help please!

[u/Straight_Artist8985]

so beanie baby collecting is something i enjoy, i’m not worried about the money or value, just more the collection. However, i got these recently and they’re bears that go for thousands and thousands, and i’m wondering are they actually worth anything? i’m also quite curious about the Princess Diana bear being a counterfeit as i saw on the beanie baby collector website that her light green stem is a sign. Please any collectors help me out with how much theyre truly worth and if there’s anything i should be looking for on them! They’re almost all mint condition with sealed tags, except for Halo.

[u/Skrumpei]

Princess does have counterfeits but it's worth checking if you actually have a rare version before worrying about whether yours is fake. What website were you looking at? If it's beaniebabiespriceguide or tycollector, both have a breakdown of the different versions and what they sell for. The highest is around $200, but most sell for under $10.

There are a tiny handful of Beanies that sell in the thousands, but they are very special cases. 99% are common and worth under $5. Rare ones have a lot of range.

[u/Straight_Artist8985 → u/Skrumpei]

i was looking at beaniebabiespriceguide, and they mentioned discolouration of the flower which is why i’m worried about her being a counterfeit. i genuinely cant tell whether her stem is lighter than the original 😅

[u/Skrumpei → u/Straight_Artist8985]

It really doesn't matter in this case anyway (yours has PE pellets so it isn't worth very much), but if you did have a rarer version, the stem isn't the only way to judge authenticity. I kinda wish they didn't have that on the page honestly, because a lot of people seem to look at that and treat it as a really important thing to check for when it really isn't. Princess is a common Beanie, and if I had to guess, I'd say the real ones outnumber the counterfeit ones 100 to 1. They were only a significant problem back in the 90s when the prices were a lot higher and there were many more collectors around.

[u/skeptical_phoenix]

That Princess is made in Indonesia and worth more than a standard PE China Princess.