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Lot 676
*Steiff. An early felt cockerel, Germany, circa 1905, wood wool rooster, covered with overlapping felt in a variety of bright colours, black bead eyes, wire legs wrapped in string, feet tacked to circular turned wooden base, some minor fading to felt, 3.5mm blank metal button in sickle feather, height 31cm (21.25ins), width 32cm (12.5ins)A scarce early Steiff cockerel in very good condition. Quantity (1)
Lot 688
*Steiff. Pig on wheels, Germany, circa 1905/6, stuffed blonde mohair pig, with black boot button eyes, and velvet snout with stitching (one long side stitch hanging loose), on two sets of gold-painted cast metal four-spoke wheels (gold paint worn), blank button in left ear, inoperative squeaker, height 25.5cm (10ins), length 42cm (16.5ins) Provenance: given to the current owner's grandfather, George W. Elkins (1903-1966), and thence by descent. George Elkins was the only child of Eleanor Pollock Glass and Port Brommell Elkins, who was an inventor and innovator, the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. An early Steiff pig in unusually good condition, having been in the same family from new. (1)
Lot 689
*Steiff. A pair of rod bears, Germany, circa 1904, together two mohair teddy bears, one white and the other golden, both jointed with metal rods, with hump back, long limbs, seam from ear to ear, black boot button eyes, protruding shaved snouts (with stitching and remains of gutter percha nose), card-lined felt pads, and paws with black stitching, golden bear with .75" remains of thick thread stitched to tummy (at one time attaching paper tag?), left foot of white bear with outline hand-stitching where fabric label previously attached (retailer's label or child's name tag?), some minimal threadbare areas, golden bear with pad on right foot worn with some loss and small hole to pad on left foot, neither bear with ear button, height of each 41cm (16ins), together with a copy of The Roosevelt Bears, Their Travels and Adventures, by Seymour Eaton, Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Company, 1st edition, 1906, contents becoming loose in original pictorial boards, rubbed and some wear to extremities, 4to Provenance: given when new to the current owner's grandfather, George W. Elkins (1903-1966), and thence by descent. George Elkins was the only child of Eleanor Pollock Glass and Port Brommell Elkins, who was an inventor and innovator, the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. They lived in Pittsburgh and travelled widely. The current owner's parents met in Helensburgh during their teens, and that is how the bears came to live in the UK, following the decease of their original owner. The bears were known in the family as Teddy B and Teddy G after the duo in Seymour Eaton's famous storybook 'The Roosevelt Bears' (the original owner's copy of the book accompanies the lot). Steiff's very first fully jointed teddy bear, produced in 1902, had string jointing, but none are believed to be in existence today. They were followed by a brief period (1904-1905) in which bears were made with rod jointing, before disk jointing was perfected to give the bears their moving limbs, a method which is still used today. As is well known, Steiff toys were given a button in the ear - although they are often now missing - as well, apparently, as a paper chest tag, which seldom survives. The metal button is first known to have been used in 1904, but the device wasn't registered as a trademark until May 1905. It may perhaps be that our pair of bears are two of the earliest, which had only a paper tag, before the button became universally used (although we have not been able to confirm this). Nevertheless, rod bears are rare, and the appearance of not one, but a pair of such teddy bears at auction, which have been in the same family since new, is an exceptional occurrence. Their well-preserved condition makes them additionally unusual; the original child owner travelled extensively with his parents, and the bears were often left behind, and so were not played with as much as they might have been. The current owner remembers not being allowed to handle them as a child, and for some years they have been confined to an old trunk. In all appearance early Steiff bears, a visit to the local vet confirmed the metal rod construction inside each bear, and a copy of the resulting x-ray is available to the bears' new owner. We would like to express our thanks to Bunny Campione for assistance in researching this lot. (3)
Lot 690
*Teddy. A teddy bear in the Steiff style, early 20th century, a jointed light brown mohair teddy bear with protruding snout (threadbare, with most of nose stitching gone), and long limbs, eyes sometime replaced, webbed stitching on paws (some loss of black thread), foot pads sometime renewed, and a few other unobtrusive old stitched repairs, height 56cm (22ins) A handsome bear, generally in a good state of preservation. (1)
Lot 283
A collection of six Steiff various bears together with four miniature bears from 'Small Bears for a Big World' to include:-Winter Bear with sleigh, wearing green trousers, tartan scarf and green hat with bell, label in ear reads Made in Germany by Steifff LED of 4,000pcs 00928, 20cm approx.Polar Bear on wheels with blue ribbon collar, badge for Steiff Club Edition 1999, ear label reads Made in Germany by Steiff, Steiff Club Edition 1999 23cm long approx.Zotty, bear with green bow and paper label Zotty 1960, Steiff button and label in reads Made in Germany by Steiff KnoopeF IM 0HR 029967 16cm approx. Baby Madchen 12 with pink dummy, Steiff button in ear, paper label, 11cm high approx; Bear with sunflower, right foot with number 8, Steiff ear button and label, 10cm high aproximately.Green bear with butterfly, right foot with number 6, paper label on chest and Steiff ear button. Four miniature bears sizes approximately 7cm, 6cm, 4.5cm and 3.5cm, two hearts and two paper cards reading 'Small Bears for a Big World I was designed by Theresa Yang'. (10).
Lot 788
A collection of Steiff stuffed animals, 1950's and later H.: 37 cm (the lama)---------Please request condition reports by e-mail on info@rm-auctions.com or by using the Invaluable message system. The reports, additional images and high-resolution images will be published on our website: www.rm-auctions.com. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Lots 901-1044 are available exclusively on our website.
Lot 132
Steiff 'Katalog' Teddy Bear 30cm - 2007 - with CertificatesThis Fabulous 2007, 30cm Tall, L/E Steiff Teddy Bear is from the Billboard Teds Series and is Catalogue Bear. Catalogue is Fully Jointed and Crafted from a Most Unusual Fabric for Steiff- Maco Satin. The Images Printed on the Fabric are Taken from Steiff Brochures in their Boom Years 1906 - 1908, Making this Piece Great for Historical Reference, Whilst No Two Bears Will Look the Same, As the Fabric is Cut Differently for Each Piece. This Wonderful Creation is in Fact an Individual, and Comes as a Worldwide Limited Edition of 2,007 Pieces
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