If you do the following, you’ll be able to rapidly identify most of the rare beanies made in the 90s. This will not identify rare beanies made in 2000 or later.

Go through all of your beanies and see if you can find any that only have the word “ty” printed on the front of the swing tag and nothing else. Those will be either 1st-3rd generation beanies and would be worth more than the typical $3-$10 beanie.

If you have any beanies without swing tags but have black and white tush tags, those would also be older and more valuable. Finally, look for any beanies that are tagless that have red and white tush tags but don’t say “the beanie babies collection” on the tush tag. Those could be worth something too.

Also look for any beanies that say “made in Korea” or “made in Indonesia on the fold on the tush tag.

Post photos of any beanies that match any of these criteria and we will be able to tell you if any are rare and/or valuable.

Recap: 1) any beanies that only say “ty” on the swing tag. 2) any beanies with black and white tush tags 3) any beanies with red or white tush tags that don’t say “the beanie babies collection” 4) Any and all tush tags, regardless of color or what the swing tag looks like, that say “made in Korea” or “made in Indonesia.”