I swear someone posts about Beanie Babies at least once a week on this board, asking what they're worth and how to sell them. You are the first one to know right off the bat that (apparently with a few exceptions) they're pretty much worthless.

 

I read an article only a couple of days ago. It was an advice column and some old guy had spent $47,000 buying Franklin Mint gold and silver "collectible" coins over the years and was appalled to find out that their value is $2300. He didn't believe it because the FM had promoted them so heavily as a wonderful "investment." Surprise! Things bought to be collected do not have a future value.

 

It comes down to the old adage that we should buy what we like, not what we think might have a future value.

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My mom still thinks these plushies are collectible and she still wants me to keep the tags on them.  I don't have Beanie Babies, I don't think, but I have some of the bigger Ty bears and she thinks I should put them up as display pieces.  I don't keep my teddies as display pieces, I keep them to hug and love, and I hate tags on bears.  What should I do about that?

With the fall of the collectible drive in the late 90's, I think we all got a bunch of these, new w. tag. I had a bunch that I used to barter different things for, so I didn't make a big investment. I managed to donate them before Christmas to an elderly care facility and got to right off the retail price of $6-10 each for them. The Alzheimer's patients loved getting a free little animal as a present and I had taken something I couldn't sell, kept the cute ones for when kids come to visit, and the multiples I received the write off for. Another way to get paid for something that won't sell after the trend is over!

HAPPY HOGWARTS! -SuzAnne