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Antique Fechter Austria Bear Rare White Mohair 17 Inch 1960s

Fechter

USD 1,295.00  
SKU: Netherlands, F2
Availability: 1 in stock


Antique Fechter Austria Bear Rare White Mohair 17 Inch 1960s














Fechter Rare White Mohair 17 Inch 

Fechter Spielwaren Tag 

Famous Open Mouth 

Mouth Has Small Damage and Shows the Stuffing 

Felt Tongue 

Glass Eyes 

Growler Half Working 

Fully Jointed With Discs 

Felt Paws 

Right Paw Pad Has Small Damage and Shows the Stuffing 

Body Is Hard Stuffed With Wood Fiber Filling 

He Measures Approx  
43 Cm - 17 Inch Tall 
33 Cm - 13 Inch Sitting 

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 

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 the Public and Offer Them for Sale 

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 Wouldn't 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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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 items 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 items are heavily researched for hours by our staff  
With a massive library of Collectors Identification Guides & Books, Magazines
 and Internet research
Everything we can find that pertains to that particular item
 we then type in the description

We do our utmost to correctly identify and price all of our items accordingly

We work to take as many photographs as possible
to help show the buyer in detail what they are purchasing

The items are then carefully packaged and put into a storage facility
where they are not removed until purchased and shipped


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