A rare Steiff 'rod' teddy bear
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A rare Steiff 'rod' teddy bear

细节
A rare Steiff 'rod' teddy bear
with blond mohair, pronounced muzzle, stitched mouth, boot button eyes, horizontal seam from ear to ear, black stitched claws, rod jointing, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs and hump --15½in. (39.5cm.) high, circa 1905 (very worn, pads damaged, slight staining and lacks sealing-wax nose)

See Colour Plate 22
出版
See Button in Ear, Jürgen & Marianne Cieslik, page 32 and 33.
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

This is an example of one of Steiff's earliest surviving teddy bears, the 28 PB was manufactured in 1904/5 following the 55 PB, a string jointed bear. An example of which has still not been discovered.