A Beanie Baby investment guide to your someday fortune

[packman]

I remember my friend at work with a rabid interest and considerate funds in these things.

[Binkie The Clown]

1. well, they do have a longer shelf life than tulip bulbs. nt

[packman]

3. Excellent reference ---

The great tulip bulb bubble in Holland in the 1600's

[mopinko]

2. my middle kid was a freak about them.

our #1 destination for our field trips was the field museum, because they sold them in the gift shop. they also had a different selection, it being a museum.
plus it had a mickey d's, so if they were a happy meal toy, they usually had them when others ran out. i had to eat a happy meal too sometimes.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. Collecting all the Mickey D's teeny beanies was a real challenge!

[mopinko]

9. i still have a box of them.

when i was a hospice volunteer, i used to donate them to the family room. but i still have a bunch.

it happened 2 yrs in a row that they came out when i was on vaca from momdom. camping in upper wis. i ate happy meals most days. it was a small town, off season, and never ran out.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. Two huge tubs here.

My husband had a traveling job. They were very easy to pick up as gifts for the kids.

My granddaughters love them all over again.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. I donated all mine when I was going through a ruthless decluttering phase.

But it was fun while it lasted!

[Coventina]

4. I still *heart* Beanie Babies.

I don't have a large collection, but the ones that I do have I intend to keep.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Rofl! I had a huge collection. Don't think I had Patty.

[Archae]

6. I still have one of the green St Patrick's Day bears from Beanie Babies...

I've seen wild variations on eBay from those selling that same bear.

Couple years ago I bought at a garage sale for a couple bucks the dragon, "Scorch."

That's as far as I'll go.

[peacefreak2.0]

8. The bookstore I worked for sold them.

Cartons upon cartons full of those little suckers. Between Beanie Babies and Harry Potter it gave me a hint of the underbelly to come. In fairness though, some of those midnights were fun because the kids were really into it.

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Just checked eBay- listed anywhere from 99 cents to $28,000...nt

[Vinca]

14. I checked the solds and one of these actually sold for $10,000.

People must be nuts.

[mopinko]

15. lotta dreamers on ebay.

i have a search set for a woman artist that i collect. a woman wrote a book about her in '04, and it pops up in that search. the book is available for $40, signed, every day.
but someone on ebay lists it over and over for $200-300. pops up at crazy prices on amazon used, too.

[keithbvadu2]

13. There was one that was really rare, an elephant I think.

There was one that was really rare, an elephant I think. Lots of counterfeits. A local collector shop owner said... Lucky me. Four of them came into my shop this week offering to sell to me.

[Akoto]

16. I remember this, and Pogs, and Pokemon, and Tamagatchi, and trading cards...

So many people invested so much on stuff which, today, sells for cents.

I was born in 1985, got to see a lot of this craziness firsthand. I turn 37 on February 3. Gettin' up there, but I'll be rich thanks to my NES cartridge collection!

[mnhtnbb]

17. My youngest son collected them

when he was about 8, I think. We'd run all over town getting new ones and watch the prices rise on eBay. I convinced him to let me sell his collection and put the $2,000. In his bank account.

I use 3 to decorate at Christmas and 3 for Halloween. It's a nice reminder of the fun we had and a lesson in buy low, sell high.