Here’s one that is very special to me, a Hagen-Renaker Topper. He was given to me as a teenager by my aunt, who had purchased him when she was a teenager for her own collection during the original very short run in the 1950s. I love everything about this horse - the amazing Maureen Love sculpture of a very typey Quarter Horse, the sweet glossy palomino finishwork, the soft, pleasant expression, and even the crazing that my particular copy has had as long as I’ve known him.
Toppers are very uncommon, and of the few that I’ve seen, this one is IMHO the best individual. Not that I’m biased. :-)
Pardon the old photo. This little H-R was one of my first models, which earned the “stay on the shelf” designation and not to play with. My parents bought her for me at a little gift shop in the village my dad’s family had a beach house in, which no longer exists (the shop). I can’t recall if this one was first, or a chestnut H-R walking adult on a base from the modern miniatures, but they both pre-date my knowledge of/involvement with Breyers by a few years.
I have those foals in my early collection as well, and in a couple of colors! They are so cute, and I must also say, a true miracle of mass production pulling those tiny legs from the mold and for the very low price point too.