JLS COLLECTABLES AND GIFTS AUCTIVA STORE

THESE TWO HORSES ARE FROM THE BREYER COLLECTION SERIES. THEY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM THE 50S  IN DIFFERENT FINISHES & COLOURS. THE EARLY MODELS HAD THE GLOSSY FINISH BUT FROM THE LATER YEARS GLOSSY & SEMIGLOSS COLOURS WERE FOR SPECIAL RUNS. MATT COLOURS WERE PREFERED. BREYER ALSO PROUDUCES DOLLS, ANIMALS & ACCESSORIES JUST FOR SOME RESEARCH  & HISTORY.

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JL 

THIS CERAMIC FIGURINE  IS A  VERY DETAILED PIECE.  IT HAS  A UNIQUE SETTING ,  AS THE  MAN & HIS DOG TAKE TO RELAXING IN HIS BOAT WITH UMBRELLA IN HAND PREPARED FOR  RAINY CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT COME THEIR WAY.  MAKES A GREAT ESTATE OR AUCTION FIND. THESE TYPE OF FIGURINES ALWAYS MAKE FOR GREAT COLLECTION & CONVERSATION PIECES.

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JL

THESE DEMOTT FIGURINES ARE AN INTERESTING DESIGN TYPE WITH A BLEND OF HARDWARE & MARBLE COUPLED TOGETHER CERTAINTLY MAKES FOR A UNIQUE DESIGN AND AN INTERESTING MIND TO CREATE AN ITEM LIKE THIS. IVE PURCHASED QUITE A FEW AT SEVERAL ESTATE AUCTIONS & ARE ALWAYS AMAZED AT THE WORKMANSHIP BEHIND THEM.

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JL

THE REDWING CO. WAS STARTED IN 1878, AFTER SOME BOOK RESEARCH DONE. THE NAME IS TAKEN FROM REDWING MINNESOTA. THE NAME WAS CHANGED  TO REDWING UNION STONEWARE CO  AFTER SEVERAL POTTERIES MERGED  . THEIR EARLY 1930 CATALOGS OFFERED  ART POTTERY VASES IN COLORED GLASS AFTER THEIR  ADDITIONS OF DINNERWARE LINES IN 1935  THE STONEWARE WAS DROPPED. & THEY WERE KNOWN AS RED WING POTTERIES THEY CLOSED IN 1967. THE LOTUS SERIES & MAGNOLIA SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THEIR MORE POPULAR DESIGN SERIES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OUT OF THE  DESIGNS  WITH HAINDPAINTED QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP OUT OF THE MANY DESIGNS OFFERED. THESE PIECES BECOME RARE WITH TIME & ARE WELL WORTH COLLECTING FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE DESIGNS ALONE.

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JL 

THESE BREYER COLLECTABLES HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1950S. THEY STARTED AS BREYERS ANIMAL CREATIONS IN CHICAGO. THEY PROUDUCED CUSTOM MOULDED PLASTICS FOR SEVERAL INDUSTRIES. SINCE THEN THE COMPANY HAS PROUDUCED MORE THAN 350 ANIMAL MOLDS. REEVES INTERNATIONAL BOUGHT OUT BREYER MOULDING CO IN 1984. BREYERS HAS SEVERAL SERIES OF COLLECTIONS ON THEIR HORSES  SOME OF WHICH ARE  THE TRADITIONAL SERIES,CLASSIC SERIES, PADDOCK PALS & STABLEMATES TO NAME A FEW. SCALES RUN FROM 1:9 WHICH MEANS 1/19TH THE SIZE OF A REAL HORSE TYPE TO 1:12, FOR CLASSICS &1:20 FOR PADDOCK & 1:32 FOR STABLEMATES COLLECTIONS. SOME TYPES ARE PORCELAIN & RESIN & OTHERS ARE THE PLASTIC MODELS. PRICES CAN RUN FROM $25-50 ON THE AVERAGE WITH OTHERS KNOWN TO BE VERY RARE & COLLECTABLE IN THE HUNDREDS

AFTER RESEARCH DONE THESE BEAUTIFUL COLLECTORS PIECES ARE WELL WORTH PURSUING  IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF THESE TYPES OR ARE IN THE MARKET TO SELL. EITHER WAY THEY ARE WORTH ADDING THEM TO ANY COLLECTION.

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JL