Bearon the Bear (Brown)

Bearon the Bear in brown is the rarer of the two colors Ty shipped under style 40039, its Wright brothers commemorative bear. Only one brown Bearon shipped in each bag of Bearons Ty sent out, with red bears filling the rest, which is why brown is the color to look for.

Both colors share the same style number, birthday and poem, so color is the only thing that separates a brown Bearon from a red one, and it is also what decides value here. Ty also sold a Midwest Airlines exclusive of both colors on 20 November 2003, a week after the general retail release on 12 November, with an extra Midwest Airlines swing tag added to the regular tags.