Special Effects: QVC Traditionals

This month's Special Effects will be a two-parter, where I showcase the models produced exclusively for QVC. I have quite a few, so we'll talk Traditionals today and get to the Classics and Stablemates next time.

 

 

In a complete non-surprise move, we're starting with a Sham.

This is #701595 Sham the Godolphin Arabian, produced for QVC in 1995. There were 1300 produced. He's distinguishable from regular run Shams by the 95 stamp on his inner hind leg. His color is slightly different, too; there were definitely regular run Shams this red, but many were darker. I bought this guy in room sales at the Clarion during my first BreyerFest in 2010.

Bay roan is one of my favorite horse colors, especially when Breyer does them well (in other words, they're not pink or purple). This Cantering Welsh Pony is from the #705495 Parade of Breeds set, a run of 1800 for QVC in 1995. She came with a bay Proud Arabian Mare and an alabaster Saddlebred Weanling. I found her by herself at a tack shop (The Playroom, which has since closed) in Lexington during BreyerFest 2011.

That store is also where I spent a solid twenty minutes hand-picking a set of Stablemates from probably thirty or forty boxes, but I'll tell that story another time.

This heckin' chonk is Buddy, run quantity unknown, produced for QVC in 1998. I bought him in room sales at the Clarion during BreyerFest 2013 after I walked into one of the rooms and he screamed "BUY ME, I'M SHINY!" at me from his shelf.

QVC Shiny Bay Thing #1! This is #502301 Justin Morgan from 2002. As far as I know, unless he has his COA from QVC, he's virtually indistinguishable from the BreyerFest glossy prize model. This particular model came from the collection of someone who would definitely know what she had, so I'm confident he's the QVC release. He was the first model I bought from room sales at BreyerFest 2012, in the first room I entered.

 

 

This is Equinox, whose issue number and run size are both unknown. She was produced in 2002. I bought her via Facebook from a local collector who was having a collection dispersal sale late in 2017.

 

While I was not the original owner of all the models above, I am the original owner of all the rest, ordering them direct from QVC.

 

 

QVC Shiny Bay Thing #2! I actually still have the packing slip from this guy and the set that follows, dated 5/3/2002. I'd have sworn to you that I was living in Columbus, OH, when I bought these, but the timing doesn't match up - I didn't move to Columbus until July that year. I love all Bay Things but Really Red Bay Things are my favorite. I showed this guy for awhile (til Hamilton came out) under the show name of Sforzando.

 

These sculpts were initially not all that popular for whatever reason (I think they're cute) but nowadays, every production run seems to command high prices, even the regular runs. This is #504002 Baby's First Steps, from 2002. They only cost $54 (with shipping!) from QVC when they were issued, but sell for several hundred dollars now.

 

 

QVC Shiny Bay Thing #3! This is #501102 Hickstead, produced in 2002, not to be confused with the Olympic gold medalist Dutch Warmblood of the same name, whom Breyer commemorated with a regular run on the Trakehner mold from 2012-2015. There was no published run quantity on this guy.

 

This is #504202 Mint Julep. He came with a Certificate of Authenticity that specified a run of 1500 pieces, and mine is numbered #32/1500 underneath his back hoof.

 

 

 

QVC Shiny Bay Thing #4! (Are you seeing a pattern here?) This is #510122 Clydesdale Stallion. He came with a wooden base, but he tends to stick to it, so he sits on the shelf without it and I keep it stored somewhere safe (and unknown to me, at the moment, since I couldn't find it when I went to do the photo shoot for today's post). The wooden base and COA are the only things that distinguish him from the regular run they produced from 2003-2004.

 

 

This is #501402 Grey Hawk. I'm 99.99% sure that my mom ordered him for me and had him shipped to her with the intention of giving him to me for Christmas, but then she forgot about him, and he lived in his box under her bed for a few months until she cleaned under there and found him. (Mom, since I know you're reading, if I'm wrong on that, please comment with the correction!)

 

Traditional-size QVC releases that I'd like to add to the herd someday: the aforementioned bay PAM and alabaster SBW from the #705495 set, since I already have the CWP; Phoenix Rising, the buckskin pinto Silver; the Special Delivery Mare & Foal set; and the LE Appaloosa Pleasure Horse.

 

Next up, the QVC Classics and Stablemates!