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A STRUNZ TEDDY BEAR

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A STRUNZ TEDDY BEAR
WITH PALE GOLDEN MOHAIR, BLACK BOOT BUTTON EYES, PRONOUNCED CLIPPED SNOUT, BROWN STITCHED NOSE, MOUTH AND CLAWS, SWIVEL HEAD, JOINTED SHAPED LIMBS, CREAM FELT PADS AND SLIGHT HUMP --14IN. (36CM.) TALL, CIRCA 1910 (LOSS OF MOHAIR TO FOREHEAD, AROUND EYES, OUTER UPPER RIGHT LEG, PIN HOLE TO PADS)

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HUGGLETS TEDDY BEAR MAGAZINE, SPRING 1996 VOLUME 6 ISSUE 4, TALK ABOUT BEARS BY SUE PEARSON, PAGE 17

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ALTHOUGH LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT STRUNZ, THEY WERE CLEARLY INFLUENCED BY STEIFF AND PRODUCED COPIES OF STEIFF PRODUCTS ADOPTING THE SIMILAR TRADE MARK OF THE BUTTON IN LEFT EAR. STEIFF TOOK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE COMPANY AND PATENTED THE BUTTON IN THE LEFT EAR AS THEIR OWN TRADE MARK.

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