Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

I love it! Is that a raccoon I see inside the tent?

I think Mr Mohawk has character.....or maybe that is, he IS a character! Every bear clan needs one like him to keep them talking and guessing what's next.

Then again, my personal bear also has a mohawk.    and wings, cause he can fly.....

  That reminds me of my Mother-In_Law! Somewhere we have a picture of her sitting on the first step with white Christmas Jingle Teddy Bears lined up across all the steps leading upstairs. A wonderful white background to her red Christmas outfit!

Your bears look beautiful! Maybe a bit too hungry though. 

I'd like a catalog name and/or number.

Thanks for the link - when I looked at those bears, mine looks most like Shrewsberry - but several generation earlier. 

This is a bear from our Moms huge collection that we now have.

I have this bear that has Merrythought tags tied to its ribbon and it has the Merrythought yellow cloth tag stitched to its foot. So it should be be a Merrythought. But which Merrythought bear? Obvious not a Cheeky because its ears are so small! Can anyone help identify this bear, please?

It would have been bought between 1982 and 1984. It is 12 inches tall. Its fur is really thick - see how it obscures the eyes and mouth. The eyes are orange with a black center. It is five jointed, and does not have a growler. The pads are a dark brown felt material. Maybe some pictures will help:

Thanks in advance!

Ernie

Some Doll and Teddy Bear Shows will take items on consignment for the show. Usually only a few items but you only have 21 bears/dolls so that might work.

I have the same dilemma, except our Moms collection is several thousand dolls and bears. I really want to find homes for them! 

Thanks all. Once I get a little better handle on what I've got and get some of the less valuable bears adopted out (so I have some room in the house), I'll start tackling these more important bears. They have lived in storage for ~25 years, so another year is okay.      

I had a situation like that and it was my first sale. I was quite worried and wondering what was up because the buyer had 100% good feedback and lot of the feedback comments said "fast payment". It turns out when she did finally get in touch with me, that she had an emergency and was in a hospital. That cleared everything up and we easily worked it out from there.

Another time of worries for me was when my computer failed just before a bunch of my auctions were ending. It took me a couple of days to get it working again so I could reply to e-mails. It did not cause any problems, but it could have.

So sometimes life intrudes and the person is innocent. I hope this did work out well for you.

I'm trying to do that now also - our Mom's huge collection. The EBay route is a lot of work! I've been working on the unknown bears, the plush bears and other lower cost items. Just trying to figure out what we have is a lot of work. So far it looks like ~2,000 Teddy bears, ~1,000 Dolls and ~600 Beanie Babies. Many of the Steiff bears are in their original boxes.

Too bad they didn't sell them in the 1990's - they were a lot more valuable then!

I hope you have good luck in getting them adopted!!!

      @Becky, oh wow, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! That makes me so happy! The bear in the link has the same style paws as mine. Now I know a tiny bit of the history of this previously unknown bear! 

I really can't say Thank You enough!

Edited - Same red heart also

How uncommon are the paws on this bear? Do you think someone might have taken a pen and drawn the pads and claws? It certainly looks like they used a pen on the sewn in tag, so maybe they did the paws also?

Can anyone recognize this bear? It is 14.5 inches standing up. It has a tag on its back that looks like it is handwritten in pen. It says "Botta" Bears 1981. It has a red heart pinned to its chest, and long foot and paw pads that look like someone drew paws and claws on them. The foot pads are a lot longer than I've usually seen. It is five jointed and was likely made between 1980 and 1992. The pictures should help I think.