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The Teddy Bear Sale on Thursday 22nd August contains some of the rarest Charlie Bears ever to be offered for sale.

Started in February 2006 by Charlotte Morris and her husband William, Charlie Bears have had a meteoric rise to popularity over a relatively short period of time. Charlotte had built up a wealth of experience with customers, design and pricing having run a couple of successful Teddy Bear Shops in the North of England. Charlie Bears initially launched with twelve bears in the range, designed by Heather Lyell from New Zealand and Isabelle Lee from the US, today these are some of the most elusive and sought-after Charlie Bears on the market. Currently, the range includes Plumo (mixture of plush and mohair), Isabelle Collection, Minimo (smaller bears), Secret Collection (not in the regular catalogue but for QVC or other country specials), Animals, Accessories, Plush and Baby collections.

The ‘Bear Studio’ designed by Isabelle Lee are the earliest produced for Charlie Bears.They include many of the trademark features including hand-sculpted faces, air-brushed muzzles, hand-embroidered noses and glass eyes. Some have white felt under the eyes to give them that soulful look. Current editions are generally between 200 and 500 pieces world-wide but early releases only included perhaps 100 editions in total.

There are over 450 Charlie Bears in the Sale with 50 plus being Bear Studio and many of the newer ones are ex-shop stock in brand new condition.

Just a few highlights are shown below -

To view all the Charlie Bears in the sale please click here - https://www.vectis.co.uk/auction/dolls-and-teddy-bear-sale-742-1?manufacturer=396&page=1

For more information about bidding, charges, shipping or more addition information on a specific lot please contact Kathy Taylor on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 01642 750616. We are open Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm.

Purchased lots can be collected at Hugglets Teddy Bear Fair. Kensington on Sunday 8th September.

The Dolls and Teddy bear sale held on the 22^nd August featured over 680 lots of predominantly Teddy Bears. Lots included some of the rarest Charlie Bears ever to be offered for sale, including Minimo Collections, Miniature keyrings and Isabelle Collection, there were over 450 Charlie Bears in the Sale with 50 plus being Bear Studio and many of the newer ones are ex-shop stock in brand new condition. Other bears included Steiff, Merrythought and others, plus artist bears, including Deb Canham Artist designs miniature bears. Further lots included trade boxes of Wade figures and Widdop & Co Eggcellent savings pots, Royal Doulton figurines, Royal Albert & Beswick, and Wedgwood Clarice Cliff ceramics. Plus, vintage children’s books and magazines, including Ladybird collection, Gollie dolls and badges, costume dolls, Dolls houses and much more.

The Model Train Sale held on the 23^rd of August featured OO Gauge British Outline from Hornby (China), Hornby Railways, Bachmann, Mainline Railways, Airfix, Oxford Rail, Heljan, Lima and Dapol; plus HO USA & Continental Outline from Roco, Rivarossi, Lilliput and others. The sale also included 38 lots of N Gauge Locomotives and Rolling Stock from Graham Farish and others, two lots of Z Gauge; 11 lots of Kitbuilt and other Narrow Gauge models plus Hornby Dublo 2-rail and 3-rail and Acho. Further lots in the sale included Wrenn, Triang and Triang Minic Motorways; Kits/Kit & Scratchbuilt, Gauge 1 & Larger, G Gauge, Hornby, Modern, Finescale and Further O Gauge, plus three private owner collections. A G Gauge Single Owner Collection, Part 3 of The Lawrence Scale Models Single Owner Collection and further Japanese/Korean Brass Outline OO Gauge. The sale continued with Meccano & Other Constructional Toys, Railwayana, Books, Magazines, Catalogues and Associated Items, plus our usual good selection of General Trains.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Please be aware that Lots 3045 to 3053 in the 9th of August General Sale will now come under the Offensive weapons act.

The Offensive weapons Act 2019 came into Force on 16 May 2019, The Act will make it a criminal offence to dispatch bladed products sold online without verifying the buyer is over 18.

Please be aware that shipping these items will also only be possible within the UK and EU.

The Specialist sale on the 6^th of August started with The Andy White Collection of Smaller Diecast, over 240 lots of Matchbox Regular Wheels, Accessory & Major Packs, King Size & Super Kings and Superfast. Plus Corgi Rockets, Husky & Corgi Juniors, Benbros, Morestone, Lone Star, Fun Ho!, Dinky Toys and Miscellaneous Items. The sale also featured further Matchbox models including Regular Wheels, Superfast, and Super Kings, plus others, and over 200 lots from an Ex Matchbox Employee. This collection featured predominantly models from the 1980s-90s and included many rare, never come-across models, the ones that collectors knew existed but people rarely kept! One that was not to be missed for the Matchbox collector.