Group of 8 Near Vintage Ty Beanie Babies
26 June 2025
Description

Hello there, I would like to get help on pricing my collection of beanie babies from when I was a child. I have a few that I have been told might be valuable. I will be sending them to you in batches of pictures. Here are the first three. Claude the crab, gobbles the turkey and Valentino the bear. Attached will be photos of all of the beanie babies and their corresponding tags so that you have information on how to price them. Thank you.

Dimensions

Not sure normal beanie baby size!

Acquired from
Inherited
For sale
Yes
Answered within 2 days
By Delia
Jun 28, 17:40 UTC
Fair Market Value
$115 - $150 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Danielle,

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 $30 when sold at auction, particularly if they are not in cases.

The Beanie Babies you've submitted for appraisal are worth as follows:
(1) Gobbles the Turkey - $12-15*
(1) Valentino the Bear - $15-18*
(1) Claude the Crab - $10-15*
(1) Cheeks the Baboon - $18-22*
(2) Iggy the Iguana - $10-15*
(1) Rainbow the Chameleon - $18-22*
(1) Beak the Bird - $20-25*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, or questions/concerns, and thank you again for using Mearto.
~ Delia

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