Beanie Babies

Wikipedia says:

A Beanie Baby is a small stuffed animal made by Ty Inc., owned and founded by Ty Warner who promoted the line in up-scale stores (and miniatures known as Teenie Beanies in McDonald's) and with intentional scarcity, under-filled with plastic pellets, or "beans," giving it a flexible and vulnerable, huggable, feel, rather than stuffing (see PVC). A Beanie Baby is a type of bean bag in the form of a stuffed animal toy.

Well - I can say that my kids are not at all interested in these guys....but hey - mom might as well get familiar with them! Here is my favorite seller lately!

This beanie was only given to journalists as an invitation to the opening of "L'atelier de Joel Robuchon" at Ty Warner's Four Seasons Hotel, New York.

Wanna guess how much it sold for?

It's unbelievable....

$3861.00

You can bet this little guy is etched in my mind when I am out shopping!






Mistakes or factory errors often raise the value of Beanie's - here are some of the top few...

~Peanut the Royal Blue Elephant: A factory mistake made the first 2,000 Peanut the Elephants a much darker shade than the more common light blue color.
~Nana the Monkey: One of the earliest Beanies, Nana was later renamed “Bongo.”
~Punchers the Lobster: The name of this Original 9 lobster was most likely an error. Punchers was later renamed “Pinchers.”
~Brownie the Brown Bear: One of the original nine Beanie Babies, Brownie was later renamed “Cubbie,” which is much more common.
~Teddy, Old Face (brown): Made with a Victorian “old face” with a triangle nose and eyes on either side, these teddies had no birthdays or poems.
~Derby the Fine Mane Horse: The fine manes of the earlier versions have 20 strands, rather than the redesigned 8 strands.
~Humphrey the Camel: Created in June 1994. Only 25,000 were made.
~Quacker the Duck Without Wings: Later models included wings. Only 780 were made in 1994.
~Peking the Panda: The only Beanie with felt eyes rather than black beads.
~Spot the Dog (without a spot): Four million were made. 1,500 came without a spot.

I can tell you some of these are valued in the 2-3 thousand range. Now, the eBay value is a totally different story. Make sure you research your beanies before you buy em!