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A German atelier synonymous with elite teddy craftsmanship, Steiff has been hand-making bears since 1880. And while every bear is charming, a rare few are transcendent — bespoke, historical, ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest's jaw drops when she finds out her Steiff teddy bear hot water bottle is worth £15,000. (Image: BBC) ...
Carol Teifer-Searl of Waterford has handcrafted about 400 stuffed animals in the last 35 years — bears, dogs, lemurs, rabbits, fennec foxes, elephants, cats, horses, lions and sloths.
To commemorate 100 years of the iconic Leica I, Leica Camera AG has partnered with Margarete Steiff GmbH to create a special collection of limited-edition Teddy bears. These exquisite bears honour the ...
In the mind of Reverend Michael Esper, teddy bears were public enemy number one. In July 1907, Esper, the leader of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph, Michigan, addressed his ...
Lot #155, Happy, a brown-tipped mohair Steiff Teddy bear, was estimated at GBP 20,000 to £30,000 and sold for £56,250. Image courtesy of Special Auction Services. The top lot in this sale was #155, a ...
On Sunday night's instalment of the BBC show, two guests brought a black mohair teddy bear named Teddy from the German brand Steiff to the experts at Belfast 's Botanic Gardens.
A broken down and moth-eaten teddy bear was the standout star of the Antiques Roadshow from Belfast's Botanic Gardens on Sunday, 15 December, when it earned a five-figure valuation. Dubbed "the rarest ...
A Paris exhibition stuffed with teddy bears, Noémie Merlant's horror/comedy 'The Balconettes' and a new album from Snoop Dogg - here's what's happening in Europe this weekend.
That bear made £32,240 when it went under the hammer at Special Auction Services (SAS) in Newbury. The star item in the collection, however, was a rare Steiff bear from 1926 called Happy - which ...
A rare wartime Steiff teddy bear bought at Bermondsey Market could fetch £1,200 at auction. The 116-year-old cuddly toy was possibly given to its young owner to “soften the blow” of a father going to ...
Around the same time, the German toy company Steiff made its own stuffed bears, shipping 3000 of them to U.S. toy stores. Soon, the cuddly toys were going by “Teddy Bears.” ...