Buzzfeed’s Hunter Schwarz revisits 1998’s “Scholastic Beanie Baby Handbook,” which predicted values of Beanie Babies in 2008, and compares them to the current-day eBay clearing price for these same speculative items. For example, the Stripes the Dark Tiger doll, which retailed for $5 and traded for $250 in 1998 was predicted to rise to $1,000. Today it can be had on eBay for $9.95. And the $4,000-$5,000 estimated 2008 value for the Violet Teddy was also way off, though Violet is today a $700 item ($700 was also what it traded for in 1998).
How Much Beanie Babies Were Predicted To Be Worth Vs. How Much They’re Really Worth
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