Vermont Teddy Bear Classics

"COLLECTABLE VERMONT TEDDY BEARS" During John's 15 years at the Vermont Teddy Bear Co. he saved some great stuffed animals for his collection. Each one of them has been saved as new from the day they were made. These are some of John's favorites. Each one of these classics has a story and makes a great gift for the true collector. These wonderful stuffed animals on sale are new, meaning that they have never been played with or handled except for storage. John Sortino founded Vermont Teddy Bear in 1980 and was the president and head designer for 15 years.

This Moo Bear was made in my old bear factory in 1987. He was designed by Woody Jackson, the same famous artist from vermont who designed the Ben and Jerry Cow. This Moo Bear was popular, I think we sold them all but this one last one. We only made about 200 of them.

Fuzzy Bear was John Sortino's third bear that he made. The first bear he made for his son was called Bearcho, then he made a bear called Bearazar, his third design was Fuzzy. He sold these bears on his cart in 1983. There were about 500 of these bears made.

This is a very special piece. Very cute. This Jersey Cow was made exclusively for Shelburne Farms. Vermont Teddy made about 75 if these cows for this special order. Shelburne Farms is a famous tourist attraction in Vermont, famous for the Shelburne Farms Inn, which was the old Webb estate.

This beautiful cow is truly sweet. John made only 10 of them. Originally, John made this for a specialty store in New York City.

Bearcho was my first bear that i made. This one is great because he has colorful eyes. This bear was made in 1981m0r 1982. Bearcho was the bear I made for my son when he was 6 months old. I only made about 200 of these guys. Very collectable.

Sunshine, was made in two sizes. This one is the smaller one. About 19 inches tall and very soft. We made more of the larger one and only about 300 of this smaller one. He was made in our Williston Vermont Toy Factory. Very soft to sleep with and wonderful any true collector.

Before I got into the jointed bears that are famous today, we made some of thes for legged guys. Mansfield is named after the tallest mountain in Vermont. He is 16 inches long and very soft and cute. We made under 100 of Mansfield. Some were black and some were brown.

This wonderful stuffed animal was made for the New York State Museum. We made 50 of them. To my knowledge, this is the only mastodon that is jointed in the world. These wonderful large animals roamed throughout the USA before the last great Ice Age when they were all wiped out. Made in 1986. This is a true collectable worth many more times the price.

We made Rudlof in 1986 for our Christmas collection series. Soft and wonderful to touch. 18 inches tall. We made about 100 of these great stuffed anaimals. A real collector will love this gift.

If you like to hug this collector bear is for you. He is very large, 22 inches. Soft and real cuddly. We made about 200 of these guys. This was really a special bear, since we made very few floppy bears at Vermont Teddy Bear.

Schyler was made in 3 colors. We made only 300 of the white ones. Schyler will warm any collectors heart. Very soft and sweet. Sits up and is 16 inces tall. A real true classic. Makes a great gift!