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<p>[QUOTE="DBinSV, post: 556440, member: 7320"]I am grateful to Steiff expert Rebekah Kaufman (<a href="http://mysteifflife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mysteifflife.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://mysteifflife.blogspot.com/</a>) who generously shared her knowledge and that of her colleagues with me, writing as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>"I've checked with [a] number of my bear collecting associates and we all agree that the bear is pre-1915 and was probably made in America. It does not have European characteristics …. It is my best guess that bears like yours, from what I see, MIGHT sell in the hundreds or maybe very low thousands, all things being equal. His sentimental value is priceless, and that is what's key here."</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a beautiful case at shoppopdisplays.com and will post a picture of the bear inside after the case arrives, before I send the package off to my niece.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]170624[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DBinSV, post: 556440, member: 7320"]I am grateful to Steiff expert Rebekah Kaufman ([URL]http://mysteifflife.blogspot.com/[/URL]) who generously shared her knowledge and that of her colleagues with me, writing as follows: "I've checked with [a] number of my bear collecting associates and we all agree that the bear is pre-1915 and was probably made in America. It does not have European characteristics …. It is my best guess that bears like yours, from what I see, MIGHT sell in the hundreds or maybe very low thousands, all things being equal. His sentimental value is priceless, and that is what's key here." I found a beautiful case at shoppopdisplays.com and will post a picture of the bear inside after the case arrives, before I send the package off to my niece. [ATTACH=full]170624[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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