Fechter AustriaRare Grey Mohair Bear19 Inch - Working Growler... Fechter Rare Grey Mohair 19 Inch Working GrowlerNo Fechter TagFamous Open MouthFelt TongueHandstitched NoseGlass EyesGrowler Fully WorkingFelt PawsFully JointedWith DiscsRight Arm Pad Has Tiny Hole In ItLeft Paw Pad Has a Bigger HoleAnd You Can See The Wood FiBerRight Paw Pad Is...

Fechter Austria Rare Grey Mohair Bear 19 Inch - Working Growler







Fechter Rare Grey Mohair 19 Inch Working Growler
No Fechter Tag
Famous Open Mouth
Felt Tongue
Handstitched Nose
Glass Eyes
Growler Fully Working
Felt Paws
Fully Jointed With Discs
Right Arm Pad Has Tiny Hole In It
Left Paw Pad Has a Bigger Hole And You Can See The Wood FiBer
Right Paw Pad Is Getting Thinner On The Top
Body Is Hard Stuffed With Wood Fiber Filling
He Measures Approx 48 Cm - 19 Inch Tall 36 cm / 14 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
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