Lot 323
323
A STEIFF SNAP DICKY, (7525H), standing, jointed arms, light golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, brown stitched nose and three stitches to bottom lip, spring joints to hands, feet and mouth, tail-operated heading turning mechanism, printed velvet pads and FF button in ear, circa 1933 --12½in. (32cm.) high (some thinning and fading, pads discoloured, some joints inoperative and tail recovered)
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 1… Read more
A STEIFF SNAP DICKY, (7525H), standing, jointed arms, light golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, brown stitched nose and three stitches to bottom lip, spring joints to hands, feet and mouth, tail-operated heading turning mechanism, printed velvet pads and FF button in ear, circa 1933 --12½in. (32cm.) high (some thinning and fading, pads discoloured, some joints inoperative and tail recovered)

Details
A STEIFF SNAP DICKY, (7525H), standing, jointed arms, light golden mohair, brown and black glass eyes, brown stitched nose and three stitches to bottom lip, spring joints to hands, feet and mouth, tail-operated heading turning mechanism, printed velvet pads and FF button in ear, circa 1933 --12½in. (32cm.) high (some thinning and fading, pads discoloured, some joints inoperative and tail recovered)
Provenance
Purchased from the Steiff Festival Auction in Giengen, June 2001, lot 56.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This Teddy Bear is one of six known examples, three of which are in the Steiff Archive.

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