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. :-)

  • elaineOPMA
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    29 days ago

    Back in the day when I first started showing, OF was all makes so Hagen-Renaker showed against Breyer. Having H-Rs to show in those classes was hugely advantageous and I was so fortunate to have some very nice pieces, both from my Aunt’s collection and then from the large reissues that I bought with the princely and painful sums of ~$40 each IIRC as a teen in the 1980s.