I have taken an interest in Beanie Babies, and I have tried to determine exactly what it is that makes one more valuable than the others.
It’s not the little errors like a space between the word and the punctuation, or a missing comma in the address. If one has the error, it is very likely many others have the same error. PE or PVC Pellets won’t make any difference except with The Princess Beanie Babies.
I believe it depends on six things:
1. The condition of the beanie baby itself including the swing tag and the tush tag.
2. How many of the same item are up for sale right now on eBay. If that number is low, that makes the item a rare find!
3. I have found that if the swing tag includes the style number that makes it more valuable to true collectors.
4. If the swing tag has a star on it; and that star is white rather than yellow, you have a very rare find!
5. If the swing tag and the tush tag dates differ by more than a year (for example swing says 1993 and tush says 1996, that is a rare error and a great find!) Anything unusual with the tush and swing tags, such as an extra tag, also drives up the value significantly.
6. The year the beanie was produced (1993 was the first year they became available). The first and second “generations” are more desirable, generally speaking. Also, it matters how long that beanie was in production. For example, the holiday items may have only been sold in stores for a short time. Others were retired early, after maybe just a short time. These were limited release and harder to find, so they tend to be in greater demand and higher in value.
What information you see highlighted above applies to this Beanie Baby.
With this in mind, I am selling Tiptoe the Mouse. There are ONLY 329 others up for sale as of 11/14/22. Please see photos for more information about the item. I try to be as honest and up front as possible, so you know exactly what you are getting when you purchase from me.
When you sell items, eBay provides suggestions for the price. I am reducing the price below that in most of these items.
Please see my other items for sale, I have some true beanie baby gems up for sale.
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