Beanie Babies are still being manufactured and sold today, after an abrupt downturn in interest in the toys in 1999 and even a 2013 guilty plea of tax evasion by founder Ty Warner, but demand is ...

Ty Inc., the producer of Beanie Babies, announced it was creating a royal-themed doll in October 1997, with proceeds going to Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

"I've been waiting for my 'Rare' Princess Diana Beanie Baby to make me a millionaire since 1997," Twitter user Max Grossman shared. A look at eBay listings might enforce that notion.

According to the Ty Collector website, the purple Princess bear was released on Oct. 29, 1997, and rumor soon spread that the limited-edition item would only be sold in small quantities.

The creation of the Diana bear came just two months after the death of the Princess of Wales on August 31, 1997. On October 29, 1997, Ty Inc. began selling the toys for $5-7, according to Vanity Fair.

Princess Diana Beanie Babies at Mary Jo 'MJ' Shannon's 90th birthday. Related: Kim Kardashian Reveals the One Thing She’d Do Over as a Mom If She Could "My sweet and stylish MJ turns 90 today!

For all the Beanie Babies below that I looked into for pricing, I also want to point out that there was at least one of each of them that sold for a mere $0.99 and some for only $0.01. Princess ...

Perhaps you peered longingly at your Princess Beanie Baby behind its plastic case, admiring its purple form and ensuring its tag protector was tightly fastened. The bear benefitting The Diana ...

The Princess Diana Beanie Baby Beanie Babies were experiencing their heyday in the late 1990s. About two months after Princess Diana’s death, in October 1997, Ty announced that they were ...

Princess Diana Beanie Babies at Mary Jo 'MJ' Shannon's 90th birthday. Related: Kim Kardashian Reveals the One Thing She’d Do Over as a Mom If She Could "My sweet and stylish MJ turns 90 today! I don’t ...

nation-world How much is the Princess Diana Beanie Baby worth? Sadly, not $500,000 Stuffed animal bears commemorating Princess Diana have sold for $1 and $1,000, depending on the version of the bear.