But America didn’t have the franchise on the idea. Around the same time, a German company founded 1880 by seamstress Margaret Steiff began making its own version. It was designed by Steiff’s nephew ...

Antiques Roadshow expert Bunny Campione's rabbit collection is set to be auctioned. The collection, featuring 50 lots of rabbits dating from the late 19th century to the 1950s, includes soft toys and ...

In 1902, the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, founded in Germany by Margaret Steiff, released a stuffed toy bear made of mohair, designed by her nephew Richard.

Jane Goodall is returning to the Monterey Peninsula to speak at Sunset Center on April 7, during a sold-out lecture on behalf of “Hope for Sea Otters.” ...

Around the same time, Richard Steiff, a German toymaker working under his aunt Margarete Steiff’s company, designed a plush bear that became equally popular.

To commemorate 100 years of the iconic Leica I, Leica Camera AG has partnered with Margarete Steiff GmbH to create a special collection of limited-edition Teddy bears. These exquisite bears honour the ...

MADISON – Margarete (Peggy) Olsen, age 76, was called home on Wednesday afternoon, January 1, 2025, after suffering a cardiac event. Margarete was surrounded by her children when she passed ...

(Stuffed bears had, of course, existed before this, most notably in Germany, where plush toymaker Margarete Steiff peddled bears, elephants, and other animals. Her nephew, Richard, reportedly ...

The world-renowned Steiff Co. made the first teddy bear in 1903. German seamstress Margarete Steiff, who founded the company, began the business by hand-stitching a tiny elephant from a pattern and ...

The collection grew to include more than 150 Steiff animals, which are rare collectors’ items originally made in Germany by Margarete Steiff, who hand-stitched the first tiny elephant and stuffed it ...

Margarete Dorothea Suchomel, 86, of Buffalo Grove, passed away on July 27, 2024. Margarete was born in Germany on March 28, 1938, to parents Albin Louis and Sabina Margarete (nee Weber) Kohler. Mar… ...