Fechter Rare White Mohair 17 Inch
Fechter Spielwaren Tag
Famous Open Mouth
Mouth Has Small Damage and Shows the Stuffing
Felt Tongue
Glass Eyes
Growler Half Working
Fully Jointed With Discs
Felt Paws
Right Paw Pad Has Small Damage and Shows the Stuffing
Body Is Hard Stuffed With Wood Fiber Filling
He Measures Approx
43 Cm - 17 Inch Tall
33 Cm - 13 Inch Sitting
Filling Is Very Firm
Wood Wool Stuffing
Fur Is High Quality Mohair
Much of the Mohair Used by Fechter
Was the Same as Used by Steiff
But Even Better
Don't Miss Out on
Owning This Vintage Collectors Item From the 60's
The Fechter Bears We Are Offering for Sale
Are Very Rare & Hard to Find
It Took Many Trips and Business
Meetings to Finally Arrange the Purchase
And to Make Them Available for You
For Anyone Who Is Interested in Collecting One of the Most Prestigious and Sought After Austrian Bears
We Invite You to Read Our Bear Facts Page to See How Rare and Hard to Obtain and Purchase They Really Are
We Are Very Fortunate to Have Been Able to Bring These Bears to the Public and Offer Them for Sale
Fechter Bears - the History
Fechter Is the Best Known of the Austrian Bear Makers
Making Bears From 1930 to 1979
After Ww2
Owned by Wilhelm & Berta Fechter of Neustadt Germany
Berta Learned Her Trade Working at the
Nicol Steiner Factory in 1949
Registered Their Business in a House in Leonhardbach District
First Materials Used Were American Army Blankets & Towels
Then They Used Excellent Quality Mohair
Berta Who Was Such a Hard Worker Made Sure
Everything Was Run Absolutely Perfect
She Would Make Sure Her Employees Were Always Working
To Make Her Bears the Best and Would Often Say
" No Time for Idle Chat "
Anyone Who Worked for Her Would Apprentice for 3 Years in College
to Learn Everything They Could About Bear Making
And Then Apprentice Again at Her Factory..
All Fechter Bears Were Very Expensive to Buy
And They Wouldn't Sell Them Through Department Stores
Which Made Them Harder to Obtain..
The Bears Were Made With Mohair and Had Open Mouths..
Very Few Had Closed Mouths and Are Rare and Hard to Find Now.
Austrian Buyers Loved the Open Mouths
Uk Buyers Loved the Closed Mouths
1960's - 1970's
Major Expansion and the Factory Was Moved to Wies in 1973.
Wies Is a Town in the District of Deutschlandsberg in Styria in Austria.
From 1973 Fechter Began to Use the Styria Tags.
Sadly Berta Fechter Died and Her Husband Wilhelm Took Over the Factory Until 1979..
Wilhelm Fechter Passed Away in 1983
And the Contents of the Factory Sold to a Dealer From Usa
As You Can See the History of Fechter Bears Is Very Interesting
And to Actually Own One of These Bears Is a Must Have for Any True Bear Collector
*JS Photography props are not included in the sale