Glitterati

I love Breyer's vintage molds, and the Western Horse was its very first mold. (Actually, the mold was copied from Hartland.) I focus more on purchasing vintage pieces for my collection now, but this is the 65th Anniversary Model and is gorgeous to boot. So, when I found it on sale, home it came!

 Gitterati, 65th Anniversary Horse, #1735, 2015 - current, $42, Amazon, 7/2015.

Breyer Parade Saddle

I have been eyeing this saddle since it came out in 2014. Last week, Amazon had a huge sale, and I finally got it for a price that I felt was affordable.

Breyer Parade Saddle Set, #2052, 2-14 - current, $26, Amazon.com, July, 2015.

Hartland Cherry Woodcut Mustang

Yesterday, I drove down to Countryside Antiques to shop for horses. While I found several things there, it was either way overpriced or something I had or did not want.

On the way home, I drove through Frankfort and discovered it had some antique shops. I only shopped at one, and was just about to leave when I spied this piece.

Hartland Cherry Woodcut Mustang, #886C, 1964-1966, $10, Peddler Antique Mall, Frankfort, Indiana, 7/2015

 I already had a super nice example of this piece in my collection, but the price was so god, I brought it home anyway. (Lynn's Model Horse Rescue at its finest!)

 The new piece is smaller than the one I already had and it's color is darker.

The right hind leg appears a little warped, causing it to sit lower and lean. But it is most definitely smaller.

I asked on the Facebook Hartland Collectors' forum if there were shrinky Hartlands like there are Breyers, and got an answer within four minutes. Cheryl Johnson sent these pictures of her shrinky.

Black Horse Ranch Meme

Heather Wells, who is in charge of dispersing the Black Horse Ranch collection, put this meme up today.

I thought it was cool, so I snagged it and am posting it here.

And MORE Blankets!

I have all of the past blankets I'd wanted now that these two arrived in today's mail.

American Royal Horse Show Blanket, #2600, $11.99, eBay, silverhixx.

AQHA Blanket, #2600, $11.99, eBay, silverhixx

Vintage Club #3 2015 - Running Stallion

Gold charm as been my least favorite decorator color ever since the gold charm Secretariats were produced. So, when it was announced that offering #3 from the Vintage Collectors Club would be a decorator, I hoped I would not get one in gold charm.

And then I saw a picture of one on Model Horse Blab and changed my mind. Good thing, too, because mine is a gold charm! And I LOVE it!!

Sailor, #712143, 3rd offering in 2015 Vintage Collectors Club, $135, 125 pieces made in each of four decorator colors. (This is gold charm.)

Isn't She Lovely!

Sheryl Leisure finished repairing my Old Mold Proud Arab Mare that I bought for only $5 earlier this year, and she looks terrific!

I left her sitting in Countryside Antiques for a year because of that chipped ear. Then, when I discovered Sheryl did repairs at a reasonable price AND was highly recommended, I bought her the next time I was there.

Broken left ear prior to repair.

 And after repair.

 I also asked Sheryl to repair the paint on her tail and hooves.

Post- repair work.

Such a pretty girl, and worth the $35 I spent to have her fixed!