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This year’s festival set a record for antique teddy bears: The Steiff Titanic Bear Othello from 1912 sold for more than $196,000. Only a few hundred were made to honor those who died on the Titanic.
A pair of German-made Steiff teddy bears are expected to fetch £10,000 at auction. The rare rod-jointed bears have been in one family's possession since 1904 and were originally purchased in the ...
The incredible hoard of shamed financier Paul Greenwood, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges last year, is expected to fetch a minimum of £1.2 million when it goes under the hammer at Christie's.
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, a Christie's employee poses with a 1934 Steiff miniature teddy baby on display at the auction house in London. A top European Union court, The General Court ...
A pair of Steiff teddy bears which had to be X-rayed by a vet to check their rarity have been sold for £10,400. The rod-jointed toys named the Roosevelt Bears had been owned by one family since ...
A lace-up teddy bear with a hot-water bottle carries a high estimate of $47,000 at the auction. Just 90 examples of the Hot-Water Bottle Bear were made by Steiff between 1907 and 1914, said ...
Jeanette, 60, and her son Kyle Johns, 29, purchased the teddy at Monmouth Showground, South Wales. The pair bought the teddy after Jeanette had a 'gut feeling' that they were valuable.
Steiff's teddy bears, loved by children of all ages the world over, are distinctive, says Toyohiko Sato, a member of the exhibition committee. "First, the material used is mohair, ...
In November 2022, a 1906 Steiff bear sold for £10,500 (around $12,746), a number that did not approach the Steiff Louis Vuitton teddy bear ...
The Steiff teddy was made in 1905 and was bought by a mother and son at a car boot sale in South Wales for £130. It is now expected to sell for around 40 times that amount.
An Antiques Roadshow guest's jaw drops when she finds out her Steiff teddy bear hot water bottle is worth £15,000. (Image: BBC) Then came the moment of valuation: ...