STUMPY FOOT*ORIGINAL*EARLY*GABRIELLE*PADDINGTON BEAR! RARE LABEL*CIRCULAR FELT FEET*DIMPLED EARLY NOSE*FURRY Start Price GBP 10.00 Current Price GBP 125.56 Time Left - Bid Count 20 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 17, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 24, 2008 Location penzance, Cornwall See more about ' STUMPY FOOT*ORIGINAL*EARLY*GABRIELLE*PADDINGTON BEAR!' Description ORIGINAL  EARLY  BEAUTIFUL PADDINGTON BEAR THIS RARE PADDINGTON HAS THE CIRCULAR FELT FEET AND THE EARLY DIMPLED NOSE! HIS FUR IS REALLY CREAMY COLOURED AND THICK/PADDINGTON HAS A NAVY FELT HAT STILL WITH THE SILVER PIN IN IT/A RED FELT COAT WITH ALL ORIGINAL WOODEN TOGGLES(one very small hole sewn expertly on back) PADDINGTON IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HIS `DARKEST PERU TO LONDON ENGLAND`LABEL VIA PADDINGTON STATION` DESIGN REG; 957892 ON THE BACK OF THIS LABEL IS: `PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR` WITHOUT THE THANKYOU..WHICH SHOWS THAT THESE WERE THE EARLY LABELS AND BEARS/IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL STRING ATTACHED/ IS CREASED BUT NOT TORN IN ANY WAY..IT IS KEPT(AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICS)IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE TO LOOK AFTER IT PADDINGTONS FUR IS DREAMY AND A MORE CREAMY COLOUR THAN THE LATER PADDINGTONS..NO HOLES IN PADDINGTONS FEET OR BODY AND NO LOSS OF FUR HIS EYES ARE A GOOD BLACK AND AMBER AND A VERY SPECIAL EARLY DIMPLED NOSE THE FUNNY THING ABOUT HIM IS, AS ALL PADDINGTONS WERE HAND MADE, EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT AND THE CASE WITH THIS ONE IS; AS QUOTED FROM SHIRLEY CLARKSON`S BOOK(BEARLY BELIEVABLE).."THE PLACING OF THE EYES WAS LEFT ENTIRELY TO CHANCE. MAUREEN, WHO HAD A SLIGHT SQUINT, MADE THE HOLES IN PB`S FACE WITH NAIL SCISSORS, AND WHERE SHE MADE THEM WAS LEFT TO HER DISCRETION. THERE WAS NO TEMPLATE, AND CERTAINLY NO LASER-GUIDED BEAM TO HELP HER! SHE JUST STABBED HER NAIL SCISSORS INTO THE CLOTH. AFTER MAKING THE HOLES, SHE THEN INSERTED THE EYES, HAMMERED A METAL WASHER ON THE SHANK AT THE BACK AND THAT WAS THAT"! THUS THIS PADDINGTON`S EYES ARE A LITTLE COCK-EYED(which look great)! ON HIS BACK HE STILL HAS HIS ALL IMPORTANT `SMALL` LABEL...GABRIELLE DESIGNS..HAND MADE IN BRITIAN..REGISTERED DESIGN NO; 957892  BLUE DUNLOP SIZE 4 BOOTS NICE AND CLEAN AND NO WEAR TO THE BOTTOMS AT ALL lovely early paddington to collect in his 50th birthday year! no reserve Place a Bid!