Customer Reviews

Breyer Animal Collector's Guide - Identification and Values

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Lots of great pictures, but values are off. I would not use this to determine the value of what I'm selling. The values are often less than what the going price is, and occasionally more than they're worth. Great pics and book to see what is out there nonetheless.

Although this book is very good with excellent photography and information, it is not much different than the previous edition. I would highly recommend if you don't have a copy of the previous edition, but if you do, you may not find much new info in this edition.

I sell Breyers on Ebay so this is a "must have" for me. In fact this is my second one. I have just about worn the first one out. I am saving the new one so when All the pages have finally fallen out, I won't be without. It is a look up reference that I can't do without. With collectibles you need to be accurate. I don't know if they will come out with a new one, for after 2007,but this is perfect for old ones that maybe very valuable. The colors are pretty accurate too. This is definitely a five star book

Got the Breyer collector bug over the holidays and wanted a definitive guide. This guide has all the models but I found it very confusing because it did not give page numbers. I didn't know at the time that several molds could be used for many different named horses. The guide is divided under mold type titles which is confusing too. Without page numbers, it was hard to match and I found myself going page by page to identify on model horse. I'm used to it now but....also i finally found out that the values given are for "good condition" which is almost useless since collectors really want the box etc. too. It was very informative but it could be made alot easier read.

Describes everything I needed to find out about the Breyers. Sometimes it was a little difficult since I had the horses and had to search individual pages until found... no ID no. on horse, or some other method

This is the fifth edition of the definitive book on Breyer model horses. It provides excellent color photos of almost every Breyer model released since Breyer's start in 1950 through late 1997 (the date of the book's release). Each entry includes information on the model's dates of release, a description, photo, and an estimate of value for that model in average condition at the time of the book's publication. Also useful is the information on the various types of release (regular run, special run, decorator colors, models with sticers, mold marks, and much more) and the cross reference lists at the back that detail models by year, name, model number, series, and sources. If you are a collectibles dealer or a collector of Breyer models you really cannot be without this book.

The book does have some mild flaws, however. The soft cover makes handling and carrying easier but will break down under heavy use. Several collectors I know have ended up hole-punching the pages and putting them in a binder, which solved this problem. New collectors or neophites to the hobby may find identifying their model difficult, as there is no single page or pages devoted to identifying the hundreds of Breyer molds. Instead, each mold is listed by scale (Traditional, Classic, etc.) and then alphabetically by name. Once you know what you're looking for this makes perfect sense, but can be time consuming if you are unfamiliar with Breyer model names. Collectors should also realize that this book does not list all of the one of a kind (OOAK) models released by Breyer, though to be fair this would be a gargantuan (and probably impossible) undertaking in a print book.

That being said, I would unhesitatingly recommend this book to anyone looking for more information on Breyer model horses.

Fabulous pictures and descriptions. My 12 year old loves this book and she looks through it frequently even after months of owning it.

This is a well done book and I enjoyed looking at all the pictures and information. Would definitely recommend this collector's guide.

If you're looking for a non-specific information book, you've found it! While the values are not up-to-date, each model is shown and given dates made as well as color variations. A very nice book to have!

My 11 year old granddaughter collects Breyer horses and asked for this as a gift. We purchased it from Amazon and she
was so excited once she opened it. In most Christmas pictures she is holding it in front of her.