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Breyer Model Horses
Today, Breyer Animal Creations is the single largest line of Reeves International, one of the nation’s top toy and model distributors since the late 1940s, which operates out of a showroom in New York City and is powered by a nationwide sales force. After globalization of the market place began taking hold in the 1970s, Reeves acquired Breyer in 1984. In 1998, Anthony Fleischmann bought Reeves International, Inc. outright from his father Werner Fleischmann; today, Reeves International remains privately held. Reeves today has corporate offices in Pequannock, New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
The Breyer line of model horses is not the only one of its kind, but it is so renowned and the work so unique that Breyer barely has any competition; and what competition it does have, such as from Stone model horses, is usually based upon imitating the Breyer method.
Every Breyer horse is totally unique, even those that are the same model and serial number, because the company employs a wide array of artists, most of whom are specialists; a single Breyer model horse is touched by an everage of 20 different artists from start to finish. Every horse begins as a drawing, from which comes a sculpture which is then then is subsequently painted. Different artists apply the different colors and coats of paint, adding their own distinct style and concept. Approximately 300 new model horse lines are brought to market by Breyer every year.
Breyer model horses are renowned for their artistry but also for their realism, except for some of their Special Run models which may have deliberately non-realistic colors and be stylized. Clearly, these models are not intended to carry on the company tradition of realism but instead are meant to be symbolic of the horse's beauty and majesty.
The names for Breyer horses come from several different sources, including the artists, company research, executive staff, and the collectors themselves. Each horse also comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
For collectors who wish to know the secondary market or resale value of a given model, the Breyer company recommends the following two books:
'Breyer Animal Collector's Guide, Fourth Edition'
Identification and Values
By Felicia Browell
Publisher: Collector’s Books
Available through many Breyer Dealers or from (www.collectorbooks.com)
'Breyer Molds & Models'
Revised & Updated 5th Edition (Revised 1999) – Includes values
(1950-1997)
By Nancy Atkinson Young
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
In many different bookstores, and also at (www.schifferbooks.com)