As a kid, I was fortunate enough to be emotionally wrecked by The Velveteen Rabbit and have my little wounds healed by a live-action performance — puppets included — at a local children’s theater.

It was almost 9 p.m. in Munich, and I was on a bear hunt. I was determined to buy a Steiff, the makers of the original stuffed bear, in the country where it was born. Scrolling through my phone, I ...

A rare stuffed animal is hitting the auction market this weekend and is expected to sell for over $25,000. A Steiff Begging Bonzo dog from 1927 was bought by a Phoenix, Arizona, resident at a flea ...