Sale 8088
London, South Kensington
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30 July 1998
Price realised
GBP 184
Estimate
A PIXIE TOYS TEDDY BEAR WITH GOLDEN MOHAIR, LARGE DEEP AMBER AND BLACK GLASS EYES, SQUARE CLIPPED SNOUT, BLACK STITCHED NOSE, MOUTH AND CLAWS, SWIVEL HEAD, JOINTED LIMBS, FELT PADS, GROWLER AND LABEL STITCHED TO RIGHT FOOT PAD --22IN. (56CM.) TALL, 1950S (SLIGHT MATTING OVERALL); AND AN UNUSUAL AMERICAN TEDDY BEAR, UNJOINTED, DRESSED IN AMERICAN WAR-TIME UNIFORM --29IN. (74CM.) TALL (WEAR TO FACE, DISCOLOURING, SLIGHT OVERALL WEAR) SEE ILLUTRATION (2)
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