Selling a bunch of valuable beanie babies
I found all of our old beanie babies from the 90's in near perfect condition that have been in a basket in our closet for years. There are a bunch of seemingly really rare ones like the princess Diana etc. How do I go about figuring out how much they are worth and where to sell them? We are new to this.
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theshoppingmom2
·1 year ago@caro-6259 here This link may also help you price, evaluate the prices of your Beanie Babies. http://www.tycollector.com/index.html
annadryl
·1 year agoUnfortunately they are not even safe babies or pets. The pellets are dangerous. There goes that seemingly good second use 😒
bennotbill
·1 year agoWhat bugged me the most about the Beanie craze was how many kids got caught up in it. Beg, borrow and stealing to feed the craze.
I remember walking around the shops with a couple of young nieces. Completely innocent looking little kids. I said to them look at that shop, it's full of Beanies would you like to go in and have a look. They both shook their heads and went on with grim looks on their faces to explain that they had been caught trying to walk out with a Beanie without paying.
Thankfully, as is the way with little kids, they soon moved on to the next craze.
In some ways it seems it was adults that kept this silly pointless craze going for so long.
1786davycrockett
·1 year agoItems which were manufactured in amounts over 100,000 will never be considered "rare", until over 99.99% them have been destroyed.
In addition, Beanie Babies were deliberately promoted as "instant collectibles" by Ty Warner, as a means to con gullible and unsuspecting buyers that his cheaply-made stuffed toys would have investment value.
Big reveal: Beanie Babies have NO value, because TOO MANY were manufactured.
He made millions of dollars hoodwinking his customers, and became one of the richest individuals in the United States.
The "rare" Beanie Babies were actually oversold inventory which retailers no longer wanted on their shelves; so Ty Warner came up with the marketing campaign that those particular Beanie Babies were going to be "retired."
Result? Beanie "investors" rushed to gobble up all those "retired" stuffed toys, under the mistaken belief that anything being "retired" must eventually mean "rare."
No -- it simply meant that Ty Warner didn't have to pay retailers for returned merchandise -- the Beanie "investors" paid the retailers, and Ty Warner never had to pay a cent in return fees.
Don't believe me? Check out this article from the History Channel --
https://www.history.com/news/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-came-to-a-crashing-end
bennotbill
·1 year agoA few local charity shops often have Beanies in their freebie help yourself bin.
Recently in a queue of traffic I noticed a carrier bag of Beanies on the pavement. I regret not hopping out the car and picking them up. Not for the Beanies, it was a very nice carrier bag.
krazzykats
·1 year agoConsider donating to the local police department; they give them to children they encounter in stressful/bad situations for comfort.
wastingtime101
·1 year agoIf they have tags on them @caro-6259 I suggest they are more valuable to Toys for Tots (or similar toy drive) than they will ever be as a product for sale here on eBay.
Someone else said above - they are rarely worth the cost to ship these days.
Here's eBay's tool for doing pricing research:
https://www.ebay.com/sh/research
soh.maryl
·1 year agoJust a reminder that Toys For Tots accepts only new toys.
frankenhobbit
·1 year agoIf I had a pile of Beanie Babies, I would honestly just throw in a free one with each 'regular' item I sold. At least it would help with padding.
Not trying to be mean, just that they really are at the point that they would cost more to ship than they are actually worth.
stainlessenginecovers
·1 year agoSorry to say: 'Valuable' and 'Beenie Babies' do not belong in the same sentence
fashunu4eeuh
·1 year agoThe Princess Diana beanie baby was sold from 1997-1999 as a fundraiser for the Princess Diana Trust. That is two years of production runs. It is not rare as a result.
Most beanie babies sell for under $10 and even those with tag errors regularly go for under $35. There are multiple sites discussing pricing of these fad toys of the 90’s. Try shopTy.com for more info. Also Google “Ty Princess Diana beanie babies†and start reading everything you can find online to come to your own conclusions.
I prefer selling on eBay for vintage items. They have the customer base. Just be sure to read all policies prior to listing.
Best of luck to you.
onefootflipper
·1 year agoSorry to burst your bubble, they are not worth anything at all. There are only a few that are actually valuable and pretty much all of those were given away at special events and basically never turn up for sale (production runs of only a few hundred units each and mostly handed to people who probably threw them in the trash after the event).
Any high dollar sold listings you see for them are transactions that were never paid for, just people messing with the people who think they are valuable.
janet9988
·1 year agoGo here to read more on this topic.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=beanie%20babies&page=2&sort_by=-topicPostDate&collapse_discussion=true
sfau
·1 year agoUnfortunately, most are worth nothing even if you think otherwise. But you can do an Ebay search and look at completed/sold items to get an idea. Good luck!
kensgiftshop
·1 year agoIt's amazing how many of those rare Princess Diana Beanie Babies show up and they all worth a couple bucks, if that.
caro-6259
OP1 year agoAll have tags on them still as well.
simba6
·1 year agoSorry to say that ship sailed long ago. You can do a search on eBay to see what they are selling for.