* An exhibit featuring Steiff memorabilia and bears is part of the Chelsea Toy Museum in the Chelsea Teddy Bear Co., 400 N. Main St. Public tours are available at 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays.

Steiff's teddy bears, loved by children of all ages the world over, are distinctive, says Toyohiko Sato, a member of the exhibition committee.

A rare early 20th Century Steiff teddy bear has been sold at auction for £3,200. The 114-year-old, German-made toy had attracted interest in bidders from the USA and France. Toy and collectables ...

A rare pair of Steiff teddy bears are expected to fetch £10,000 when they go under the hammer. The rod-jointed bears which have been in one family’s possession since new, date back to around 1904 and ...

A pair of Steiff teddy bears which had to be X-rayed by a vet to check their rarity have been sold for £10,400. The rod-jointed toys named the Roosevelt Bears had been owned by one family since ...

A pair of German-made Steiff teddy bears are expected to fetch £10,000 at auction. The rare rod-jointed bears have been in one family's possession since 1904 and were originally purchased in the ...

Housed in a historical 1860 farmhouse, it has a Teddy Bear Museum that features more than 5,000 Steiff teddy bears and animals, Madame Alexander dolls, Barbie dolls, and hand-carved wooden toys.

In early December 1993, Elliot sold at an all-teddy-bear auction for £49,500. Accounting for inflation, that's more than £95,000 today — or more than $160,000 at current conversion rates.

FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, a Christie’s employee poses with a 1934 Steiff miniature teddy baby on display at the auction house in London.

The Steiff factory is still based in Giengen an der Brenz, Germany - the birthplace of its founder Margarete Steiff - and with teddy bears still among the most popular toys, the company is hoping ...

Next week, a lot of 1,300 vintage Steiff teddy bears and other soft toys worth approximately $1.9 million will be auctioned off by Christie’s in London.