Issy the Bear – Shanghai

Description

Issy is a light blue bear with black button eyes and a larger black nose. She wears a silvery mesh ribbon tied around her neck. She has the Four Seasons Hotel logo embroidered on her chest.

Poem

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Issy is named after Isadore Sharp,
Founder and Chairman of Four Seasons
Hotels and Resorts.

All profits of Ty from this
collectible will be donated to
The Terry Fox Foundation
for Cancer Research.

Collectors note

Issy was released on 4th August 2001.

She was retired on 31st December 2001.

100% of the profits from each bear (except the New York Issy) were donated to the Terry Fox Foundation. The profits from the sale of the New York bear went to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

This is the Shanghai Issy. There are 63 different Issy bears representing different cities where the Four Seasons Hotel is located. 62 were sold at retailers apart from the New York Issy, which was only available from the Four Seasons Hotel in New York.

The different cities are listed as follows:

Alexandria, Amman, Atlanta, Austin, Bali, Bangkok, Beirut, Berlin, Beverly Hills, Boston, Budapest, Cairo, Caracas, Chiang Mai, Chicago, Costa Rica, Dallas, Doha, Dublin, Exuma, Hong Kong, Houston, Hualalai, Istanbul, Jackson Hole, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Las Vegas, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Maldives, Maui, Mexico City, Miami, Milano, Nevis, New York, Newport Beach, Palm Beach, Paris, Philadelphia, Prague, Puerto Rico, Punta Mita, Riyadh, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo, Scottsdale, Seattle, Shanghai, Sharm El Sheikh, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Terre Blanche, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington D.C. and Whistler.