1995 “Weenie” & 1996 “Chip” beanie baby
Both “Weenie” dog and “Chip” in near mint condition(except the ear tags are kind of messed up but not destroyed). Weenie: 1995, style 4013, 7-20-95, polyester fiber & P.V.C Pellets, handmade in china, oakbrook IL, USA, Fareham Hants, P015, 5TX, Canada Aurora, Ontario. Red Heart ear tag with gold outline, “BEANIE ORIGINAL BABY” in yellow star in top right hand corner of the heart above the “y”…white lowercase “ty” inside heart. Plastic cover on tag. Tag on rear left-ty, weenie 1995 ty inc., Handmade in china, oakbrook IL U.S.A. Polyester fiber & pvc pellets CE. Poem has punctuation inconsistency reading “Weenie the dog is quite a sight. Long of body and short of height …” only the first period is present “Chip” 1996 style 4121, 1-26-96, polyester fiber and pvc pellets. Red heart tag with gold border, yellow star same as the previous one. Ty inc. Oakbrook IL, USA, Ty Uk Ltd. Fareham Hants, P015 5TX, Ty Deutschland, 90008 Nürnberg, handmade in china. Tag on rear left inner leg, Oakbrook IL, handmade in China, polyester fiber & pvc pellets, reg no PA 1965(KR). Poem has no punctuation marks, PVC on rear tag has no period after “C”.
Maybe 7x4 in. Around there?
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Hi Brian,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Beanie Babies (BBs) were enormously popular in the 1990s and widely collected, with the consequence that now there are many "on the market" without nearly enough demand for the supply so values on most individual beanie babies are low.
The BB market is often subject to overvaluation and there are myths surrounding BB values, both for ones with - and without - tag errors (for discussion on tag errors, see https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22870250/nft-beanie-baby-price-guide-bubble-princess-value ).
Websites like eBay and Etsy - which are unregulated - are rampant with fraudulent sellers posting BB at exorbitantly high prices and then the BBs either don't sell or sell privately at undisclosed prices. (For an article that goes into detail about this, see: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnwmn/investigating-the-fake-ebay-market-for-dollar25000-beanie-babies).
Most Beanie Babies - around 99.999999999% of them - have a fair-market value of less than $15 when sold at auction, particularly if they are not in cases; even if they are in cases, they usually don't bring more than $30.
Ty released Chip the Calico Cat on January 26, 1996 and discontinued production on March 31, 1999; Weenie the dachshund was introduced on July 20, 1995 and was in production until May 1, 1998. While Ty has never disclosed how many of any Beanie Baby animals it produced, neither are considered rare.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, these are:
A near vintage Ty "Chip" Beanie Baby Cat
circa 1996-97
Calico cat with a tush tag and heart-shaped swing ear tag
Typically 7 inches long
CONDITION: Very good
PROVENANCE: unknown
$20-30*
together with:
A near vintage Ty "Weenie" Beanie Baby Dachshund
Circa 1995-97
Brown dog with a tush tag and heart-shaped swing ear tag
Typically 7 inches long
CONDITION: Very good
PROVENANCE: unknown
$20-30*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
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~ Delia
