With BreyerFest a good four months behind us now, it’s time to take a look at the secondary market values of the special run models. At this point, the values are leveling out as the initial demand for most of them begins to wane.

Breyer seems to be doing a good job over the past few years making the special runs in larger quantities. Event the most popular tent special run models (Bollywood Surprise, Vahana) were not immediately selling out. Unless you were at the dead end of the tent ticket line (yep, been there) you still had a decent selection of models to pick from. By making the runs in a higher quantity, Breyer allows more collectors to acquire the models they want during and after BreyerFest.

The hot models of BreyerFest 2017 were, of course, the Bollywood Surprise models. Released on the popular Latigo/Harley D Zip mold, the Surprise models came in buckskin, appaloosa and two pinto marked horses, in both matte finish and the much sought after glossy finish. The other top two tent special run models were Vahana on the new Shannondell Clydesdale mold and Indu on the Valegro mold. Indu, along with Saffron (another new mold release) both came in a gamblers choice of either matte or glossy finish.

Let’s start at the top with the Bollywood Surprise models. As collectors, we have come to expect a variety of colors in both glossy and matte finish in the BreyerFest surprise runs. And Breyer did not disappoint! Four months post-BreyerFest, below are the current secondary market prices on Bollywood Surprise models:

Buckskin Matte $125-$175, Glossy $275-$350
Pintaloosa Matte $200-$275, Glossy $450-$500
Bay Pinto Matte $80-$100, Glossy $275-$350
Chestnut Pinto Matte $125-$175, Glossy $275-$350

The glossy versions are becoming more difficult to find on the secondary market. Although their values have dropped slightly from their initial release, I believe that they will continue to command prices in the $300 range going forward. Although the glossy versions were made in equal quantities of 175, the Pintaloosa is by far the most sought after and will become increasingly harder to find and acquire.

Let’s stay on the topic of glossy versus matte and look at the Indu and Saffron releases. Both of these models were released in quantities of 800 matte and 800 glossy:

Indu Matte $100-$150, Glossy $150-$200
Saffron Matte $60-$80, Glossy $100-$135

Although their numbers are the same, you can see by their secondary prices who is the more popular mold and perhaps has the more desirable color. I don’t believe the issue price is a factor at all here as Indu was only $5 more than Saffron at BreyerFest.

Breyer also treated us with two more new models as tent run releases. Vahana, on the new Shannondell mold, and Kaalee, on the new Yasmin mold both prove to be popular on the secondary market with their current values landing between $100-$125.

The three remaining tent special runs include a decorator Rejoice, a glossy Semi Rearing Mustang and Breyer’s animal release on the horned Cow mold:

Namaste (Rejoice) $90-$110
Darjeeling (Mustang) $80-$100
Diwali (Cow) $80-$100

With the new year right around the corner already (seriously??) BreyerFest 2017 memories will begin to wane as Breyer starts to promote BreyerFest 2018 in January. Our collectors’ juices will begin to flow once again as we are teased with images of the new special runs and the Celebration model. “Off to the Races” is the BreyerFest 2018 theme and we are already speculating on the models we will see!

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