Fraser
Style #: 6010
Fraser the bear is one of the original 12 attic treasures.
The story told is Ruth Fraser and her daughter Nola Hart owned “The Teddy Bear Garden” a gift shop filled with various artist teddy bears located in Canada. As they also carried Ty product, Ty Warner came for a visit. Ruth Fraser recalls he came in and observed many of the designs in the shop just as if he were any casual customer. He then presented her with Carlin and asked to buy her design and all rights. It was this moment Attic treasures were created and with a few edits “Carlin” became “Fraser” named after Ruth Fraser.
Styles
Chronology
Fraser’s first issue is found with an artist tush tag and Hong Kong hang tag. The bow is lighter in color and cut vertical on one side and flat on the other. This run has a more silky plush. The paw pads are darker in color. This was indicated by Ruth Fraser to be the first production run of Fraser. She did note that this run was incorrect, the fabric should not be silky and the eyes were too big. 10,000 examples were returned to the factory to be destroyed.
Frasers’s continued first issue is found with an artist tush tag and Hong Kong hang tag. The bow is darker in color and cut flat on both sides. This run has a more silky plush. The paw pads are still darker in color.
Frasers’s continued first issue is found with an artist tush tag and Hong Kong hang tag. The bow is darker in color and cut flat on both sides. This run has a more silky plush. The paw pads are lighter in color.
Fraser was then issued with a teal bow, 1A “Large” tush tag and HK hang tag. The bow is cut flat on both sides. Ruth Fraser indicates this is the second issue.
Fraser was then issued with a rust nose, teal bow, 1B tush tag and Korea hang tag. The bow is cut flat on both sides.
This transitional Fraser has a brown nose and rust paw stitching.
This is a variant of the 1B tush tag with alternate font, the row below is the same tush tag variant with german sticker.
This is the standard variation of the 1B tush tag. First row napped fabric, second a signed example, followed by a slicked fabric
Fraser with rust nose and two variations of the Canadian tush tag.
KEY
BBC = refers to the 2nd generation hang tag stating “Beanie Babies Collection” erroneously.
ATC = refers to the 2nd generation hang tag corrected to “The Attic Treasures Collection”.
SP = SAFETY PRECATION (version of 5th gen noted by the fact that earliest versions of 5th generation did not have this stated on the back of those tags)
WL = Waterloo (address noted on early 5th generation hang tags)
WL.1 vs. WL.2 = spacing on the left of the tag changed noted on the attic treasure hang tag page & 5G page.
FH = FH Fareham (address noted on later 5th generation hang tags)
HK = Hong Kong (earliest version of the 1G hang tag stating “printed in Hong Kong”)
US = United States version
UK = United Kingdom version
CA = Canadian version
DE = German (Deutschland) version