12/22/2023 0 Comments Model horse sales pagesI spent $43 on raffle tickets: this is the most I have ever spent on any Raffle Model, before or since. And the one in Kentucky? They were raffling off a Gold Charm Man o’ War. I did not attend the first BreyerFest in 1990: at the time, I was taking a bit of a respite from the hobby anyway, and what was advertised didn’t seem like all that big a deal – in fact, it felt a bit like Breyer was hijacking Marney’s Model Horse Congress for its own ends, but without the live show component.īut the following year was the year of four regional BreyerFests, each with a Decorator Raffle model. The 1991 BreyerFest Raffle Model Gold Charm Man o’ War. I can personally attest that there’s definitely a market for him. So Reeves, if you’re reading, I really hope you are considering an Elk as one of your Christmas Web Specials this year (or next – I can wait). (Not the strangest thing I have ever sold at BreyerFest, but definitely up there.) I guess I shouldn’t have been, though – one of my first sales at BreyerFest this year was a (slightly) bloated Elk out of my Body Box. Vintage Breyer Elks generally sell pretty consistently online and offline, but even I was a little taken aback by how popular a fellow my guy was this year. He actually had to hide behind a curtain in our room for a while, as a stunning number of shoppers walking into our room made grabby hands in his general direction. Until I sudden found myself at BreyerFest flush with cash, and in the presence of one nice enough to spend it on. I had been looking, half-heartedly, for this particular variation on eBay, but I was hesitant to pull the trigger and buy one due to my budget. Like my Chestnut Buffalo, this Elk is a late, probable end-of-run variation. One of the few pieces I brought home that will be sticking around is this handsome Red Chestnut variation of the Elk, shown here with his older (no USA mold mark) and more brownish cousin: Although it is actually the scarcest of the non-Decorator Mattes, it was the least interesting one for me, so he’ll get rehomed in the near future. And even a few of those will probably be heading out the door soon the only Samba Surprise Esprit I was interested in was the Decorator – Glossy or Matte, it didn’t matter – and I ended up with a Matte Palomino. Other than the Man o’ War, I didn’t buy all that much beyond the Store and Line Specials. I was genuinely surprised that I sold that much – including every single body I brought (all 43) So for the first time in a while, my trip was completely, utterly revenue-neutral. In short: not much! My sales list was basically cut in half – and my pre-BreyerFest sales list was over six pages long! Almost caught up on the sleep, almost finished unpacking, and I just did a preliminary inventory of what I brought back.
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