I will say I am quite amused by the "access to copies of vintage Breyer memorabilia" they’ll allegedly be including as a perk of the Vintage Collector’s Club membership. Really? Guys, I’ve seen what you got, I’m not that impressed.
(Admittedly, it is me we’re talking about here: I have an original flier for the Money Manager hanging on my wall.)
Speaking of, I picked up a couple more things for the archive yesterday - at the local Salvation Army, of course. First, a copy of the novelization of For the Love of Benji, the film that the notorious Benji and Tiffany Gift Set was based on:
The movie itself did okay on its own - my paperback is a 25th printing - but the success of the film didn’t translate into success for Breyer: they got stuck with a warehouse full of unsold Gift Sets. Some them eventually ended up in the possession of the Bentley Sales Company, who in turn sold them directly to collectors, well into the 1980s.
Second, a copy of The Pony Champions, the sequel to A Pony for Keeps:
I didn’t think anything of it at first; I just reflexively tossed it into my buy pile, like I do with every other horse-themed book I find. Books sell pretty well for me at BreyerFest, and at the prices I pick them up at, I really can’t go wrong with that approach.
Anyway, I didn’t realize what it was until I was inventorying it later in the day, and noticed the names that the names seemed awfully familiar. Of course, the picture on page 12 also helped:
That’s an Old Timer, Ruffian "Lula," Misty, and the A Pony for Keeps Gift Set on the shelf, and a Trakehner "Abdullah" in the window!
And as if that wasn’t enough to convince me to add it to my archive, the fact that the book was also signed by the author didn’t hurt.
I’ve found other signed books here, too; it’s probably a consequence of the location. This is the same "better than the average" Salvation Army where I found the Kaiser Goose Girl a little while back. Is it any wonder that it’s become a regular stop in my rounds?
(Ironically, I’ve never found any actual Breyer merchandise at that location. Hartlands, H-Rs, and miscellaneous china pieces? No problemo. Actual Breyers? Not a one.)
3 comments:
I haven't received my copy of JAH either. When Breyer decided to can the magazine, I decided to buy all the back issues. I have most of them now. I did end up with some duplicates tho.
I have the Pony Champions book too! It's cool to see the models AND the actual live ponies in the same book. The third one, Racing for Keeneland also has the white Merrylegs and Ginger in one of its illustrations!:)
I almost cried when i saw a Breyer Palomino classic size in the movie "Benjamin Button". It was towards the end I think when Brad Pitt becomes a child again. Actually I did cry. That movie was hauntingly sad. I went and bought that same model on Ebay in the next couple of days, but now don't know exactly where i stored it among my thousands of horse models---idiotic, I know :o) I think it is the palomino Arabian stallion in a standing pose.
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