All about Steiff teddy bears?

As one of the most popular brands, Steiff teddy bears are the most sought after teddy bears. They are known for their quality, creativity and beauty. They are also expensive at the same time. But this does not discourage the teddy bear lovers from buying more and more Steiff teddy bears.

They have been in production since 1903 and their sales still continues to grow stronger. Even though there are other popular brands that have come into the market, they are unable to out do the sales performance of Steiff teddy bears. Steiff teddy bears are made in Germany and exported to the other parts of the world. They attract women of all age groups from little children to teenagers to grown ups.

Steiff teddy bears were initially designed by Margarete Steiff of Germany. Steiff celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2005. There is an exclusive club for Steiff teddy bear enthusiasts.

Steiff has developed several teddy bear personalities under its brand name and all of them are very popular among the teddy bear lovers. They have developed their teddy bears under various themes such as Christmas, Mohair Bears, Classic Homes, North American Exclusives, etc. No wonder they are popular and widely sought after dolls. Each one of them is unique and they exhibit high level of craftsmanship. Some of the popular teddy bears are, ‘The Silver Bells Bear”, “Frosty Bear”, “Pooh Santa Roly Poly”, “Duncan”, “Sebasitan the Dream Bear” and so on.

Steiff products are marked for their originality with a button in its ear. This button has the Steiff trademark in it and initially this button had the symbol of an elephant. Originally Steiff designed these plush dolls as a toy for little children. These furry dolls which were meant to be like any other toys for children has seen an unprecedented popularity and it has become one of the expensive collectible items. There are heavily priced special edition collections exclusively meant for the collectors.

Teddy bear collectors are referred using the term arctophiles or arctophilists. This term is coined using two Greek words namely, “arcto” and “philos” which mean “bear” and “love” respectively. So the term basically means “lovers of bears”. These arctophilists will be ready to do anything for their ‘love’, ready to spend any amount of money if they can add one more rare collectible to their collection. As a hobby teddy bear collection has become one of the most expensive hobbies.

Hobbyists engage in a serious research about rare teddy bears and reconstruct their history which makes their hobby all the more interesting. There are number of books available to help these teddy bear enthusiasts. These reference books are very helpful for the beginners in getting to know the names of the teddy bears in the market. These books also give information about the rare teddy bears.

Thus we can see that a whole new field of study is evolving around these innocent looking toys. So much of money is invested and spent in this sector making this a highly potential business sector.
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