Halloween came and went, and the Beanies that sold on it went quiet with it. The turkey took over. Gobbles added more sales than almost any other Beanie this week, and at the top end, a Glory bear listed as a prototype sold at auction for $1,705.
This report covers October 26 to November 1 and compares it with October 19 to 25. A character’s count can include more than one version.
Sales activity: the week’s biggest changes
| Beanie | October 19–25 | October 26–November 1 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creepers | 11 | 2 | −9 |
| Swirly | 9 | 1 | −8 |
| Claude | 3 | 10 | +7 |
| Gobbles | 12 | 19 | +7 |
| The End | 1 | 8 | +7 |
| Weenie | 2 | 9 | +7 |
| Peace | 15 | 8 | −7 |
| Blue | 17 | 11 | −6 |
| Chocolate | 2 | 8 | +6 |
| Legs | 3 | 9 | +6 |
Across the whole market, 1,004 Beanie Babies sold this week, close to the 1,031 the week before, and the typical sale was $6.99.
After Halloween
Creepers the skeleton, last week’s riser, fell from 11 sales to two. Pumkin’ the pumpkin and Fraidy the cat each dropped from eight to three. The exception was Batty, which sold 23 times, up from 20, most of them in the days before the 31st, at a median of $6.
Gobbles takes the stage
Gobbles the turkey went from 12 sales to 19, the third-busiest Beanie of the week after Princess and Batty. Prices stayed modest, with a median of $5.99 and nothing above $17. Expect the count to keep climbing through Thanksgiving.
Princess held the top spot again with 34 sales, and her median returned to about $10.
A few climbers
Claude, the tie-dyed crab, went from three sales to ten. The End, the black bear Ty released in 1999 to mark what was meant to be the final year of Beanie Babies, went from one sale to eight. Collectors protested and Ty carried on, so The End is plentiful and most sell for under $10.
Weenie the dachshund bounced back from two sales to nine at a median of $10. Chocolate the moose climbed from two to eight, helped by an early example with a third-generation hang tag and second-generation tush tag that sold for $125.
Top sales of the week
A prototype and an employee bear led the week, followed by a run of early-tag Beanies from 1994 to 1996.
| Beanie and listing details | Sale price | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Glory, listed as a prototype, authenticated, at auction | $1,705.00 | October 30 |
| Billionaire 2, signed by Ty Warner | $1,350.00 | November 1 |
| Humphrey, 3rd-generation hang tag, 1st-generation tush tag | $703.03* | October 30 |
| Splash, damaged 1st-generation hang tag, 1st-generation tush tag, at auction | $400.00 | October 28 |
| Hong Kong Toy Fair 2012 bear | $340.00 | October 31 |
| Web, UK version, authenticated | $321.00* | November 1 |
| Zip, all black, 3rd-generation hang tag, 1st-generation tush tag, authenticated | $300.00 | October 26 |
| Humphrey, 2nd-generation hang tag, 1st-generation tush tag | $202.00 | November 1 |
| Flutter, 3rd-generation hang tag, 2nd-generation tush tag, authenticated | $199.99* | October 26 |
| Chilly, 3rd-generation hang tag, 1st-generation tush tag | $149.99 | October 29 |
Prices are in US dollars before shipping and tax. We checked each sale in eBay’s sales research tool, and where a Best Offer was accepted, the price shown is what the buyer paid. *Best Offer sales the research tool has no record of yet. The price shown is the seller’s asking price, and the amount paid may be lower. Tag and authentication details are as the sellers described them.
Glory was the Independence Day bear of 1998, sold only in the United States, and a production Glory sells for a few dollars. This one was listed as an authenticated prototype, and four bids took it to $1,705.
Billionaire 2 was the bear Ty gave its staff in September 1999, signed by Ty Warner. Another sold for $1,195 in early October, so $1,350 is in line with its recent run.
Keep an eye on your own Beanies
Every character in this report has a page in the Beanie Baby Market Tracker, with the recent sales behind these figures. If you are working out what one of your own might fetch, our guide to valuing Beanie Babies from sold listings explains how to read those sales, and our guide to the most valuable Beanie Babies shows which versions are worth looking for.