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$2,000
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- Estimate
- $700 / $900
Description
13" (33 cm.) Golden plush over sheet-metal bear body form in standing pose, stuffed swivel head, shoe-button eyes, brown embroidered nose, jointed arms, with key-wind at side torso attaching to internal mechanism which causes bear to walk when wound. Excellent condition, walking slightly sluggish. Germany, Josef Deuerlein of Nuremberg, the bear appeared in the firm's 1925 catalog as model 1200. The actual bear is photographed in Teddy Bear Encyclopedia by Ciesliks, page, 46. Private Collection of Marianne Cieslik.