Antique Fechter Austria Bear Rare Grey Mohair 15 Inch

Fechter Rare Grey Mohair 15 Inch

Fechter Spielwaren Tag

Famous Open Mouth

Felt Tongue

Handstitched Nose

Glass Eyes


Fully Jointed
With Discs

Growler Not Working

Furry Paws

Body Is Hard Stuffed With Wood Fiber Filling

He Measures Approx
38 cm / 15 Inch Tall
28 cm / 11 Inch Sitting

** Please See All Pictures for Condition

Bear is in Vintage Condition with some wear

Sold AS IS

Filling is very firm
Wood wool stuffing

Fur is High Quality Mohair
much of the mohair used by Fechter
was the same as used by Steiff
but even better

Please see all pictures for the condition
Bear is in vintage condition
With some wear from Age


Don't Miss Out On
Owning this vintage Collectors item from the 60's

The Fechter Bears we are offering for sale
Are very Rare & Hard to find

It took many trips and business
meetings to finally arrange the purchase
and to make them available for you

For Anyone who is interested
in collecting one of the most prestigious
and sought after Austrian bears

We invite you to read our Bear facts page
to see how Rare and hard to obtain and purchase
they really are

We are very fortunate
to have been able
to bring these bears to Ebay
to the public and offer them for sale


This item will be shipped Worldwide
by TNT Post Netherlands.
Method used: IPP Airmail Priority Signed For with Tracking.


Fechter Bears - The History


Fechter is the best known of the Austrian Bear makers
making bears from 1930 to 1979

After WW2

Owned by Wilhelm & Berta Fechter of Neustadt Germany
Berta learned her trade working at the
Nicol Steiner Factory in 1949
Registered their business in a house in Leonhardbach district

First materials used were American army blankets & towels
Then they used excellent quality Mohair

Berta who was such a hard worker made sure
everything was run absolutely perfect
She would make sure her employees were always working
to make her bears the best and would often say
" No time for idle chat "

Anyone who worked for her would apprentice for 3 years in college
to learn everything they could about bear making
and then apprentice again at her factory..

All Fechter Bears were VERY EXPENSIVE to buy
and they wouldnt sell them through department stores
which made them harder to obtain..

The bears were made with mohair and had open mouths..

Very few had closed mouths and are rare and hard to find now.
Austrian buyers loved the open mouths
Uk buyers loved the closed mouths

1960's - 1970's

Major expansion and the factory was moved
to Wies in 1973.

Wies is a town in the district of Deutschlandsberg in Styria in Austria.

From 1973 Fechter began to use the Styria Tags.

Sadly Berta Fechter died and her husband Wilhelm took over
the factory until 1979..

Wilhelm Fechter passed away in 1983
and the contents of the factory sold to a dealer from Usa

As you can see the history of Fechter Bears is very interesting
and to actually own one of these bears is a must have for any true bear collector