Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

That's a good name for a dog!

I had a package to Romania take 6 weeks, but a package to Crete took 5 days. Bizarre. I've had slower than usual delivery to Canada and parts of Europe the last two months, as well. Although none of the customers said the packages were opened by customs.

I've had 4 non paying buyers on eBay in the last month. Not one of them even replied to any emails after they won. What is wrong with these people? At the least they could just say, 'I'm sorry, but I don't want the item.' At least eBay will refund the final value fees.

Thank you, KJ! I'll try and track down Knickerbocker info.

Thank you, Nancy.

I'm trying to reach someone who knew the woman to at least find out how old she was. I suspect, based on other items I have from her estate, she was 70-80. That might give me a better idea of how old the bear is.

In the meantime I'm trying to focus on his eyes and nose.

Do his eyes look like they are from any specific time? I've got some old b/w teddy bear books, and his eyes look similar to some of the bears from the 30's-50's, but again, in b/w it's hard to tell. His eyes have an interesting swirl pattern in the iris.

Hi, I love this website. I've been reading it for weeks, but only now have a bear that I'm stumped identifying. Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated, even if it's a particular time the bear could be from.

He is approximately 15 1/2" tall. I believe the light brown stitching is original, but there are also patchwork dark brown stitching, black stitching, and what looks like fishing line. Obviously this was a much loved bear that someone kept patching up to keep going. I got him from the estate of a recently deceased woman, but I'm not certain how old the woman was, so that's not much help. I was told that this was supposedly her childhood bear.

Thank you!
Dean