It contains the only remaining 1925 Harlequin Teddy bear, which is expected to fetch between £50,000 and £80,000 and other notable bears, such as the black 'Titanic' Steiff bear.

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 ...

A rare early 20th Century Steiff teddy bear has been sold at auction for £3,200. The 114-year-old, German-made toy had attracted interest in bidders from the USA and France. Toy and collectables ...

Steiff teddy bears abandon China. The world's most famous teddy bear maker has decided to repatriate production to Germany after finding that cut-price Chinese factories could not replicate the ...

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 ...

Amanda Finnegan's Steiff teddy bears. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post My brother and I have since carried on the tradition of giving Steiffs to some of our best friends’ kids, and some day ...

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 ...

Teddy bears originated in 1903, and these vintage collectibles can be worth a lot of money today. FamilyMinded. ... 34. Bruin Steiff Teddy Bear. Sold: 2009. Price: $1,666.76.

Then came the moment of valuation: "We are talking about a Steiff teddy bear, circa 1904, incredibly rare colour, a rare size because most of them were smaller than this." She paused before ...