In my teen years, my Grand Champion
herd was joined by their more expensive counterparts, Breyers. Whatever hard
earned money didn't go into my horse savings account I saved up for a new
model. Although I had an affinity for paint horses, the appaloosas still had a
strong showing.
Spangler the “Stablemate” was small
but significant – a leopard appaloosa so named for his resemblance to the
imaginary horse of my childhood.
One of my other spotted treasures
was the gray fighting appaloosa stallion, a relic from the 1960's. I plucked
him from obscurity at a street corner yard sale, just a few weeks before
Christmas. Though he wasn't in perfect shape, he was worth a lot more than the
$20 I paid for him.
At $30+ for a traditional sized model, there were plenty of
Breyers that went on my dream list but never make it to my shelf. One of them
was Apropos, second in the exclusive Connoisseur raffle available only to
subscribers of Breyer’s magazine, “Just About Horses.” I thought he was the
most beautiful model horse I had ever seen, but he was way out of my meager budget.
Apropos never did join my collection, but I got a life size
version instead. His name is Ransom. And that was apropos!
One of my other spotted treasures
was the gray fighting appaloosa stallion, a relic from the 1960's. I plucked
him from obscurity at a street corner yard sale, just a few weeks before
Christmas. Though he wasn't in perfect shape, he was worth a lot more than the
$20 I paid for him.
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