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HERE WE HAVE A RARE ANTIQUE GOLDEN STEIFF GROWLER TEDDY BEAR THAT HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY SINCE THE 1920’S-30S HE BELONGED TO MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND HAS BEEN HADED DOWN THROUGH THE DECADES HE IS 25 INCHES TALL AND FULLY JOINTED MOHAIR STILL HOLDS A POSE VERY WELL AS SEEN IN PHOTOS AS YOU CAN SEE HE NEEDS AN EYE WHICH IS GLASS HIS PADS HAVE HAD A STTICH OR TO THAT’S WHEN I SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE HAY (THAT’S WHAT I CALLED IT) ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER IN LIFE THAT IT WAS STUFFED WITH EXCELSIOR, AND I BELIEVE SAWDUST IN HIS NOSE WHICH WAS USED BY STEIFF IN THESE EARLY MADE BEARS.
MY GRANDMOTHER REPAIRED IT FOR ME PATCHES OF FUR THINNING DUE TO HIM BEING LOVED AND PLAYED WITH SO MUCH THE GROWLER UNIT INSIDE DOES NOT GROWL ANY LONGER, BUT MY MOTHER STILL REMEMBERS WHEN IT DID.
IF YOU ARE A TRUE STEIFF BEAR COLLECTOR, THEN YOU KNOW HOW RARE THIS BEAR IS.
MY MOTHER HAVE PROTECTED HIM FOR YEARS IN A COOL DRY, OUT OF THE SUN SPACE IN THE ATTIC AS HE IS NOW MINE I FEEL HE NEEDS A VERY GOOD HOME AND DESERVES MORE THAN A LIFE IN THE ATTIC I HAVE MORE PHOTOS IF REQUIRED HE WILL BE SHIPPED INSURED I WILL SHIP WITH EBAY`S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM
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