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Breyer Animal Collector's Guide: Identification and Values (Breyer Animal Collector's Guides)

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As usual, Felicia Browell did a wonderful job compiling what must be huge amounts of information on Breyer horses. The book presents each model in a very organized fashion. However, I was **very** disappointed with the photographic quality of most of the photos of the models, especially when I compare them to the earlier editions of this book. I'm not sure if maybe the publisher is at fault for this or not, but the copy of the book that I purchased contains photos that have a VERY prominent orange tint to them. This makes it hard to match the horses' colors in the photos to models in real life. The chestnuts and bays actually look ORANGE in many of the photos (they practically GLOW on the page). I hope that a future printing of the book corrects this issue.

Like many collectors I have been collecting Breyers for over 20 years non-stop. I have many old models from collectors before me as well. This book was not as good as the others she has written. For one thing, there was not enough photographs or information on the older models. She gave an estimation of the model not always writing how much the model is worth with original eyewhites and signatures. For example, the Five Gaitor models. There is engraving of Chris Hess in the oldest Five Gaitor models from the early 60's. For sure original eyewhites and carved signatures brings the value of the model up. I also do not like how some of the models, (when comparing this book with the previous ones) have gone down in value. I would like to know why, and this answer is not in the book. The ones "Made in USA" should be worth more now that Breyers are being made in China, (Just a thought). These are the few problems I have had with her newest edition.

As always with her Breyer value guide series, Felicia Browell has done another wonderful job documenting Breyer products and pricing. There are so many hundreds of different mold and color combinations out there and she manages to keep track of them all for us, job well done!
The only flaw to this latest edition is the photography. Wherever a horse of medium brown color tone appears, the horse is a bright washed out orange color. I know from owning quite a few of the horses pictured that the book colors are distorted; my own are definitely not orange shades. (I have been collecting for 20 some years).
The one thing I would love to see more of is Breyer test color models. She only selects a few to photograph as examples but there are a myriad of these one of a kinds out there. A chapter or a separate book documenting these guys would be amazing but obviously very difficult to create. Ah well, it's a thought.

I have collected so many Breyer model horses over the years that it is very difficult for me to think about how many I have or Which Ones I have. This book answered my questions, also giving me a rough estimate about how much my whole collection is worth (last time I checked, it was about $6,000). The book creates guidelines to older models as well as new molds to who sculpted them. Putting the mold names in alphabetical order makes it super easy to look up a certain mold. A Breyer collector could learn a lot about Breyer's rich history with this book. Even though I now have many models that are not included in the book, it gives me guidelines to estimate how much a certain model's worth. This book is a must-have for any serious Breyer collector.

This guide book tell has everything you need to know about the values of your Breyers and even some extra info. Purches this used and very happy with it.

This book is great! I have identified so many models! You need this book if you collect model horses!

I bought this book for my 14 year-old daughter as she was getting serious about showing her Breyer models. She and her cousin spent hours pouring over the pages of this book and we've found it indespensible for showing. I've read that others had problems with the poor quality of the pictures and yes, they're a little off, but still the book is great. Highly recommend.

This guide will show you all the models from the past and now it even shows the history of each model horse and the new repainted models. I don't have the book yet but I want to have it until this year's birthday.

I love to play with model horses and now I have a Book full of pictures of my models. If I ever have to sell my models I am going to use this book. I have really liked how they have every model Breyir has made so I can choose one I like and show my mom and dad and maybe get it for Christmas! I think this is a good book for kids who like to collect toy horses. It would be sort of silly for grown ups, thouh, 'cuz they would not need toy horses. But even thouh no grown ups collect horse toys becas they are too old, I am going to collect Breyirs when i am older becas I love them

This book is great for people who love breyer model Horses! I am a big fan of Breyer horses. I really like all the photos of the model horses. I also really liked the way they have all the horse's names and the year that they were made in. I think this is a great book for kids from ages seven to about twelve. I would not reccomend it to anyone over thirteen. I think it is not only good for Breyer crazy kids. Real horse lovers will apreciate the cool models of their favorite animals! I should know, because I have a Welsh pony called Chocolate who I show on a hunter show circuit.