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.

6 Most Valuable Steiff Teddy Bears . If Winnie-the-Pooh is your friendly neighborhood talking teddy, then a Steiff bear is the distant Lord who lives in an inherited mini mansion at the edge of town.

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 ...

With that, the teddy bears on this list range from a low of about $3,000 to a high of $143,000 for the Steiff Teddy Girl Bear. Steiff-Karl Lagerfeld Teddy Bear - $3,687.26.

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.

The stuffed toy bears that were then entering the American marketplace were dubbed "Teddy's bear." * While in Jackson, Steiff, his wife Else and daughter Marianne lived at 610 Harwood St.

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 ...

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 (outfitted in a beret and trench coat with the designer ...

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 ...