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Overview
This is an original boxed set from the popular 'Americana Collection' miniature village series, featuring Reverend Muir's Cottage alongside the companion booklet 'The Life and Times of Liberty Falls, Part Two' by Susan K. Jones. Produced in the 1990s, these hand-cast resin miniatures captured nostalgic depictions of frontier American town life.
Story
Created in the 1990s, Liberty Falls offered affordable collectible village buildings paired with serialized town lore written by Susan K. Jones.
Maker / Origin
The Liberty Falls Americana Collection was developed by International Resourcing Services (IRS, Inc.) in the late 1980s and 1990s. Marketed primarily through department stores, drugstores, and grocery chains as affordable weekly collectibles, each piece represented a specific fictional pioneer town building complete with historical narrative booklets.
Condition & Value
The outer packaging shows light shelf wear along the edges and corners consistent with storage. The owner reports that the interior resin cottage and printed booklet remain present and unopened inside the box, which preserves maximum collector appeal for mass-market village lines.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.