As a new mom in the ‘90s, Gretchen LeMay turned the Beanie Baby market into her side hustle. She regularly monitored drops at Hallmark stores, buying and selling the most in-demand plushies. But one ...
An 18-wheeler packed full of Beanie Babies spilled the plush toys onto Interstate 285 during rush hour. It was the height of Beanie Baby mania, in June 1999. Motorists “risked life and limb” to secure ...
Decluttering your attic? If you stumble across a stuffed animal, it might be worth having a closer look. After all, it could be one of the most precious toys in history—at least if you’re a fan of the ...
Emily Stewart covered business and economics for Vox and wrote the newsletter The Big Squeeze, examining the ways ordinary people are being squeezed under capitalism. Before joining Vox, she worked ...
In the mid-1990s, a line of pellet-filled plush toys ignited one of the oddest speculative booms of the early internet. Beanie Babies, introduced by Ty Inc. in 1993, were suddenly treated less like ...
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Decluttering your attic? If you stumble across a stuffed animal, it might be worth having a closer look. After all, it could be one of the most precious toys in history—at least if you’re a fan of the ...
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