The Nisbet Celebrity Collection

Shown above are just a few of the celebrity bears from this collection - please refer to the pane on the right for details of the rest

To quote from the 1988 Dolls and Teddy Bears catalogue of 1988 :

"The Nisbet Celebrity Collection is made up of "mostly" bears sponsored by celebrities in our world of childhood treasures.   Leading authors, artists, and other well-known people in the teddy bear world are joining with House of Nisbet to bring you replicas of their favourite furry friends."

Most characters in the collection were in the 10" to 12" size range, and all were to be offered as a Signature Edition limited to the first 5000 sold worldwide.   Each Signature Edition model was signed by the human celebrity "parent" on a glove leather patch, sewn on to the model, and accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Find out more about these models by clicking on the links on the right of this pane

Please note that 5502 - Uncle Wiggily, although part of the Nisbet Celebrity Collection, is not a bear, but a rabbit!

News

21st September 2023

 

Important Announcement

 

My dear wife, Christine, passed away on the 8th December, 2021, after 8 weeks in hospital. I was by her side, when she slipped away from me peacefully, with no pain or suffering.

 

Chris had been struggling with a slow decline in health, associated with a progressive, untreatable, and ultimately terminal lung disease, and finally succumbed to her old adversary, Pneumonia.

 

We had been friends for 55 years, together as a couple for 50 years, and married just a month short of 48 years, when she died.   

 

This website was Chris's idea, and I did all the technical stuff, to make it work.   After news of Chris's passing reached her close friends in the doll collecting world, I was deeply touched and gratified to hear their tributes to my dear wife, and I must thank them all for their kindness and support.   Ultimately, it was her doll friends that gave me the courage to continue with the website.

 

In the months before her eventual hospitalisation, Chris had outlined a number of additions and changes she wanted to make to the website, and it is my intention to honour those wishes, and to implement the changes we had considered, over the coming weeks and months.

 

I must apologise to all those who have written to us via the website, only to have your emails go unanswered.   Unfortunately, the email system had been hacked aroung the time Chris was going into hospital, and many emails must have been lost, as a result.

 

As you might imagine, I felt completely broken by Chris's loss, and it is only now, almost 22 months after her passing, that I have felt strong enough to even look at the website again.   

 

My aim is to continue with the website, and to implement Chris's aims for her many new ideas as soon as I can.   In the meantime, I have hopefully got the email system sorted out, and I will attempt to answer any enquiries as soon as I can, and to send replies with the same high degree of accuracy that a reply from Chris would have had.

 

From now on, I will be flying solo, whilst my co-pilot and guide will be soaring much higher, (though she is always in my heart, and in my thoughts).

 

My thanks to all our website visitors for your continued support

 

Dave (also known as Arthur), and Chris, (my lost love, Guinevere)

 

Christine Poulten

25th December 1949 - 8th December 2021