie Oakley
What girl from my generation didn't know who Annie Oakley was?
Back in the 1960s, I had a cowgirl outfit my mother made (complete with a felt hat) and a "pearl" handled cap gun. My sister, Leslie, had the same, and we spent hours together cantering around the yard on our pretend cowponies doing our cowgirl duties and shooting 'em up, just like Annie did.
So, when I was asked to loan some of my horse collection for a display with Annie Oakley's things, I wasn't going to decline!
They are currently included in an exhibit at the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association's annual get together and competitive shoot along with artifacts loaned by the Annie Oakley Foundation and the Tippecanoe Historical Association.
(The common denominator? My sister, and fellow cowgirl, Leslie, who else?)
I have to admit, I am really excited that some of my horses are being included with an exhibit of Annie Oakley's things!
One of the two glass display cases of my collection. (I am trying to get Leslie to take a photo of the second one.)
Antique sidesaddles and rifles.
Some of Annie Oakley's personal items.
Literature on display.
Leslie and Rick walking through the display while a visitor examines rifles.
Not sure who these folks are, but you can see the second glass case with my horses in the background.
I also loaned Leslie some horses that I keep for my grandchildren to play with - pieces that are okay to be "loved hard" and can handle being galloped across the carpet. There is an area in the exhibit for children to do some hands on things, and they are being used in there. She called last night and said the display has been a big hit, and that the children especially are enjoying the horses.
Yep, me and Annie Oakley, together at last. And riding into the sunset after we've done our cowgirl duties.
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