It was almost 9 p.m. in Munich, and I was on a bear hunt. I was determined to buy a Steiff, the makers of the original stuffed bear, in the country where it was born. Scrolling through my phone, I ...

Created in 1902, the Bär 55 PB was a straw-stuffed, jointed bear begot by Steiff, the German toy-making company whose subsequent bears now hold world records for prices realized at auction.

This year’s festival set a record for antique teddy bears: The Steiff Titanic Bear Othello from 1912 sold for more than $196,000. Only a few hundred were made to honor those who died on the Titanic.

A rare pair of Steiff teddy bears are expected to fetch £10,000 when they go under the hammer. The rod-jointed bears which have been in one family’s possession since new, date back to around ...

Q: I’ve tried to ID my teddy bear, but no luck. I have been told he’s a Steiff bear, but I have not found a button on him. How can I have my bear appraised and identified? A: The bear seen in ...

A 24-inch-tall Steiff apricot-colored teddy bear, which until recently had remained in the family that purchased it in the early 20th century, sold for $5,925 at James D. Julia’s Toy, Doll ...

Colonel Henderson took his Steiff bear along with him into combat during World War II, through D-Day, and back home again. Christie’s later sold the veteran bear in 1994 for just over $100,000 ...

A 1904 Steiff bear, known as Growler, is one of the world's oldest In 1903, 3,000 teddy bears were sent by ship from Germany to America only for them to disappear. Some claim the bears were the ...

A rare early 20th Century Steiff teddy bear has been sold at auction for £3,200. The 114-year-old, German-made toy had attracted interest in bidders from the USA and France. Toy and collectables ...

German toymaker Steiff, whose teddy bears have delighted children for more than a century, now wants to appeal to tiny tykes with a range of jewelry, fashionable outfits and accessories for children.