A STEIFF GALOP-TEDDY, (1312g.p.), white mohair polar bear, green mohair ruff, black glass eyes, black stitching, bell and FF button with red cloth tag and a frosted brown mohair bear, purple mohair ruff, brown and black glass eyes, black stitching, bell and FF button, no tag, on eccentric red-wheeled carriage with mechanism causing the bears to move backwards and forwards, original red and white pull cord, the end with wooden knob with FF button, in original plain card box held together with twenty-eight FF buttons, printed paper end label showing the toy circa 1927 --7in. (17.5cm.) long
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 1… Read more TEDDY BEARS, 1920s
A STEIFF GALOP-TEDDY, (1312g.p.), white mohair polar bear, green mohair ruff, black glass eyes, black stitching, bell and FF button with red cloth tag and a frosted brown mohair bear, purple mohair ruff, brown and black glass eyes, black stitching, bell and FF button, no tag, on eccentric red-wheeled carriage with mechanism causing the bears to move backwards and forwards, original red and white pull cord, the end with wooden knob with FF button, in original plain card box held together with twenty-eight FF buttons, printed paper end label showing the toy circa 1927 --7in. (17.5cm.) long

Details
A STEIFF GALOP-TEDDY, (1312g.p.), white mohair polar bear, green mohair ruff, black glass eyes, black stitching, bell and FF button with red cloth tag and a frosted brown mohair bear, purple mohair ruff, brown and black glass eyes, black stitching, bell and FF button, no tag, on eccentric red-wheeled carriage with mechanism causing the bears to move backwards and forwards, original red and white pull cord, the end with wooden knob with FF button, in original plain card box held together with twenty-eight FF buttons, printed paper end label showing the toy circa 1927 --7in. (17.5cm.) long
Provenance
Purchased from the Steiff Festival Auction in Giengen, 25th June 2005, lot 33.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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