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Article: Toy dog a common Steiff item
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2002
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Toy dog a common Steiff item
Date: 10-31-2002, Thursday
Section: HOME
Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B
Column: WHAT'S IT WORTH?
Q. I am enclosing a picture of a stuffed toy dog that I received as
a child approximately 40 to 50 years ago. The dog is made by Steiff
and has the metal button and tag still in one ear. Can you give me
some information on the dog and its approximate value?
-Corrine Greenfield,
Long Grove, Ill.
Over the years, the German company Margarete Steiff GmbH has produced
a multitude of stuffed animals, all of them collected.
The firm is named for its founder, Apollonia Margarete Steiff (1847-
1909). Born in Giengen, ...