Steiff Hello Goodbye Bear. Hello 2000 GoodBye 1999 670367.Honor the Old and Welcome the New -  Join Steiff in celebrating the old one farewell. The blue tones of Goodbye 1999 deepen as he fades off into the night. Hello 2000 goes from pale yellow to vibrant rose as a new era dawns. The bears are packages as a commemorative, satin-lined persentation book. Each bear is 8.75" Worldwide Edition.
STEIFF HELLO-GOODBYE BEAR. Hello 2000 Good-Bye 1999 Collectible Steiff EAN 670367
There are 2 bears in this set. The orange one is the sun set and the blue one is the dawn of the new millennium. They are 20 cm. / 8" tall. They come in a book and were limited to the end of 1999. In total there are 8.890 pieces made.
Impressive Open Book Box 15.5 " tall by 13" wide by 4" thick FRONT AND BACK OF THE BOX IS COVERED IN THE STEIFF PURPLE COLOUR IN A LINEN LIKE FABRIC, THE SIDE OR THE BOOK PART IS COVERED IN A GOLD LINEN COLOUR FABRIC
hand embroidered muzzle and claws both bears are fully articulated
It marks the end of the century and one millennium and the beginning of the next. A time to pause for breath. We at Steiff would like to open a new book in the history of the company that goes back more than 100 years. Two Special bears are saying "Hello 2000, Good-Bye 1999 in the color symbolic of dawn and dusk - beralding a new era in the history of the Teddy Bear.