Another BreyerFest is in the books. For all of you lucky enough to attend, I hope you have since recovered. It was hot, it was crowded, and there were lines and lines. The special run offerings this year seemed to please most everyone. Most were fairly easy to acquire (if you didn’t mind standing in the aforementioned lines) with the exception of the Art Nouveau and Caves of Lascaux models from the “pop-up” tent. With their low run numbers, they did sell out quickly each day.

Breyer definitely could not go wrong choosing Lonesome Glory, a favorite of many collectors, for their Quelle Surprise models. Although, at the time of writing this, Breyer has not released the exact quantities of each variation, I suspect all of these guys will be in demand by collectors going forward.

The Special Run that piqued my curiosity this year was the decorator Huckleberry Bey “Giverny.” He was announced on the BreyerFest Blog back on April 2, yet he was not shown on any of the Tent Store posters at the park. In the BreyerFest brochure he was listed as being a run of 1200. In the store, the table card for him had been corrected to read quantity of 450. Even at that low of a count, he was not “flying off the table” as collectors moved though, and I assume there were plenty available at the end of the day on Sunday. So, that begs the questions:

Huck is a fairly desirable mold, yes? (I know, not to everyone!)
450 is a pretty low run for BreyerFest Tent Store models, right? (if that is indeed the correct count)
Does his unrealistic color hold him back?
How will his value fare in the after-market?

We can look back to 2010, the last time we saw a decorator Huck in the BreyerFest Store: Technicolor. Currently he is selling on ebay around the $100 mark. Giverny is selling at the $125 mark. I expect this to change as time goes on and the “buzz” from this year’s BreyerFest fades. But will his demand go up or down? I am curious to see. One never can tell. In 50 years he may be super desirable…the next Copenhagen Five Gaiter?

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(Giverny photo from breyerhorses.com.)

ADMIN EDIT: On Aug 11, Breyer posted on their Facebook page that there were indeed 1200 Giverny models produced.