In the mid-1970s, New Yorker Barbara Isenberg searched store inventories of plush toys and found them wanting. Isenberg wanted for her own young son a teddy bear with the quality, charm, and soothing textures she recalled from her own childhood. So, she started the North American Bear Company (NABCO) to produce just such a toy. Isenberg called on a fashion-designer friend Odl Bauer to make a bear from an old sweatshirt that would be soft, cuddly, and unlike anything on the market. The toy Bauer designed evolved into Albert the Running Bear, a classic teddy bear in a jogging suit that appealed to children and adults. Isenberg oversaw the design and development of NABCO products and turned finances, sales, inventory, and order fulfillment over to her partner and brother, Paul Levy. A year after Albert the Running Bear appeared, NABCO offered a series of bears made of velour dressed and named to recall famous people and celebrities or VIBs (Very Important Bears) such as William Shakesbear, Humphrey Beargart, and Chef Bearnaise.
15" x 10" x 23"
16%
WHERE TO PICK UP:
Private Residence
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73162
(Winning Bidders Will Be Given Full Address VIA EMAIL)
Saturday, 3/2, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
No alternate pickup. Failure to pickup results in forfeiture of your items with out refund.
SHIPPING OPTIONS:
USPS SHIPPING
Only items marked with shipping icon. We use flat rate USPS boxes only. Your card on file will be charged a separate charge. We only ship to address on file. Shipping may take up to 2 weeks. There will be a $5 per lot handling fee added to your shipping charge.
Postal Annex
Shipping: Almost any purchase can be picked up and shipped by a local courier service. We have partnered with Postal Annex in Northwest Oklahoma City to provide pickup and shipping services for our customers: You must email a copy of your invoice directly to the courier so they know to pick your items up. They will pickup, pack and ship. They charge a handling fee, for packing materials and actual shipping. Please email as soon as you have paid. Send the Invoice to: pa18024@postalannex.com you may call them during business hours if you want an estimate.
Postal Annex
12220 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite F
Oklahoma City, OK 73162
(405) 242-3480
You are free to arrange alternate courier service if you like. They must pickup during scheduled time.
Kimber Bannan | (405) 956-8965 | Signatureestatesalesllc@gmail.com
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