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Posts: 18I was just wondering for those who also collect Steiff bears, how many do you guys have? Or anything special to you that you would like to share with us ? Story/pictures?
I have a few but I live in a small apartment so now I hesitate to acquire more because I don't know where I can put these bears at...
my dear only afew i can not count them but i have a 1908 a1955 a1960 and doubles from those years! in france bears are very in bad ease so my 1908 is staying only by a thread!!!!!!!!
PennsylvaniaAbout 100. We don't know for sure because every time we tell them to count off, they all raise their paws in the air and shout, "One!"
Most of our Steiffs are modern. We do have a few vintage Bears. There are some collector's edition replicas of vintage Bears.
Teddy Bears are perfectly happy to sit on a bookshelf. Most of our Bears live in a specially decorated Bear Den with shelves on the walls. The smart Bearkeeper would put anti-UV film on the windows. You can buy it at the home improvement center and install it yourself in an afternoon's work.
All the windows in our Bear Den are coated. We wouldn't want the sun to fade their fur! Would we? 
About 100. We don't know for sure because every time we tell them to count off, they all raise their paws in the air and shout, "One!"
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Becky
Boechout, Antwerp45 Steiff Bears in my hug.
There is actually a special story attached to my first Steiff teddy (a children's URS lying bear), because he was the one that really got me addicted to teddy bears. 
He was the one responsible for awakening my passion for teddy bears that had always lain dormant within me! Curse you bear.
This a photo (not a very good one) of the teddy that caused my addiction.
And here are two of my favourite Steiff's : ERNST and little ELSA ( a limited North American edition; Ernst is 26" tall and Elsa 3,5"):
Hugs, :hug:
Peter & the bears
I have 2, a beautiful white bear and a stunning deep red one. I collect artist bears mainly but these were special presents from my hubby. My mum has around 30 steiffs though and loves them all.
Little Bear GuyJust one here, it is the 100 anniversary bear. It's the only one that I have in my hug. I actually traded with a retailer at one of the shows a few yrs ago for one my bears she approached me during the show as she wanted the one bear really badly but she did not have a good show and she wanted to know if I would do a swap. That's how I ended up with my one and only Steiff.
hugs
Shane
I was just wondering for those who also collect Steiff bears, how many do you guys have? Or anything special to you that you would like to share with us ? Story/pictures?
I have a few but I live in a small apartment so now I hesitate to acquire more because I don't know where I can put these bears at...
I have six Steiff teddy bears, five of which have come from Teddy Bears of Witney. Here's a photo of one of them:
http://xteddy.org/~n6tadam/pics/teddies … kshelf.jpg
They are not the only teddy I collect, I prefer artists' teddy bears, like the people on here, because I get to understand how they make the teddy.
-- Thomas Adam
Posts: 18I would love to see the 100 Steiff teddy bears, must be a sight. 
