Brighty of the Grand Canyon RARE Breyer Animal Creations Donkey Figurine OG Box

This is a rare figurine of Brighty of the Grand Canyon, a donkey character from the Breyer Animal Creations line. The figurine comes in its original box and is a must-have for collectors of vintage and antique toys. It features exquisite attention to detail and is sure to delight fans of the beloved book and movie character.

The brand name Breyer and the vintage aspect of the figurine are both highly sought after by collectors. This item falls under the Toys & Hobbies and Other Vintage & Antique Toys categories, making it a perfect addition to any collection. Don't miss your chance to own this amazing piece of history. Feel free to message me with any questions, and also check out the other stuff in my store! Brighty of the Grand Canyon is a 1953 children's novel by Marguerite Henry and a 1966 film of the same name based on the novel.

They present a fictionalized account of a real-life burro named "Brighty", who lived in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River from about 1892 to 1922. Henry penned her novel after she read an article about Brighty in Sunset Magazine.

It won the 1956 William Allen White Children's Book Award. Thomas McKee, the former manager of Wiley's Camp on the North Rim of the Canyon, read Henry's novel and wrote to express his interest in the book. McKee told Henry that his son, Bob, was Brighty's closest companion. He sent Henry a photograph of young Bob McKee sitting on Brighty's back.

Bob became the composite character Homer Hobbs, [citation needed] played in the film by Dandy Curran. The other film characters include Old Timer, a prospector played by Dick Foran, and Uncle Jim Owen, a man of the Old West played by Joseph Cotten. Pat Conway appears as Jake Irons, [3] who murders Old Timer for his copper ore. Uncle Jim then proceeds to help bring Irons to justice. [citation needed] Theodore Roosevelt was played by Karl Swenson.

[3] Parts of the film were shot at the Colorado River in Utah and the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Brighty is honored with a bronze statue in the lobby of Grand Canyon Lodge, [5] a National Historic Landmark, [6] located near Arizona State Route 67 approximately 43 miles south of the junction with U.

The sculpture is by artist Peter Jepsen. Founded in 1950, the company, now a division of Reeves International, Inc, [1] specializes in model horses made from cellulose acetate, a form of plastic, and produces other animal models from the same material as well. Less well known are its porcelain horse figures, which are aimed at the adult collector market.

The company also produces model tack accessories and horse-related structures, such as stables, barns, and grooming implements in scale to its model horses. The rarity of the model is a method of judging collectibility and value. A model can be defined as rare if it was released for a short time period a long while back, so there are not many left in circulation, or if it was released in very limited numbers. These horses are by far the most coveted and highly valued model horses.