Hi Bobby,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.

Beanie Babies 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. Additionally, the Beanie Baby market is often subject to overvaluation and there are myths surrounding Beanie Baby values, both for ones with - and without - tag errors. Websites like eBay and Etsy - which are unregulated - are rampant with fraudulent sellers posting Beanie Babies 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).

The "Valentino" Beanie Baby Bear is a well-known collectible from Ty Inc.’s Beanie Babies line. This bear features a red heart on its chest and has black button eyes and a nose. The tag discrepancies between its heart-shaped ear tag and tush tag were undoubtedly made in the hundreds of thousands but make it worth $100-150 (compared to the $10-15 those bears made without tag errors)

Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

A near vintage Ty "Valentino" Beanie Baby Bear
Handmade in China, circa 1993/94
The white bear with red ribbon bow and heart on its chest, bearing a heart-shaped ear tag and characteristic tush tag. Stuffed with PVC pellets
should be 9 inches long
CONDITION: This beanie baby bear appears to be in good condition.
PROVENANCE: Unknown
$100-150*
*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