Bartholomew Bear (Tiny)
Retired: No — currently available
Bartholomew Bear (Tiny) is the perfect cuddle companion for any Jellycat collector, featuring that signature scruffy brown coat that makes him so endearingly rugged. With his classic black button eyes and brown nose, this tiny bear embodies the cozy charm that Jellycat enthusiasts love. Standing at 16cm tall, he's just the right size for any collection, and his chunky tummy and round ears give him that unmistakable bear-like presence that makes him so irresistible to collectors.
Price & rarity
Three separate readings, from three separate sources. Where one is missing we say so rather than showing a zero.
Product Details
About Bartholomew Bear
Bartholomew is Jellycat's plain teddy bear, and that plainness is the point. Jellycat's own copy calls him "tawny-tousled and full of softness… adorably podgy," and there is no gimmick beyond that: scruffy fudge-coloured fur, black button eyes, a chunky tummy, round ears. He arrived around 2013 and has since become less a single toy than a small institution — the base bear has spawned bedtime and Heartthrob versions, comforters and soothers, musical pulls, picture books, outfits, and a run of Liberty-print editions.
That longevity shows in the record. Jellycat's own site has cycled the Medium in and out of stock repeatedly across 2024–2026 — a workhorse that sells through rather than something scarce. The Gigantic 96cm is the exception: it has been missing from Jellycat's index for five consecutive checks. That may mean sold out, or genuinely discontinued — we can't tell which yet.
So the scarcity here lives in the variants, not the core bear. A standard Bartholomew is easy to find; a retired Liberty one is not.
- Exact release date — only the year is bounded, and even that is approximate.
- Whether the Gigantic 96cm is retired or simply sold out; five absent checks is evidence, not proof.
- Whether the Tiny (BARS6BR) shares the same release window as the larger sizes — no primary source found.
- Actual resale values: every price we hold is an asking price, so we can say nothing about what one sells for.
