Manufactured c.1910, this bear with trademark clip in the ear, pointed snout and felt pads to the hands and feet left its £300-500 pre-sale estimate far behind to take £1500 over the phone.
Present in 1910, still going strong
UK: QUITE possibly starting its long career as a Christmas present for a child, this Steiff teddy bear was the familiar target of collectors at the Horsham rooms of Latimers (15 per cent buyer’s premium) on December 14, the second of a two-day dispersal at this new addition to the Sussex auction world.
