Savvy mum Jeanette Davies saw the antique teddies on a stall at Monmouth Show Ground, South Wales, in June while browsing with her son Kyle Johns
A savvy mum and son bought two battered teddy bears for £130 at a car boot sale and discovered one was a rare Steiff toy worth up to £6,000.
Jeanette Davies saw the antique teddies on a stall at Monmouth Show Ground, South Wales, in June while browsing with her son Kyle Johns. They forked out £130 for both toys and were stunned when one turned out to be a rare Steiff teddy bear dating back to 1905.
It is being auctioned with a guide price of between £4,000 and £6,000, but could fetch far more when it goes under the hammer next week. The other teddy is a pre-Second World War Chad Valley bear worth between £80 and £120.
Jeanette, 60, said: “I just had a feeling – a gut feeling. I thought he looked like a Steiff bear, a make which can be valuable. I persuaded Kyle to part with the largest amount of cash we’ve ever spent at a car boot – £130 for two teddies. Sometimes you just take a gamble and I’m glad we did.”