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ATTENTION SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMS. Vintage, 1971, "Beanie Babies" Style BLACK PANTHER Bean Bag Souvenir purchased in Carbondale, Illinois, Home of Southern Illinois University. Precedes Beanie Babies by 22 years!

8" long x 3.5" wide x 1.25" tall. All black with shiny, green sequin eyes, red nose and white whiskers. Has "Southern Illinois University" in script on it's back in what appears to be white paint or ink. No tag attached, but looks exactly like a "WARDS of Syracuse, New York" item. Excellent condition, it has spent it's entire life sitting on a shelf, it was never played with as a toy as I bought it when I was 14 years old. I am the original owner & it has been stored in a smoke free home for 52 years.

HERE IS SOME FUN TRIVIA. A SHORT LIST OF JUST SOME FAMOUS ALUMS: John Belushi & Jim Belushi, Melissa McCarthy & Jenny McCarthy, Bob Odenkirk, Macho Man Randy Savage, Justin Hartley, Dennis Franz, Richard Roundtree, Walt Frazier, Dick Gregory, David Selby, Darryl Jones, David Lee Murphy, Joan Higginbotham and many more. Dark Trivia: Jose & Kitty Menendez met and wed while attending SIU in 1963. Their sons, Lyle & Eric, murdered them in their home (which used to be owned by both Michael Jackson & Elton John), in 1989.  Remember Booby's Subs? Quatro's Pizza? Pagliai's Pizza? Mary Lou's Grill? El Greco's? IV's? Burger Chef? The Varsity? The 710?

All of the above photos are of the actual item you will be bidding on, taken personally by me with a phone camera. I NEVER utilize deceiving  stock or goofy, " kind of looks like this" or "repesentative" photos like many other sellers rely on.

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Ships via INSURED, USPS Ground Advantage with tracking, or, for an extra fee, you can ship via Quicker, Insured & Safer USPS Priority Mail with tracking. You can pay using Pay Pal, Visa, Master Card, Visa & Master Card Debit Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

WHEN BUYING 2 OR MORE OF MY ITEMS, IF YOU  WISH I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING INTO ONE PACKAGE (TO HOPEFULLY SAVE YOU ON SHIPPING FEES) ON MOST OF MY ITEMS. 

☆☆ JUST BE SURE YOU DO NOT PAY AFTER WINNING THE BIDS. ☆☆ 

YOU  WILL HAVE 4 DAYS FROM YOUR 1ST WON AUCTION TO WIN ADDITIONAL AUCTIONS TO HOPEFULLY UTILIZE THE SHIPPING DISCOUNT. I WILL THEN SEND YOU A NEW INVOICE TO PAY FROM COVERING ALL COSTS IN ONE AND YOU WILL, ALMOST ALWAYS, AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A SHIPPING DISCOUNT!

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