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Teddy Bears & Stuffed Animals: Herman Teddy Original, 1913-1998 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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I am really sorry to say, but this book was a disappointment to me. Lots of pictures, but all small, odd-coloured (orange, reddish), straight from some old selling cataloques. The teddies were a minority compared to the other stuffed animals. Furthermore, there were not many pictures of the old Hermann teddies, the vast majority of the teddies were quite new or newer. I found the information part -values etc - rather strange and difficult to use.

I purchased this book hoping to identify a Hermann original that I own. A great many of the teddy bear images look like they were taken with a red light bulb; consequently, they all look the same color. I found no way to identify my particular bear, because captioned under each image is just a number. No reference to a bear name, or other identifying information. My bear has the original tags, but no reference to a number on the tags, so this book is of very little use to me.

As my title states, this book was a huge disappointment and I would never have paid over $20 for it.