Steiff is a German toy company, founded in 1880, offering all the soft cute animals you’d expect. But Steiff also has a ...

As a kid, I was fortunate enough to be emotionally wrecked by The Velveteen Rabbit and have my little wounds healed by a live-action performance — puppets included — at a local children’s theater.

If you own a stuffed animal with a yellow Steiff tag pinned in its ear, you have a descendant of one of the first teddy bears. While the stuffed bears were eventually named for President Theodore ...

For well over a century, some particularly lucky children have had Steiff stuffed animals as their faithful chums. But Steiff is a name that also conjures respect in adult collectors around the world.

A collection of teddy bears valued at as much as $1.9 million will be sold at a London auction by a hedge-fund manager who has pleaded guilty to fraud charges, art dealers said. Paul Greenwood, the ...

MANY OF US know that the name “teddy” bear, came from President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1902, he refused to shoot a bear on a hunting trip, and a political cartoon commenting on the event inspired toy ...

1) The world's oldest bear is 96 years old, and is worth £100,000. He lives in Germany and was labelled a 'Teddy bear' after US President Theodore Roosevelt, who was an avid bear hunter. 2) In 1912, a ...

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 ...

As of the 1970s, teddy bears have become collector's items around the world. And some teddies have sold for tens of thousands of dollars if not more. The question is why are people willing to pay such ...