Antique Fechter Old Teddy Bear 20.5 Inch Mohair Rare

Fechter Old Bear Authentic Austrian Vintage 20.5" Mohair... Fechter Authentic Austrian Bear Vintage 20.5" Mohair WITH FREE FECHTER BOOK... 52 cm / 20.5 Inch standing 38 cm / 15 Inch sitting Felt Mouth Felt Paws Embroidered Nose Filling is very firm Wood wool stuffing Original Fechter Rein Mohair Tag...

Fechter Old Bear Authentic Austrian Vintage 20.5" Mohair Fechter Authentic Austrian Bear Vintage 20.5" Mohair WITH FREE FECHTER BOOK 52 cm / 20.5 Inch standing 38 cm / 15 Inch sitting Felt Mouth Felt Paws Embroidered Nose Filling is very firm Wood wool stuffing Original Fechter Rein Mohair Tag Bear is in Excellent Condition 5 Way Jointed Fur is High Quality Mohair much of the mohair used by Fechter was the same as used by Steiff but even better Growler / Brumm works 50% Popular Open Mouth Felt Tongue This Bear Came From A Private Collection And Has Been Kept Storaged For Years 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 For Many Years We Supply Vintage, Antiques Rare Collectibles & One of a Kind Irreplaceable Items We never alter, repair or replace any of the features on our bears & animals as we like to leave them in the original condition for our collectors We feel replacing them with anything from a different era makes them no longer original or authentic All of our bears are heavily researched for hours by our staff with a massive library of Bear Collectors Identification Guides & Books Bear magazines and Internet research Everything we can find that pertains to that particular bear we then type in the description We do our utmost to correctly identify and price all of our items accordingly. Professional photographers work to take as many pictures as possible to help show the buyer what they are purchasing. The bears are then carefully packaged and put into storage where they are not removed until purchased and shipped. Buy with Confidence from One of the Worlds Top Trusted Sellers of Vintage & Retired Bears All rights reserved © Jadees Antique Bear Shoppe All text, graphics, images, templates are copyrighted by JSPhotos & Jadees Antique Bear Shoppe Those should not be duplicated, copied, used or modified in any way without our permission. All graphics and logo's from brand names are copyrighted by their rightful owners and are used with permission. See my other listings for more great items! 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