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Chriss Swaney

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Contemporary Collectibles

Every Day is Christmas for Department 56 Collectors

By Chriss Swaney
This cinnamon-colored mohair center-seam bear, circa 1908, wearing a silver and paste brooch with the name “Will,” sold at Christie’s in 2004 for $55,304. Although far from the most expensive bear ever sold, it is one of the rarest in the world and was owned by Pam Hebbs, who was considered to be one of the world’s greatest antique teddy bear collectors and evaluators, and author of the 1998 book, Collecting Teddy Bears.
Articles

Warm Fuzzies

By Chriss Swaney
1950s dexterity game, pig
Antiques

Reduce your stress with dexterity puzzles

By Chriss Swaney
American Boehm signed porcelain hummingbird figure. Circa 1991, 12 1/4” tall. Brightly designed Costa’s Hummingbird with Rubrum Lily, #324, perched beside an open lily on a branch with stem. Marked with black “Boehm” over feather beneath horse head and “MADE IN U.S.A.,” hand-signed by member of Boehm family. Sold through Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia, in October 2016 for $555.75. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc., William McGuffin, photographer.
Antiques

Boehm porcelain birds flying into new collections

By Chriss Swaney
Vintage Tupperware Wonder Bowl from the 1950s
Feature Stories

Vintage Tupperware is making a comeback with collectors

By Chriss Swaney
Syroco plaques
Decorative Arts

Syroco Gives the Look of Wood Carving Without the Expense

By Chriss Swaney