Ken Yenke Book Sale Page

Bright Star Promotions, Inc.

Proudly Introduces
Ken Yenke, author and authority on Teddy Bears.
He has written three colorful and informative books.

Available now on Bright Star's secured site.

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Ken's wonderful books will be mailed promptly.

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Teddy Bear Treasury Vol. 1
135 pages in full color with a special introduction by Terrie Stong, Executive Director of Good Bears of the World. Teddy Bear Treasury follows the history and development of the teddy bear. Each chapter is full of stories and beautiful colored photographs which can help you identify and price your bears, books and other bear treasures.

Bing Bears and Toys
With Price Guide
The Bing story comes to life with the skillful writings of Ken Yenke. Beautiful full colored photographs of Bing bears and toys helps you learn more about bear collecting and price your treasures. Ken's knowledge of early soft toys is remarkable. He shares his research with you, within the 176 pages of this extraordinary book.
$39.95 plus postage. *

Teddy Bear Treasury Vol 2.
This book is a natural extension and continuation of Vol 1. No bears are repeated. Photos of original bears with their owners. Chapters include bears from friends too. Free appraisal form in the back. Over 160 full color pages consisting of bears from Ken's extensive Teddy Bear collection
$24.95 plus postage *

All books are autographed personally to YOU by Ken Yenke.

Ken's job allowed him to travel the world, where he began his teddy bear education at museums, art galleries and antique shops. His appetite grew for books about Teddy Roosevelt, and this helped establish him as an expert. To this day he reads and traps images of bears in his memory, plus adding old bears to his personal collection. Ken enjoys the history behind each bear he sees or reads about and absorbs this information like a sponge, which is crucial for appraising bears.

Ken Yenke, a native of Cincinnati, moved

with his wife Brenda first to Indianapolis as a sales manager, then on to Philadelphia and finally settling in the Cleveland area. A corporate account manager by day, he soon found himself devoting time to his passion of teddy bear collecting. Brenda and Ken share their love for teddy bears. Brenda is an accomplished seamstress who can historically correct and restore original teddy bears. She only repairs bears for her family.

Ken and Brenda are life members of Good Bears Of The World.

For over sixteen years Ken has been the preferred appraiser for Good Bear of the World. Whenever a member, worldwide, requests information or identification help, the mail is forwarded to him. He speaks to countless bear clubs, senior citizens groups, antique clubs and libraries. Ken has been instrumental in raising funds to buy bears for distribution to hospitals and to open toy museums. In addition to numerous articles he has also written three books: Teddy Bear Treasury Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and Bing Bears and Toys. American Greeting Corporation has featured many of Ken and Brenda's bears in their 2000 calendar and plan to add others to their coming calendars. Bears from their vintage collection have been featured on American Greeting's gift-wrap and Valentines.

Ken is the writer of a popular newspaper column on Antiques published in the Cleveland Sun Newspapers, columnist in Teddy Bear Review Magazine and Bears&Buds.com. He attends several Bright Star Promotions' Teddy Bear Shows, where he appraises collector's bears. All appraisal donations benefit Good Bears of the World.
"It seems a lifetime ago," Ken says, "that I was in the Air Force, attended Butler University and began working on my career." Married for 43 years he and Brenda have five children and share their home with hundreds of very interesting old bears. "I always look forward to helping others discover more about their teddy bears." Ken continues, "Teddy bears continue to be great contributors to the human experience."

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Ken's books make great gifts for any teddy bear lover or a new collector.Children (of all ages) love looking at all the colored photographs.

Good books are a wonderful addition to a library or displayed on your coffee table.

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