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Rupert the Bear- Famous Teddy Bears
Rupert the Bear was created by Mary Tourtel and made his debut as a comic strip star in the Daily Express newspaper in 1920 with a story called “The Adventures of a Little Lost Bear”.
He was an immediate hit with his target audience and in the 1950s the Daily Express newspaper decided they had enough strips to publish a collected work.
Although there have been several different artists over the years since Mary Tourtel’s retirement in 1935 the character has remained pretty much unchanged and he is still the quintessential mischevous middle English schoolboy, albeit in bear form.
Rupert the Bear toys and teddies are extremely collectable and eBay would be the best bet to find any.