New old Bear

[Antik-Berlin]

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[elize]

Chris, he is lovely, such a like-able face. He is in a good condition as well. I need to get all my books before I can say more. Wow great find :cute:

[Antik-Berlin]

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[elize]

It is such a good feeling to find such a lovely bear. I am looking at my books"happy6:

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[elize]

Two questions::confused3:
1)has the bear got a squeeze /musical box in his tummy?
2)are the eyes painted?

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[Mandicrafts]

Hello elize,

Okay i write what i think.

Its Schuco or Jopi ;)

I think his face is very much like a Jopi. Very cute! What a great find, especially if he is a Jopi!!

[Antik-Berlin]

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1)This bear looks like the 1930 Jopi musical bear in the picture. They both have long narrow feet, luxurious mohair, big eyes, vertical stitched noses and ears stitched on the facial seam.
http://www.puppenhausmuseum.ch/
Manufacturers started making colored bears around 1930, so the white bear can be slightly "older".

[Antik-Berlin]

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[elize]

I found this bear on ebay. She is 20" , off-white (I am sure she was white long ago) circa 1920. As you can see from the pictures she does not have a lot of her mohair fur left.
She has stunning big, back-painted black and brown glass eyes. The brown has mostly worn off. She has tan nose, mouth and claw stitching, original and all there.
The price is $595

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[elize]

The ears definitely does not have the same wear as the body. It looks like Jopi bear got a pair of new ears.:oh:

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[elize]

Chris, you are right, it is difficult to judge with pictures only.