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Curator gloves are becoming a rarity. Some collectors are finding they’re doing more harm than good, especially to things like books, old “paper” made from skins, and some paintings. They’re finding it’s safer for the longevity of the item to handle with freshly washed clean hands
White cotton gloves, yes. In archives bare hands are common but most museum professionals still use thinner single use nitrile gloves when handling artifacts
Lmao I dabble in some things. By no means a professional but I like the antiques over the vintage. Anything a few hundred years or older I’m all over it.
As an ex art handler we used curator gloves all the time to prevent grubby fingers from touching million dollar art works. They are still very popular just maybe for a slightly different application. Think more like perfect installation rather than preserving.
Yeah! They’re finding they don’t have as much fine motor control with the gloves, and the texture of the gloves is snagging older papers, causing micro tears. Plus some inks / paper combos never fully dry / cure, like American currency! If you take a $1 bill from 50 years ago and rub it against a white paper, green ink will release. So it affects the quality of the ink / paint within some pieces as they smudge or fade.
Thank you for saying this. I’ve seen shows recently where they were touching really old books and not wearing gloves. Had me wondering what the heck was going on.
Nitrile based on other comments and oils would be an issue for porous items like paper but that’s why you handle with clean dry hands. If you have sweaty hands, no touchy for you.
Literally what are you on about. The only reason archivists prefer to not use nitrile or any other gloves is the physicality in handling paper — reduced dexterity and touch leads to more susceptibility to tearing for thin brittle materials like documents and books. For everything else nitrile gloves are much safer. The only major thing nitrile can react with or damage chemically is some polished metals.
I was reading an article about the perception of the seller when things like fingers and feet or reflections are seen in photos. Essentially buyers make all kinds of wild assumptions about the quality of an item based on how thin/fat, clean/dirty and the race of the seller.
Yeah, she commented hours ago that she just didn't want to show her fingers. That's totally valid, but the unintentional comedy of appearing to treat a Beanie Baby so delicately was impeccable. I was in stitches over it.
At this point, I’m convinced beanie babies are becoming a joke so folks will get rid of their collections. The irony is these have become devalued to the point where I’ll die of hysterics in lieu of old age if beanie babies become valuable again by the time I’m 90. Time is a flat circle, after all.
when i was a kid, my brother and cousins all HEAVILY collected beanie babies. My mom knew a woman who owned a toy store and we basically got fresh cut of all the stock. Anyway ebay is starting and my aunt starts getting into the beanie baby game and my brother and cousins decided it was time to cash in. I thought it was HILLARIOUS that these chumps where selling out right as my collection was reaching near perfection, I even bought all a lot of theirs. They all got brand new n64's and giant boxes of magic cards and I have a garbage bag of beanie babies at my mom house as a 36 year old man.
I gotcha beat. I got a tote full of them as a 50 year old woman. They just keep moving with me from house to house. I don’t know why I’ve never sent them to Goodwill or given them to someplace kids could enjoy. Probably because they are actually packed away decently in a tote that never gets opened versus most of our odd ball stuff when we go to move that gets chucked.
But I swore one days those things were going to pay off big time! I mostly have the bear collection. I remember letting my son take one to school one day for show and tell and getting so upset at myself (not at him and didn’t say anything to him) because the tag got ruined. I was a nut!
I love this story and, for the record, I think a pair of crocs would probably help a person float if they were as long as the person is tall and secured in a parallel fashion like a pontoon boat.
YOUR comment was mocking them for wanting to know if it was legit. YOUR comment was talking about beanie babies. Which, in the 90s, there WERE counterfeit beanies made but primarily of the Teddy old face and 1st gen dinos but that’s besides the point because if you had paid attention you would have seen this isn’t a beanie baby at ALL but you were too desperate to dunk on someone.
410 upvotes says it’s a lot of people who didn’t actually look at the pictures. Not shocking for the internet. But if upvotes are how you find self worth then bless your heart, that’s a bigger problem than Reddit can fix.
They might, but they'll never have the experience of going from McDonald's to McDonald's on 99c Happy Meal Tuesday because their mother is desperate to get ALL the beanie baby minis (totally for the kids and not for her own sense of competitive achievement).
Omg core memory unlocked. 2 hours in a McDonald’s drive thru line, at 20 years old in 103 degree Texas heat with a vehicle with barely any A/C all because my mother needed “Waddle the Penguin”.
I drove way out to BFE alone and found him, got my max of “5 happy meals per car” and came home to make her the happiest old lady alive.
She’s gone now. Lost her when I was 30. Cancer is a bitch.
I would gladly sit in two hours of heat in a drive thru line again every day just to get to talk to her again for 5 minutes.
After keeping the tags on for years and actively not playing with them, my mom let my nieces and nephews play with since they have stitched eyes and they’re a big hit with the toddlers but the tags came off quick. I’m so glad that they’re actually being used to play with instead of a collectible.
i collect random happy meal toys bc its a fun little hoarding hobby. resale value unlikely to be tremendous lol, just having fun. happy meals are actually cheaper than a burger and fries on their own, without any of the extra stuff. too bad i actually dont really like their fries, and they for some reason decided to start using thawed pineapple/cantaloupe mush instead of apple slices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have a bunch of squishmallows, random stuffed animals, plastic jungle animals, books, skateboard keychains, plastic game toys.... its a hell of a lot cheaper than action figures/boobleheads/whatever else adult children are into??? also, as a child, i went to mcdonalds a few times in total, not counting as a teen driving there with my mother at lunch.
lol my mom has all of my old beanie babies in bins in her storage unit. I keep telling her to give them away but I would laugh if they were actually worth something someday.
Oh god you did not just call it a Ty bear, fuck its happened im old lmao
Delicately displaying the Beanie Baby tag with the sharpest tweezers in the west
I had this one. It was one of my favorites sat on my window by the AC and up until this post I didn’t realize it was stolen. Now I’m sad. Purple was my mom’s favorite color. So I keep purple things around to honor her memory. I’ll have to thrift another soon.
When their mom was a kid? I know the 90s were already 30 years ago but that’s not long enough for OP’s mom to have been a kid during the beany baby’s craze
It really depends on what age one becomes a parent. They were popular when I was a teen. I now have a 13 y/o, but am admittedly an 'old mom'🤭
*edit: I consider teens 'kids'
Young parents I guess or how old were you during the beany babies craze? My brother is a 90s kid but only has a 3 year old daughter, not someone that would browse reddit
It has come to my attention that this is not the TY bear but the buddies. I have read the comments and i want to make something clear, i did it with tweazers because my fingers are ugly and a sausage😂 also i dont really care for its resell price nor if its real.
I 100% believe you but the comments replying that are a bit teasing and assuming you think you’ve struck gold are really cheering me up after a rough morning, so thank you for that 😂
I don't care what anyone says, I loved Beanie Babies and I still do. Dreamed of finding this one as a kid. Wish I still had my old collection, its lack of monetary value is unimportant.
Absolutely, I had two bins of Beanie Babies I collected from the ages of 9-12 and honestly regret getting rid of them despite them being worthless. I just loved them all.
This is a Beanie Buddy. Larger than traditional Beanie Babies, and was never worth much of anything beyond its retail price. There are only very specific Princess Beanie Babies that sell for more than a couple of dollars, it has to do with their tags and the fact that they were first issues. And that’s only if you find a buyer which you likely will not.
That said, it’s in decent condition, enjoy it for what it is, which is a stuffed animal.
Thrifty people can be a bit of an ass so don’t pay too much attention to the comments here. It’s a very cute bear! I had one as a kid. They were really popular and many people still have them. You didn’t mention about selling, but as others have noted it won’t sell for much. But its also a adorable stuffie and hope its brings you joy!
“The plastic thing that holds it” are you referring to the plastic thing *holding the price tag*? I hate to break it to you, but that’s a new one applied by the thrift store to…hold the price tag. They weren’t trying to replace the original, they were just trying to price the item. Retail being retail, not malicious. Also, iirc, the Ty tags were on the toy’s Right ear, which would be the other one, and the plastic thing was smaller (they come in a variety of sizes & lengths). This was just an employee doing their job, no attempt at being shady. If they were, they would have priced it much higher.
Source: I’ve worked retail & inventory for many years.
I literally just pulled out my tote of Beanie Babies a couple months ago and have this one actively sitting out. It's 1000% genuine and worth about $3. I wasn't allowed to play with her because my dad said she would be worth money. I'm tempted to start taking her places with me and sending photos of her "outings" to him. "Well, Dad, I'm finally getting to enjoy playing with my bear. Don't worry- the $7 you originally spent on her was well worth the sheer joy I am now getting as an adult toting her around."
Just because I haven't seen it in the comments yet (I might have not gone far enough), the only Diana bear beanie baby that is worth big dollars are tag misprints. Not the regular one!
I found this once in a resale shop while on vacation at the height of the beanie baby craze. My grandma collected them, and I'd been looking for months! Spent all my vacation money ($50- I'm pretty sure they discounted it for me because I think I was about 13 and desperately wanted it). She was so happy she cried. It's still one of my biggest gift successes. This was a great memory trigger, and still a great find! :)
So many experts in this thread. It's not a Beanie Baby, it's a Beanie Buddy. I only know that because I read the tag. Surprisingly, they are **selling** for $20-30 shipped on ebay. Y'all are a bunch of bullies.
I had a few Beanie Buddies, they were not the collectible that Beanie Babies were. I think 🤔 we still should have them, l should locate them to donate.
I remember my mom buying one of these for like $100 brand new, from another mom in my Girl Scout group lmao. She kept it in a little plastic case, not just the tag, the whole ass bear.
Hold onto it. In the apocalypse, beanie babies will be currency because they’re all we’ll have left. (And I’m gonna be the richest motherfucker on the planet.)
We got bags of beanie babies donated every day when I managed Salvation Army. My job was to look up “expensive” items to put them in the “boutique” section. We priced some at 1/3 of the sold prices on eBay. They didn’t move for months. We even had a whole bin of them for $1 each and they barely sold. Back in the day the way used to be sooooo popular.
I have this one, my gram was convinced that beanie babies would be worth a lot and i could pay for my college with them, she made sure they were all in original condition. She bought plastic holders for them. I actually one the Princess Diana beanie in a contest at a book store.
I love beanie babies. I lost my box of them in my move, they weren't worth anything but I had a gift from my late uncle. He was a green splotchy bear with different spots. 🤔
Okay, I know there's a lot of people talking shit, but usually, **this** is one of the beanie babies that is actually worth something.
Unfortunately, it's very used and doesn't have the ear tag, so it looks like it's worth about $15-20.
Ear tags are critical.
I kept my kids rare Bean collection (172 B.B.) stored and are now pristine condition. My (grown-up) kids insist we’re sitting in a goldmine!
Most info we get is from the internet.
Not holding my breath.
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The tweezers to lift the tag is absolutely sending me!
Post of the year material here, just missing the white gloves.
In the art world they are called curator gloves. Very appropriate 😂
I need a loupe to read the tiny text of the tag, too.
Curator gloves are becoming a rarity. Some collectors are finding they’re doing more harm than good, especially to things like books, old “paper” made from skins, and some paintings. They’re finding it’s safer for the longevity of the item to handle with freshly washed clean hands
im always quoting this and no one gets it.
What's this from?
rocko's modern life
Wow, I know I’m getting old when people aren’t able to recognize Rocko’s Modern Life
White cotton gloves, yes. In archives bare hands are common but most museum professionals still use thinner single use nitrile gloves when handling artifacts
This guy curates
Lmao I dabble in some things. By no means a professional but I like the antiques over the vintage. Anything a few hundred years or older I’m all over it.
All over it with curator gloves, I hope.
obviously not!! he just said that freshly washed, clean hands are better :p
As an ex art handler we used curator gloves all the time to prevent grubby fingers from touching million dollar art works. They are still very popular just maybe for a slightly different application. Think more like perfect installation rather than preserving.
Really? TIL!
Yeah! They’re finding they don’t have as much fine motor control with the gloves, and the texture of the gloves is snagging older papers, causing micro tears. Plus some inks / paper combos never fully dry / cure, like American currency! If you take a $1 bill from 50 years ago and rub it against a white paper, green ink will release. So it affects the quality of the ink / paint within some pieces as they smudge or fade.
Thank you for saying this. I’ve seen shows recently where they were touching really old books and not wearing gloves. Had me wondering what the heck was going on.
Really? Arent skin oils a danger for metallic parts? Are neoprene or latex gloves still in use?
Nitrile based on other comments and oils would be an issue for porous items like paper but that’s why you handle with clean dry hands. If you have sweaty hands, no touchy for you.
Literally what are you on about. The only reason archivists prefer to not use nitrile or any other gloves is the physicality in handling paper — reduced dexterity and touch leads to more susceptibility to tearing for thin brittle materials like documents and books. For everything else nitrile gloves are much safer. The only major thing nitrile can react with or damage chemically is some polished metals.
Post of 1997 here
Omfg😭 i did it with tweezer bcuz My fingers are ugly asf😭😭😭😭
This is actually a hilariously relatable reason and I totally get it!
I’m laughing. It’s so cute.
I feel you, OP. Same
Haha it still sent me. I appreciated that
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I was reading an article about the perception of the seller when things like fingers and feet or reflections are seen in photos. Essentially buyers make all kinds of wild assumptions about the quality of an item based on how thin/fat, clean/dirty and the race of the seller.
Don't touch me.
I’m sterile!
Adoption is always a possibility, though....
Something about the tweezers makes pics 2 and 3 look so violating lmfaoooo
It looks very surgical 👀
I inherited a ton of "rare" Beanie Babies. Was hyperventilating at the ebay prices for them until I saw the actual SALE prices 🤣
In defense of op's tweezers, sometimes I use them in photos because I don't want to show my janky manicure.
Yeah, she commented hours ago that she just didn't want to show her fingers. That's totally valid, but the unintentional comedy of appearing to treat a Beanie Baby so delicately was impeccable. I was in stitches over it.
The couple who had to go to court to divide their beanie babies up in their divorce would be proud
Me too! I was wondering if Redditor travels with them
🤣
🤣😂🤣😂
Me TOO!
Y’know how much beanie babies are worth /s
Me too, I’m absolutely done💀
If they could only see those bins when the donations come in.
It's legit but it's probably worth about what you paid for it.
At this point, I’m convinced beanie babies are becoming a joke so folks will get rid of their collections. The irony is these have become devalued to the point where I’ll die of hysterics in lieu of old age if beanie babies become valuable again by the time I’m 90. Time is a flat circle, after all.
when i was a kid, my brother and cousins all HEAVILY collected beanie babies. My mom knew a woman who owned a toy store and we basically got fresh cut of all the stock. Anyway ebay is starting and my aunt starts getting into the beanie baby game and my brother and cousins decided it was time to cash in. I thought it was HILLARIOUS that these chumps where selling out right as my collection was reaching near perfection, I even bought all a lot of theirs. They all got brand new n64's and giant boxes of magic cards and I have a garbage bag of beanie babies at my mom house as a 36 year old man.
I gotcha beat. I got a tote full of them as a 50 year old woman. They just keep moving with me from house to house. I don’t know why I’ve never sent them to Goodwill or given them to someplace kids could enjoy. Probably because they are actually packed away decently in a tote that never gets opened versus most of our odd ball stuff when we go to move that gets chucked. But I swore one days those things were going to pay off big time! I mostly have the bear collection. I remember letting my son take one to school one day for show and tell and getting so upset at myself (not at him and didn’t say anything to him) because the tag got ruined. I was a nut!
I love this story and, for the record, I think a pair of crocs would probably help a person float if they were as long as the person is tall and secured in a parallel fashion like a pontoon boat.
If wet could only make the croc foam denser… we could all soon be walking on water.
I hear they’re selling for millions in Carcosa
Omg you got a deal. In that condition it retails for $3.99
lol…I thought this was going to be another r/thriftgrift. They had a beanie baby turkey on there for like $900 earlier this week😂
I never heard of that sub! Thanks!
😆 💯 %
Oh man. My kids play with this one. I could have been rich!!!!
🤣🤣💀
Thissss💀💀
I’m glad you found something you enjoy
🤣
If you’re happy, I’m happy
😂😂😂😂
No one is making fake beanie babies since they are worth nothing.
I wouldn't put it last Temu to ressurect Beanie Babies.
and yet the fact that I don't even see fake ones from there is so telling
I think we have evidence that they are worth *at least* $2.99 (・o・)
They used to during the craze, nowadays no.
my desktop wallpaper is that photo of the divorcing couple dividing up the beanie babies in court
It’s not a beanie baby.
No one is making fake TY.
I know that, genius. It’s still not a beanie baby. It’s a beanie buddy which is larger. Look at the pictures and read the tag.
OP didn’t know that. They didn’t know if it was “legit”.
YOUR comment was mocking them for wanting to know if it was legit. YOUR comment was talking about beanie babies. Which, in the 90s, there WERE counterfeit beanies made but primarily of the Teddy old face and 1st gen dinos but that’s besides the point because if you had paid attention you would have seen this isn’t a beanie baby at ALL but you were too desperate to dunk on someone.
410 upvotes says a lot of people agreed with me.
410 upvotes says it’s a lot of people who didn’t actually look at the pictures. Not shocking for the internet. But if upvotes are how you find self worth then bless your heart, that’s a bigger problem than Reddit can fix.
This can’t be real. What if all the clueless young vintage kids create a new beanie baby boom?
They might, but they'll never have the experience of going from McDonald's to McDonald's on 99c Happy Meal Tuesday because their mother is desperate to get ALL the beanie baby minis (totally for the kids and not for her own sense of competitive achievement).
Omg core memory unlocked. 2 hours in a McDonald’s drive thru line, at 20 years old in 103 degree Texas heat with a vehicle with barely any A/C all because my mother needed “Waddle the Penguin”. I drove way out to BFE alone and found him, got my max of “5 happy meals per car” and came home to make her the happiest old lady alive.
Texan moms, man. They're a different breed and we were just raised different lol!!
She’s gone now. Lost her when I was 30. Cancer is a bitch. I would gladly sit in two hours of heat in a drive thru line again every day just to get to talk to her again for 5 minutes.
You're a wonderful Nanerpus.
It’s such a warm feeling to know that so many of us had this shared experience in childhood.
After keeping the tags on for years and actively not playing with them, my mom let my nieces and nephews play with since they have stitched eyes and they’re a big hit with the toddlers but the tags came off quick. I’m so glad that they’re actually being used to play with instead of a collectible.
i collect random happy meal toys bc its a fun little hoarding hobby. resale value unlikely to be tremendous lol, just having fun. happy meals are actually cheaper than a burger and fries on their own, without any of the extra stuff. too bad i actually dont really like their fries, and they for some reason decided to start using thawed pineapple/cantaloupe mush instead of apple slices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have a bunch of squishmallows, random stuffed animals, plastic jungle animals, books, skateboard keychains, plastic game toys.... its a hell of a lot cheaper than action figures/boobleheads/whatever else adult children are into??? also, as a child, i went to mcdonalds a few times in total, not counting as a teen driving there with my mother at lunch.
I didn't eat mcds again until 2013 after that. And only because I was wedding planning and stressed out.
If so, I think there is 2 plastic bins of them in my grand parents house of a bunch of the early ones.
I inherited hundreds. Grandpa collected them.
I collected them as a little kid. They are just stored over there at my Grandparents house now.
And what is the address, again? I was supposed to stop by and help them with their uh, tv.
Lol. I know you’re actually after my Burger King Pokémon toys.
Honestly that might be pretty good my parents bought many
Haha I randomly had this exact same thought the other day.
Get some of that Game Stop action there
lol my mom has all of my old beanie babies in bins in her storage unit. I keep telling her to give them away but I would laugh if they were actually worth something someday.
I am so ready for this Mostly because there are several 30 gallon trash bags of beanie babies and buddies sitting in the closet at my moms house
Oh god you did not just call it a Ty bear, fuck its happened im old lmao Delicately displaying the Beanie Baby tag with the sharpest tweezers in the west
It's not a Beanie Baby it's a Beanie Buddy but go off 😂📴 I am old AF 😭
I remember when these first came out there was an absolute frenzy. My dad had connections and got 3 of them. We sold them all for $150
I had this beanie baby and felt so special but I wasn't old enough to know how to sell anything!
I had this one. It was one of my favorites sat on my window by the AC and up until this post I didn’t realize it was stolen. Now I’m sad. Purple was my mom’s favorite color. So I keep purple things around to honor her memory. I’ll have to thrift another soon.
You're in luck. There's a couple listed on eBay for half a million dollars. 😂
I have one for similar reasons, it reminds me of my mom! I got it on eBay for a few bucks.
Cute. These were major when your mom was a kid. People lost their minds over them!
When their mom was a kid? I know the 90s were already 30 years ago but that’s not long enough for OP’s mom to have been a kid during the beany baby’s craze
It really depends on what age one becomes a parent. They were popular when I was a teen. I now have a 13 y/o, but am admittedly an 'old mom'🤭 *edit: I consider teens 'kids'
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Young parents I guess or how old were you during the beany babies craze? My brother is a 90s kid but only has a 3 year old daughter, not someone that would browse reddit
That, I will have you know, is a Beanie Buddy.
It has come to my attention that this is not the TY bear but the buddies. I have read the comments and i want to make something clear, i did it with tweazers because my fingers are ugly and a sausage😂 also i dont really care for its resell price nor if its real.
I 100% believe you but the comments replying that are a bit teasing and assuming you think you’ve struck gold are really cheering me up after a rough morning, so thank you for that 😂
I think we should be the ones to judge your fingers, sausage sized or not. Please post a photo with Diana.
Beanie baby, not Ty bear lol
I don't care what anyone says, I loved Beanie Babies and I still do. Dreamed of finding this one as a kid. Wish I still had my old collection, its lack of monetary value is unimportant.
If you're in CT, my mom has about 6 small bins in her basement I'm sure she'll let go for cheap. Pretty sure there's a Diana in there, too.
Damn. We are becoming the monster, AGAIN
Absolutely, I had two bins of Beanie Babies I collected from the ages of 9-12 and honestly regret getting rid of them despite them being worthless. I just loved them all.
I won the Diana bear in a raffle at a horse tackle shop that opened down the road from my childhood home. Free raffle too. Child me was ecstatic
I think my MIL has several of those in her massive beanie baby hoard currently stored in trash bags.
In trash bags? Her retirement plan? In. Trash. Bags? The horror
Display case, glass windows, fire proof, bullet proof, moisture controlled, no flash photography AT ALL. No kids. No pets.
NO SMOKING 🚭
We were promised so much more than this. My family would be very comfortable if only the prophecies of riches were true
This is a Beanie Buddy. Larger than traditional Beanie Babies, and was never worth much of anything beyond its retail price. There are only very specific Princess Beanie Babies that sell for more than a couple of dollars, it has to do with their tags and the fact that they were first issues. And that’s only if you find a buyer which you likely will not. That said, it’s in decent condition, enjoy it for what it is, which is a stuffed animal.
Old school bitcoin
My parens used to sell beanie babies at trade shows on weekends in the 90s. The frenzy and amount of money being made was insane.
Thrifty people can be a bit of an ass so don’t pay too much attention to the comments here. It’s a very cute bear! I had one as a kid. They were really popular and many people still have them. You didn’t mention about selling, but as others have noted it won’t sell for much. But its also a adorable stuffie and hope its brings you joy!
“The plastic thing that holds it” are you referring to the plastic thing *holding the price tag*? I hate to break it to you, but that’s a new one applied by the thrift store to…hold the price tag. They weren’t trying to replace the original, they were just trying to price the item. Retail being retail, not malicious. Also, iirc, the Ty tags were on the toy’s Right ear, which would be the other one, and the plastic thing was smaller (they come in a variety of sizes & lengths). This was just an employee doing their job, no attempt at being shady. If they were, they would have priced it much higher. Source: I’ve worked retail & inventory for many years.
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Nice
And it would be red!
Yup it is red. Not the clear one
Don’t listen to the haters. It’s a sweet bear. If you love it, that’s what counts. Sweet of your mom.
I was told as a child owning one of these would solve all my financial problems
I literally just pulled out my tote of Beanie Babies a couple months ago and have this one actively sitting out. It's 1000% genuine and worth about $3. I wasn't allowed to play with her because my dad said she would be worth money. I'm tempted to start taking her places with me and sending photos of her "outings" to him. "Well, Dad, I'm finally getting to enjoy playing with my bear. Don't worry- the $7 you originally spent on her was well worth the sheer joy I am now getting as an adult toting her around."
Wow what an awesome find
Beanie babies will come back and when they do, of boy, you'll have about 3.50
My mother-in-law thought these would be her retirement
Just because I haven't seen it in the comments yet (I might have not gone far enough), the only Diana bear beanie baby that is worth big dollars are tag misprints. Not the regular one!
I found this once in a resale shop while on vacation at the height of the beanie baby craze. My grandma collected them, and I'd been looking for months! Spent all my vacation money ($50- I'm pretty sure they discounted it for me because I think I was about 13 and desperately wanted it). She was so happy she cried. It's still one of my biggest gift successes. This was a great memory trigger, and still a great find! :)
So many experts in this thread. It's not a Beanie Baby, it's a Beanie Buddy. I only know that because I read the tag. Surprisingly, they are **selling** for $20-30 shipped on ebay. Y'all are a bunch of bullies.
Ya, the lower the self esteem, the harder they bully. I didn’t even know there was a buddy, I’d love to have it and may even look for one.
If it had the tag it would be worth a whole $5
Should someone let OP know the Beanie Baby thing didn't work out?
https://preview.redd.it/wjm6yl0zxb9d1.jpeg?width=1778&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8293039528a7a05caded170bb8e4a4287d4f9b7d They would beg to differ
That was the wildest divorce ever lmao
These are basically worthless so fakes don’t come up. It’s nice for people who like them.
They’re worth next to nothing, even mint in case with the tag case is almost worthless
It's a Buddy not Baby!
I had a few Beanie Buddies, they were not the collectible that Beanie Babies were. I think 🤔 we still should have them, l should locate them to donate.
I loved how soft they were! They were some of the first stuffed animals that had that super soft feel.
Sold the originals for $100 each in Silicon Valley back in the day…
What about the JonBenet Ramsay beanie baby?
I'm fully engorged!!
Username checks out 💙
I remember my mom buying one of these for like $100 brand new, from another mom in my Girl Scout group lmao. She kept it in a little plastic case, not just the tag, the whole ass bear.
This is satire right?
If it walks like a duck..
Missing the cape
You’re set for life now!
A big one!!! 💜💜💜💜💜
Worth maybe 5$ congrats
I don’t remember there being a fuzzy teddy bear style bear? My Princess Diana TY from back in the day was beanie.
Wowwww where in Canada?
We had one of these in a cloche on the family mantel for years after her death.
That Saturday routine is glorious.
Weirdly I had this one and the bigger one when they came out . Idk where they landed
All I can think about is Reno 911..
Have you read that tag ... 100% Tylon ...instead of nylon.
This is one of my white whales. Congratulations!!!
Hold onto it. In the apocalypse, beanie babies will be currency because they’re all we’ll have left. (And I’m gonna be the richest motherfucker on the planet.)
I’ve got 3 or 4 of these strewn about
We got bags of beanie babies donated every day when I managed Salvation Army. My job was to look up “expensive” items to put them in the “boutique” section. We priced some at 1/3 of the sold prices on eBay. They didn’t move for months. We even had a whole bin of them for $1 each and they barely sold. Back in the day the way used to be sooooo popular.
Apparently the most frequently bootlegged beanie baby!
Awww I had this <3
This company bankrupted?
I have this one, my gram was convinced that beanie babies would be worth a lot and i could pay for my college with them, she made sure they were all in original condition. She bought plastic holders for them. I actually one the Princess Diana beanie in a contest at a book store.
I love beanie babies. I lost my box of them in my move, they weren't worth anything but I had a gift from my late uncle. He was a green splotchy bear with different spots. 🤔
This is cringe
Okay, I know there's a lot of people talking shit, but usually, **this** is one of the beanie babies that is actually worth something. Unfortunately, it's very used and doesn't have the ear tag, so it looks like it's worth about $15-20. Ear tags are critical.
No. It is not worth that much. It just isn’t.
$15-$20? I'd pay up to $40.
I kept my kids rare Bean collection (172 B.B.) stored and are now pristine condition. My (grown-up) kids insist we’re sitting in a goldmine! Most info we get is from the internet. Not holding my breath.
It's a seller's market out there. I wouldn't sit too long on it.
I have 7 diana’s!! lol
Is it just my dirty mind or does pic 3 look like.....
Aren’t these worth alot of money?
No, no beanie babies really are anymore unfortunately with some exceptions