The most expensive teddy bear in the world
Let's start with the most expensive teddy bear in the world. In the early years, a German company produced the most expensive teddy bear in the world, worth $43,000. Bear's skin is made of real gold, and its eyes are made of diamonds.
Later, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the birth of Teddy Bear/KLOC-0, Stafford, the world's largest teddy bear manufacturer, specially produced the most expensive teddy bear in the world. The hair of this teddy bear is made of pure gold silk. Bear's eyes are two sapphires surrounded by 20 broken diamonds; The mouth is made of a piece of gold. Each bear is worth 43,000 pounds, and only 125 bears have been made in the world. However, the most expensive teddy bear in the world is in Jeju Island, South Korea. The picture above is the treasure of the town hall, even the most expensive in the world.
The world's largest teddy bear
Seoguipu Chinese-speaking area in Jeju, South Korea? Teddy bear museum? From August 20 13, the world's largest teddy bear was exhibited outside the museum. Teddy bear is 9 meters high and weighs 1.2 tons. Slow? . Teddy bear can walk like a human being. It is made by a Korean venture company that specializes in making mobile models. Teddy bear museum in Jeju Island is the largest teddy bear exhibition hall in the world, which was built at 200 1. Can you see the 120-carat gem here? 120K teddy bear? Precious exhibits and teddy bears of different shapes.
The story of teddy bear
There are many versions of legends about the birth of teddy bears. As we all know, the origin of the name teddy bear is related to Theodore, the 26th president of the United States. It has something to do with Roosevelt. His nickname is Teddy. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/902, the hunting-loving president hunted black bears along the Mississippi River, but he never found anything. The organizer noticed this situation and tied a captured little black bear to a tree for the president to shoot. But Roosevelt flatly refused. At that time, this rumor was painted as a satirical cartoon and published in Washington post. Midham, an old Russian couple who opened a grocery store and fruit shop in new york, came up with the idea of sewing bear dolls after seeing the cute bear in the cartoon. Because their bear dolls were very popular, they later set up a creative toy company. This is the story of teddy bear's prosperity in America.
Almost at the same time, Margaret, a seamstress living in the small village of Jingen in southern Germany? Stafford also created the legend of teddy bears. Margaret suffered from polio since childhood and made a living as a tailor. With the help of her family, she began to make plush dolls, including bear dolls. In the Leipzig toy sample market of 1903, her hand-sewn bear dolls attracted considerable attention, and American businessmen placed a large number of orders. Since then, Margaret's small tailor shop has expanded to Stafford Company, to 1907, and has grown into a large enterprise with 2000 people. Its teddy bears are sold to the United States and other European countries, becoming the leading brand representative of the teddy bear industry.
Stafford made all kinds of teddy bears. After the shaping period, about 1930, Stafford Company began to take an adventurous attempt in the design of teddy bears. The face becomes rounder and bigger, and the body, hands and feet become chubby. Baby teddy bears always appear.
The teddy bear world, which was originally aimed at boys, later began to have designs for women. Pink stuffed bear? Teddy? Roses? The tip of the nose is sewn with brown thread, giving people a soft and approachable feeling. Stafford personified the face of the bear doll? Teddy? Baby? , but also popular in the 1930s and 1950s.
From 1903 to 19 14, German toy companies have always controlled the teddy bear market. Binger company in Nuremberg, which is famous for producing tinplate toys, applied its good mechanical device technology to the production of teddy bears, forming a new fashion trend. Germany originally exported a large number of teddy bears, but after the outbreak of World War I, Britain and other countries banned the import of German toys, which provided a good opportunity for countries to develop their own teddy bear industry. The woollen bear dolls seen in exhibitions or books now are almost all products of World War II.
In Germany, there is a quarterly magazine "Teddy Bear and its Friends" for teddy bear fans, which is full of information about teddy bears. Various exhibitions, auctions, new product introductions, corporate stories, bear fan parties, etc. Be reported. This magazine introduces the current collection fashion in detail, especially the collection of information. Teddy bear is really an unusual commodity. Recently, it is often heard that early teddy bears sold at high prices at auctions. In the 1980s, it was also a clever business practice for merchants to issue special edition teddy bears in the market, which made its value rare. Even major international events, such as the unification of the Democratic Republic of Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany, and the conclusion of a treaty by the European community, have corresponding commemorative teddy bears, and each bear has a status symbol such as a manufacturing number or an identification certificate.
Children in Europe and America like teddy bears very much. In Germany, many people grew up with teddy bears. It is said that there will be a teddy bear in the German ambulance as a gift for those children who have to take the ambulance. These bear dolls are made of? Children's Teddy Bear Association in the accident? Responsible for providing, most of the funds purchased come from donations. According to the survey of this association, children's favorite teddy bears are all cute round faces, and these dolls are now put in ambulances.