Holy Cow, where did all those bears come from? This story goes all the way back to my days as a swap meet addict. One day at the swap meet here in San Diego I set up close to the biggest seller of used bears and other animals I had ever seen. We started setting up next to each other and later when I stopped swap meeting and went into a large Antique Mall with my merchandise I would put her bears in the mall during the week and she would take them out to the meet on weekends. Eventually I opened a small store close to the Mall for the bears. At some point I decided to start buying new bears to complement her secondary market inventory. They didn't sell very well but I just kept buying them anyway. For about three years I bought everything "stuffed" that Russ Berrie, Ganz, and Dakin/Applause had to offer. I still have many of these and in general they are all like new. I am trying to reduce my inventory without giving them away and on average I sell them for about 65% of original retail. Most of these are no longer on the market and are definitely collectible.
GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HERE FOLKS!!
WHEN THEY'RE GONE THEY'RE GONE!!
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