Fechter Old Baby Bear Austrian Authentic Mohair 30 cm... Newly acquired from a German Estate Sale... and Graciously Offered to our Shoppe... FechterAuthentic Austrian BearAntique 11.8" Mohair30 cm / 11.8 Inch standing24 cm / 9.4 Inch sittingFelt MouthFelt PawsEmbroidered NoseFilling is very firmWood wool stuffingNo Original Fechter TagRare White...
Fechter Old Baby Bear
Austrian Authentic Mohair 30 cm
Newly acquired from a German Estate Sale and Graciously Offered to our Shoppe
Fechter Authentic Austrian Bear Antique 11.8" Mohair
30 cm / 11.8 Inch standing 24 cm / 9.4 Inch sitting
Felt Mouth Felt Paws Embroidered Nose
Filling is very firm Wood wool stuffing
No Original Fechter Tag
Rare White Mohair
Working Growler
Bear is in Excellent Condition
5 Way Jointed
Fur is Mohair much of the mohair used by Fechter was the same as used by Steiff
Popular Open Mouth
This Bear Came From A Private Collection And Has Been Kept Storaged For Years
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
Don't Miss Out On Owning this vintage Collectors item from the 50's
* Only the bear is for sale * * Rest is part of the decoration *
This item will be shipped Worldwide by Canada Post. Method used: 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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