1989 RAIKES Jointed Bear 🐻 Collectable Wooden Face and Paws.🐾 SAB

1989 Applause # 560335 RAIKES Elf preowned for collectors or great addition to your Christmas decor the elastic in his pant legs is worn does not effect appearance when displayed. Also small stain on one pant leg ( I haven’t tried washing ) would probably come out with white vinegar, soap and water. Robert Raikes spent the early part of his career creating furniture, carousel horses, and other wooden sculptures before shifting his focus to teddy bears in the late 1970s. He created bears that had carved wooden faces, and in the 1980s, he put the very first ones up for sale. Today, collectable vintage bears from Robert Raikes can now be hard to come by. In the 1980s, it was relatively easy to find Raikes teddy bears for sale. Robert Raikes initially sold them on his own before selling the licensing rights for the teddy bears to a toy company called Applause. Several years after teaming up with Applause, Raikes reclaimed the rights to his bears and started to limit how many were released at one time making it This made it more difficult for people to find them today for their collections.