The sale is due to take place at 10am on May 11, with something for everyone on offer. Beginning with the Steiff bears, there are several ‘Fruities’ – valued between £50-£80 – with bears ...

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.

Leyburn-based auctioneers Tennants believe a rare and charming Steiff ‘Roly Poly’ teddy bear will attract bidders when it comes up for sale on February 12.

If you own a stuffed animal with a yellow Steiff tag pinned in its ear, you have a descendant of one of the first teddy bears. While the stuffed bears were eventually named for President Theodore ...

A savvy mum and son bought two battered teddy bears for £130 at a car boot sale and discovered one was a rare Steiff toy worth up to £6,000.

Greenwood’s lawyer said the sale of more than 1,300 toys, of which 10 per cent are highly prized Steiff teddy bears, “had been approved by the receiver”.

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.

My original Steiff is a well-loved polar bear; he was never very cuddly and makes a growling sound when you tip him over, though the growl has faded over his 37-year life.

A rare teddy bear which was bought at a car boot sale has been auctioned for thousands of pounds today. Jeanette Davies, 60, bought the 1905 Steiff teddy at a car boot sale in Monmouth for £130 ...

A teddy bear bought by a woman at a car boot sale could sell for £6,000 at auction. Jeanette Davies, 60, bought the 1905 Steiff teddy bear with her son Kyle Johns, 29,at the car boot sale at ...

A MUM who picked up a rare teddy bear at a car boot sale has been able to sell it on at an eye-watering price. Jeanette Davies and her son Kyle Johns splashed £130 for two of the stuffed toys at ...