Worth to buy it?

40 cm Wood bear carved with the text
"75 Jahre CFFB-Jubiläumsgeschenk des schweizerischen Typographenbunds "

(75 years CFFB anniversary gift from the Swiss Typographers' Association October 1, 1957)

 

To sell or keep? What are they asking?

 

To sell, 70 euro

 

No. Who do you think the market for this would be?

Debora

 

Hi debora. I dont understand what do you mean

 

Debora is asking what types of collectors do you think would be interested in it?
Probably not many.... which means it may be hard to sell and will not bring in much money.
There are people who like to collect oddities but I don't think there would be interest in a commemorative bear like that. I would not buy it for resale.
And 70 euro is very expensive.

 

Apologies, Adam. I didn't mean to be obtuse. It's difficult to see what this object is from the photographs but... It appears to be a vintage Swiss-carved tobacco jar in the shape of a bear that was presented as a gift by an obscure professional organization. There are collectors who are interested in this type of item but I'm not sure that the quality, age, provenance and price of yours would make it worth your while to resell. (Only you can determine that, of course.)

Here's an example of something similar that recently sold at auction:

https://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/20...earch_type=&sort_by=ASC&view=lot_detail&year=

Here are two that recently sold on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=carved+bear+tobacco+jar&LH_Complete=1

And here are similars that are currently listed on eBay to give you an idea of the selection a collector would have.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=carved+bear+tobacco+jar&_fsrp=1

Debora

 

Thank you very much for help

 

You're very welcome. And, once again, apologies for my (unhelpful) earlier post.

Debora

 

Thank you Debora

 

The bear was carved in Brienz, Switzerland, but as the links Debora posted show, most people think these Brienzer carvings were made in the Black Forest, Germany.

I think you can make a profit, but the decision is yours to make.
If you sell it, be sure to add Black Forest to the title, that is what people are looking for. And Brienz, of course, credit where credit is due.