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Make Yourself at Home:
A Visit with "Steiff Girl" Rebekah Kaufman
by Rebekah Kaufman
Photos and Steiff Collection courtesy of the author, unless otherwise noted
Steiff Gal, Rebekah
Kaufman, stands before
a display of Steiff
collectibles in her home.

Teddy Hugs and Welcome to Steiff Central!

I

am honored to share my passion with Doll News
readers from all over the world. Awhile back I did an
interview with Maureen Stanton, the author of Killer
Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider's Look at the World of Flea
Markets, Antiques, and Collecting. Her book is a behindthe-scenes look at what makes something collectible and
presents common characteristics shared by most collectors.
In her research, Stanton discovered that, regardless of
the collectible category, collectors love talking with other
collectors and sharing stories about 'the one that got away,'
'the bucket-list find', and 'look what I found!' Whether a Steiff
fan or not, I hope that, as a collector, you enjoy our visit
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today, and in a perfect world, that you like Steiff a little
more at the end of this story than you did at the beginning.

What Makes Steiff So Important.
So, let's start things off with a little context. Most people
know of Steiff because of the company's century-plus run of
producing the highest quality bears, dolls, and animals. But
there is so much more to Steiff than just their world-class
products. Their origins, business practices and innovations
helped set the stage - and the bar - for the toy industry's
successes from the late 19th century onward.
From the historical perspective: The company was started
in the late 1880s in the rural town of Giengen, Germany by a



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