Breyer horses - worth anything?

[inquisitive]

So, in the process of buying a house and bringing all my things that I had stored at my parents, I discovered the dozens of Breyers that I collected in my youth and as a teen

I will be keeping a few, but many of them are still vintage condition in their boxes and I want to know if I could get anything for them (vet bills ya know :lol:)

Are Breyers worth anything to collectors?

Where should I look to sell them (besides eBay)?

Where could I find information to ‘catalog’ them for potential buyers?

Thanks!

[caffeinated]

Depends on the models. A lot of older ones aren’t worth as much as you’d hope, it has a lot more to do with how many models were in each run than how old they are.

There’s a good website that has a lot of reasonable estimates on it, based on prices around the internet. The models are listed by mold and there are lots of pictures to help you identify your models:

http://ponylagoon.muerte.net/breyermoldslist.shtml

[philosoraptor]

@caffeinated;4507880

http://ponylagoon.muerte.net/breyermoldslist.shtml

That’s a neat web site. Thanks for posting it!

I am bookmarking it. Sometimes Breyers are donated to Equihab, and when they’re resold to raise $ for the Rescue, it’s so hard to know what a reasonable price is.

[Paige777]

You could also check out www.modelhorsesalespages.com to get an idea of what certain models are going for at the moment. There are a lot of them on Ebay, too, but some of them do sell on their for really low values.

[twofatponies]

Some are worth several hundred dollars, others much less. Do check around before chucking them out or giving them to some kids to break.

[Paige777]

Inquisitive, I’m a collector myself - if you have photos of your models, you’re welcome to PM me and I can take a look at them to help you figure out what you have. If you want to PM me, I also have more resources I can share with you if you think you have models which are very valuable.

[SpicyPRE]

wow - I have a sizeable collection from my childhood. I love them but they have been stored for 30 years… I didn’t need to figure that out ;0

Darcy

[FancyASB]

When I moved five years ago I bought a Breyer book with the prices (at the time) for my model horse collection; it has great information and pictures of each model made. It took me days to compile my list and to my surprise they were worth around $2,900. Let’s just say I have a lot of horses which includes my daughters too. They had also been stored for years and years in a couple big plastic containers wrapped in tissue paper. Don’t go by the prices on Ebay just too low. I still haven’t gotten around to selling any, still in the plastic containers.

[SarahandSam]

I’m surprised that my Family Appaloosa Mare that I bought as a kid is worth more than the glossy palomino fighting stallions I inherited from my mom!

Then again, that’s probably a good thing, since I was old enough not to break the Appy and the fighting stallions have quite a few dings, as well as a broken tail. d;

[inquisitive]

Thanks for all the info so far! I will start cataloging them and then contact those who offered to help.

Thanks again!

[Touch_of_Gold]

I miss playing with my Breyer’s! I think I might have a really old Breyer from the 1950’s, but i’m not sure. I found it in my grandma’s house when I was little, one of my aunt’s must have played with it(they were kids in the 50’s). I tried looking for it on the ponylagoon website, but couldn’t find it.

Here is a link of what my horse looks like:
http://www.breyerhorses.com/about/history.php

The only difference is that my horse is one solid color(brown). It has a removable plastic western saddle (without a girth), and a painted on bridle with plastic reins. I’m not sure if it’s a Breyer though because it’s definitely not as nice as my other Breyer’s (saddles made with leather, sturdier construction).

If anyone has any information, I would appreciate it.

[maudie]

I was a serios collector, if you PM me pics I can help you out

[joiedevie99]

Are they worth anything without boxes. I have some that are showing as pretty expensive, but I don’t have the boxes.

[Touch_of_Gold]

[QUOTE=maudie;4511893]
I was a serios collector, if you PM me pics I can help you out :)[/QUOTE]

I will try and take pictures of it during Thanksgiving/winter break for you. It’s in a box in my parent’s attic. I’m really ocd, so it will be easy for me to find it.:lol:

[maudie]

Pony Lagoon isn’t good value source, most of the value areVERY outdated.

Which horses do you have? (joiedevie99)

[Hampton_Bay]

where would you advertise them if Ebay isn’t a good place?

maudie, could I PM you my list as well? I have been considering selling some of mine to pay off some bills. I have no clue what they are worth.

[MHM]

About 10 years ago, a friend’s kid was into the whole Breyer thing, and I was looking through her catalog.

The Breyer bridles cost more than a real bridle I had just bought on sale at a tack shop! :eek:

Too funny. :lol:

I only wish I had old Breyer horses to sell, but any toy horse of mine would be in opposite-of-mint condition. Plus I lost Silver’s bridle when I was about 6 years old, and to this day I’ve never found it.

[SarahandSam]

[QUOTE=Touch~of~Gold;4511884]
I miss playing with my Breyer’s! I think I might have a really old Breyer from the 1950’s, but i’m not sure. I found it in my grandma’s house when I was little, one of my aunt’s must have played with it(they were kids in the 50’s). I tried looking for it on the ponylagoon website, but couldn’t find it.

Here is a link of what my horse looks like:
http://www.breyerhorses.com/about/history.php

The only difference is that my horse is one solid color(brown). It has a removable plastic western saddle (without a girth), and a painted on bridle with plastic reins. I’m not sure if it’s a Breyer though because it’s definitely not as nice as my other Breyer’s (saddles made with leather, sturdier construction).

If anyone has any information, I would appreciate it.[/QUOTE]

That’s the earliest mold Breyer had, I think… the western horse. I had a black and white paint version of it with chain reins, painted on headstall, removable saddle (well, at some point it had a saddle… not when I had it!). No idea about value, which is why I’ll probably find out that my piebald was worth a quarter million dollars before I bashed it up as a kid.

[inquisitive]

Finally got most of my list together… phew!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnAqi73D_Mo7dG9xOGltWkFPN2dQMWdjX1Qtd29weHc&hl=en

[appychik]

[QUOTE=inquisitive;4676431]
Finally got most of my list together… phew!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnAqi73D_Mo7dG9xOGltWkFPN2dQMWdjX1Qtd29weHc&hl=en[/QUOTE]

Holy Cow! That’s a lot of horses.

I still collect… but only the holiday ones now. I’ve got every single one (the holiday ones, that is). It’d be interesting to see what I’ve got stored away. Maybe that’ll be a “rainy day” project.