Finally, some flea market luck

No pictures (yet) but I finally had some decent luck at one of the local flea market/antique malls last week.  I found a white Western Horse with o-ring reins and a snap saddle,  an Appy FAS, and a small Hartland family.  The Western Horse is missing one side of the girth and an eartip, but should clean up nicely, and the Hartland foal is minus half a leg, but still stands. 

These were reasonably priced, all from the same dealer.  Said dealer, however, still wants $19 for a Stretch Morgan who's missing a leg, and $20 (firm) for a Snowball pony that has so many marks I don't think he'd ever look decent.  It's missing the accessories, too.  Everything else was 20% off, and if Snowball had been included in the discount, I might have bought him.  He's been there for over a year now, no budging on the price.  This is the same dealer I got my charcoal Fighting Stallion from - there was a black pinto Western Horse in the same booth for the longest time, I think priced at $60 firm.  It's gone, so I guess someone finally bought it. 

The oddest thing is how rare it is to see Hartlands around here, since they were semi-local.  This set is the only the second time that I've seen any around here, at least that I recognize - I tend to skip over the Styrene and other cheap-plastic horses, and almost missed the Hartland mark on this set.

Poseidon

UPS just delivered my Poseidon.  His name will have to be related somehow to Gaelic Storm's song "Turn This Ship Around" - that song happened to be playing when I got the email that my name had been chosen, and coincidentally was playing again when I came back upstairs after getting the UPS delivery.   It's a sign!

Off to open the box.