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Description
18" (46 cm.) Golden mohair teddy with unusual possum-shaped triangular face,embroidered flat
nose,amber glass eyes,swivel head,jointed limbs with stockinette paw pads is wearing wire-rim
spectacles,an old cotton romper suit and a brooch with chain and mother-of-pearl watch face.
Condition: very good. Comments: early-20th century. Value Points: very unusual facial modeling
on the charming bear,along with a collection of early teddy bear books for children in fair/good
condition including five volumes by Seymour Eaton,circa 1908 (The Roosevelt Bears Abroad,The
Traveling Bears in England,The Traveling Bears Across the Sea,More About Teddy B and Teddy G
the Roosevelt Bears,and Teddy B and Teddy G the Bear Detectives).,along with the complete 8-
book series The Teddy Bears published by Reilly & Britton,Chicago,copyright 1907.