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myteddiesNI May 15, 2013

Here are few of my other bears.

  Dutch???

  was shipped to me in 2 grocery bags ....):no box!

I saw two treads about Etsy. Yes, there are people who buy bears on Etsy. I am one of them, 5 so far from 5 different sellers. I have noticed that I get more results if I search for teddy bears instead of vintage, handmade bears. My favorite list is composed of 6 pages...bears,bears and yes several were sold.
My bears are old or in poor shape. They are priceless to me The old bears saw events I didn't see, they are a reminder of the past .

Miser May 15, 2013

They look like a wonderful set of old bears! Im sorry to hear about the poor fellow sent to you in plastic bags, looks like he needs a lot of TLC!

peterbear May 16, 2013

I saw two treads about Etsy. Yes, there are people who buy bears on Etsy. I am one of them, 5 so far from 5 different sellers. I have noticed that I get more results if I search for teddy bears instead of vintage, handmade bears. My favorite list is composed of 6 pages...bears,bears and yes several were sold.
My bears are old or in poor shape. They are priceless to me The old bears saw events I didn't see, they are a reminder of the past .

What a lovely hug of old but sweet teddies; I can fully understand that they are priceless to you. :teddybear:
I didn't know that you could find vintage bears on Etsy as well; I always thought only new handmade teddies were sold on Etsy.

dangerbears May 16, 2013

That's a very sweet hug... Thanks for sharing pictures!

Becky

myteddiesNI May 16, 2013

  thank you guys! my bears are blushing now   

Peter, Etsy allows sellers to sell vintage items. I found very old teddies on Etsy. Have many on my favorite list. I like Etsy because it's more peaceful , not like Ebay where search is a nightmare. I used to own a nice collection, moved out of state and lost all my bears in the process. Where I live I'm lucky to find 3 bears in the toy basket of our local thrift store. I have to relay on sellers on sites like Etsy, Ebay and Rubyslane. Two of the bears above where made by artists, the girl held by the older bear and Peter who's wearing the blue sweater. I was surprised to see artists in here with an Etsy account because when I search for bears or for teddies very few handmade bears are showing on the result. I don't know if it is because of the keywords or...? I usually buy handmade bears to gift them to family members or friends, one of the kind bears make very special gifts

PS: Peter , I have lovely memories from your country my favorite town was Oostende

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Miser May 17, 2013

I think a lot of artists list their bears as "OOAK artist bear" if you tyoe that into the search bar, you will see them 

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dangerbears May 18, 2013

I usually use the Categories option on Etsy (Dolls and Miniatures - Artist Bears), and just now I entered "artist teddy bear" in the search box. Both ways I see over 3,000 bears listed, so they're definitely there to be found!

Becky

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myteddiesNI May 19, 2013

I never thought about entering artists, since they offer the handmade option. I guess I took a bad habit with ebay where bears or teddy bear show all bears. Will refine my search in the future