"Top 60 Most Valuable Beanie Babies" Article - First Half Great, Second Half Terrible
This list is a complete mess in a really unusual way. Entries 60-30 are mostly accurate with a few details wrong here and there, but leagues ahead of the usual stuff that clickbait articles pump out. But starting with number 29, it goes extremely hard in the other direction and never recovers.
As is usual, I would like to take this opportunity to help people looking for accurate Beanie info, yet I know that barely anyone who would make use of this information is going to watch such a long video. I'm sure it would be possible to go through this faster and not say so much about each one, but really, "the first half gets most stuff right, and everything in the second half is completely wrong" kind of sums that up. And then the video explains why they're right or wrong.
Here's the article and basically a Cliff's Notes version just for quick reference.
https://www.workandmoney.com/s/most-v...
The good half of the list:
60: Flutter - Rare older Beanie. Yellow wing doesn't make a huge difference.
59: Princess - Overhyped, but PVC pellets and Indonesian-made make it worth more.
58: Goldie - Common Beanie normally, but the Gen 1 shown is very rare.
57: Coral - The Korean Gen 3 shown is worth a good amount. Gen 4s usually stay under $20.
56: Valentino - The Gen 2 shown is worth quite a lot. Gen 4 and 5, not so much.
55: Steg - Rare older Beanie.
54: Billionare 13 - Limited employee only release.
53: Gray Happy - Rare older Beanie. The one shown is German, which makes it even rarer.
52: Teddy New Face Jade - Rare older Beanie.
51: Fine Mane Derby - Rare older Beanie, very short release window.
50: Teddy Old Face Magenta - Rare older Beanie.
49: Teddy New Face Teal - Rare older Beanie.
48: Billionaire 9 - Limited employee only release.
47: Daisy - Common Beanie normally, but the Gen 1 shown is very rare.
46: Nana - Rare older Beanie, very short release window.
45: Royal Blue Peanut - Rare older Beanie. (NOT the McDonald's version though)
44: Rex - Rare older Beanie. The one shown is German, which makes it even rarer.
43: Squealer - Common Beanie normally, but the Gen 1 shown is very rare.
42: Pinchers - Common Beanie normally, but the Gen 1 shown is very rare.
41: Libearty - Normally not worth that much, but the Summer Olympics tag is very rare.
40: Teddy Old Face Cranberry - Rare older Beanie. The one shown is German/Korean, which makes it even rarer.
39: Teddy New Face Yellow - Prototype, probably one of a kind.
38: Employee Bear - Limited employee only release.
37: Peace - This one specifically is a prototype. Normally it varies, with most being common.
36: Wingless Quacker - Rare older Beanie.
35: Humphrey - Rare older Beanie. The one shown has an embroidered tush which is extremely rare.
34: Brownie - Rare older Beanie (one of the orginals).
33: Slither - Rare older Beanie.
32: Blackie - Common Beanie normally, but the Gen 1 shown is very rare.
31: Chilly - Rare older Beanie.
30: Cubbie - Common Beanie normally, but the UK pre-Gen 1 shown is extremely rare.
The terrible half of the list:
29: Piccadilly - Not a Beanie Baby at all, and is common regardless
28: Wrinkles - Common
27: Twigs - Common unless Gen 3 (this one isn't)
26: Hippity - Common
25: Scoop - Common
24: Doodle - Common (less so than some others listed, but still common)
23: Spangle - Common in all versions
22: Weenie - Common unless Gen 3 (this one isn't)
21: Mel - Common
20: Hissy - Common
19: Batty - Common
18: Lips - Common
17: Clubby - Common
16: Stinky - Common unless Gen 3 (this one isn't)
15: Jake - Common
14: Scorch - Common
13: 1997 Teddy - Common
12: Britannia (Teenie Beanie) - Common
11: Snort - Common unless it has the poem error
10: Ringo - Common
9: Claude - Common
8: Curly - Common, none of the errors listed make any difference
7: Iridescent horn Mystic - Common, the fine mane version (Gen 1-3) is worth something though
6: Iggy - Common
5: Hoppity / Floppity - Common
4: Hope - Common
3: Halo - Common, and they all have brown noses
2: Gobbles - Common
1: Fuchsia Patti (NOT Magenta) - Common unless Gen 3 (this one isn't)