Warman's Bean Plush Field Guide


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With thousands of new beanies appearing on the market daily, collectors are finding it difficult to keep track of what they have, what they don't have, and what they cannot wait to get their hands on. This handy pocket-sized carry-it-with guide is the perfect reference for any collector, buyer, seller, or enthusiast to take to shows, estate sales, auctions, and bean related functions and make instant meaningful investment decisions. &break;&break;Containing a wide range of popular manufacturers, this guide makes for quick and easy identification and valuation of more than 500 bean-filled plush toys. Coverage includes a number of bean brands and lines, including Ty, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Nascar, and many others. Collectors will discover this guide is an indispensable tool for buying and selling one of the hottest items to ever hit the collectibles market.




The Great Beanie Baby Bubble


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"There has never been a craze like Beanie Babies. The $5 beanbag animals with names like Seaweed the Otter and Gigi the Poodle drove a large swath of America into a greed-fueled frenzy as they chased the rarest Beanie Babies, whose values escalated weekly in the late 1990s. Just as strange as the mass hysteria was the man behind it. Sometimes called the "Steve Jobs of plush" by his employees, he obsessed over every detail of every animal his company ever released. He had no marketing budget and no connections, but he had something more valuable - an intuitive grasp of human psychology that would make him the richest man in the history of toys. The Great Beanie Baby Bubble is a classic American story of people winning and losing vast fortunes chasing what one dealer remembers as "the most spectacular dream ever sold.""--Back cover.




The Beanie Encyclopedia


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Describes Ty Inc.'s Beanie Babies characters and their name tags, and charts their values.




Ty Beanie Babies Collector's Value Guide


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Shark Girl


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A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive. (Age 12 and up) On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything -- absolutely everything -- changed. Now she’s counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That’s her -- that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it’s like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again.




Ty's Beanie Babies Winter 1999 Value Guide


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Up-to-date winter 1999 secondary market values for each swing tag genertion!Pictures, poems & birthdates for the 10 September releases!Info about the 13 new retirements!The first look at Ty's newest line, Beanie Babies!




Ty Beanies Tracker


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Ty Beanies Tracker Guide includes a year -by -year account starting with the 1993 introduction, tips and insight for maximum visibility and enjoyment of your collection, great websites for collectors, information and pictures of current releases, and secondary market prices for Beanie Babies. Ty Beanies Tracker Guides are also packed with thousands of fabulous 4-color photographs, up-to-date secondary market prices, and important news and information.




Ty Beanie Babies Spring 2000 Collector's Value Guide


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-- Full color photos of the entire collection, including 21 new Beanie Babies "RM", nine Beanie Kids "TM" and 31 new Beanie Buddies "TM" -- Up-to-date secondary market values -- Today's ten most valuable Beanies "TM" -- A guide to searching the secondary market