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    Sale 9551

    TEDDY BEARS

    London, South Kensington

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    18 June 2002

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    • A Steiff teddy bear
    Lot 200

    A Steiff teddy bear

    Price realised

    GBP 822

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A Steiff teddy bear
    with pale golden mohair, boot button eyes, pronounced clipped muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads and hump --11¾in. (30cm.) high, circa 1908 (bald patch on forehead and right cheek, general wear, body lacking stuffing and pads damaged); and a Chiltern teddy bear with golden mohair, replace button eyes, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head and jointed limbs with cloth pads --14½in. (37cm.) high, 1930s (worn) (2)

    Provenance

    The original owner of the Chiltern teddy bear in this lot, recalls his Aunt giving him her Steiff bear to him as a child in the 1930s, to keep his Chiltern bear company.

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