Many Beanie Babies were made with factory spelling or Tag errors. Below is a list of confirmed sales of errors that are known to exist.
Please read this next sentence very closely.
Often times, an error doesn’t raise the value of Beanie Babies.
Types of Beanie Babies Errors
- Wrong Tush Tags
- Gasport Error
- Misspellings
- Poem Errors
- Punctuation Errors
- Production Errors
PLEASE NOTE:
The dates being "mismatched" on the Hang & Tush tags IS NOT AN ERROR!
IT WAS HOW THEY WERE ORIGINALLY MADE!!
Wrong Tush Tags
VALUES: These errors typically sell for 1.5x what a regular version sells for.
Beanie Babies Price Guide
Pinchers the Lobster
With Chocolate Tush Tag
Sold For: $45.00 + $5.00 Shipping
Gasport Instead of Gosport Error
These are very common to find and have next to zero added value.
1999 Signature Bear: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Beak: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Butch: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Canyon: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Derby: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Erin: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Ewey: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Fortune: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Fuzz: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
GiGi: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Goatee: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Halo: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Hippie: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Hope: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Jake: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Kicks: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Kiwi: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Loosy: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Luke: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Mac: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Mystic: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Mooch: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Nibbler: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Nibbly: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Peace: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Prickles: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Princess: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Rocket: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Sammy: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Scat: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Scorch: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Slippery: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Stilts: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Valentina: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Whisper: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Millennium Beanie Babie Error
The word Millennium is misspelled “Millenium” on the Swing & Tush Tag. This is a very common, lot’s of them exist.
On their best day, an error Millennium might sell for $20.00 online.
Typically they sell for $0.99-$9.99.
Garcia Bear Errors
Garcia the Bear
Poem says “The Beanies use to follow” instead of “used”
Made in Korea Tush Tags
Sold For: $45.00 + $5.00 Shipping
Most error Made in China Garcia Bears sell in the $10 range.
Garcia the Bear is well known to represent the Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia.
It’s believed Ty retired the Garcia Bear because of pressure from the Garcia family who received no royalties from sales of the Bear.
The same day Ty retired the Garcia Bear, May 11, 1997, they introduced the Peace Bear which is the exact same as the Garcia Bear except the peace symbol and the name change.
Additional Garcia Bear Errors: Garcia with Blackie Heart Tag
Peace Bear Errors & Variations
Peace: with Gasport instead of Gosport on Swing Tag
Peace: with Blackie Tush Tag
Peace: with “Original” misspelled “Oriiginal” on Heart Tag
Peace: with “Surface” misspelled “Suface” on Heart Tag
Peace: with Surface Wash Sticker
Peace Bear errors are fairly common.
They typically sell in the $3-20 range online.
Peace
Oddity: No Emblem
Authenticated
Final Price: $450
Sale Date: October 2021
$450 is the highest recorded price for a no emblem Peace bear. It also featured a Canadian Tush Tag.
Other Known Errors
Beezee: With “Return” Tag for Reference instead of “Retain”.
Chocolate: with misspelled Tush Tag “Chocholate”
Curly: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & “Surface” misspelled “Suface”
Hippity: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & “Surface” misspelled “Suface”
Inky the Octopus (with 7 legs)
Kuku: ! space error on poem
Roary: with with Original misspelled
Slippery: ! space error on poem
Steg: “FOR AGES 3AND UP”.
Tuffy: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & Surface Wash Sticker
Tusk: with mispelled “Tuck” on 4th Gen Swing Tag
The End: ! space error on poem
Valentino: with Original misspelled “Oriiginal”
Valentino: with with Original misspelled “Oriiginal” & Surface Wash Sticker
Goldie the Fish
Heart Tag Generation: 4th
Tush Tag Generation: 3rd
Error: Surface misspelled “Surfrace” on Tush Tag
Ally the Alligator
Heart Tag Generation: 4th
Tush Tag Generation: 3rd
Error: Surface misspelled “Surfrace” on Tush Tag
Runner Ferret Weasel
Mean (Rare) Poem:
“I’m not so mean, I’m really shy
But every cobra has to die,
I grab them by their little head
And whack them till they’re stone cold dead!”
Nice Poem:
“A ferret, mongoose, weasel or mink
What am I . . . what do you think?
Find a book, look and see
I’m whatever you want me to be!”
If you know of more error Beanie Babies please leave a comment below!
Righty
ERROR: With upside down flag
SOLD FOR: $123
October 2019
Princess
ERROR: Rose in wrong place
SOLD For: $499
November 2021
Fortune: ! space error on poem
Curly: Original and surface misspelled on hang tag, Word spacing in line 3 of poem is off. Born year 1996, tush tag 1993
Tracker (97), Canyon (98),Eggbert (98), Roam (98) ALL have GASPORT instead of Gosport. i have all, does it alter value?
I have two “Echo’s”. A blue one and a black one. Black one looks more like a whale though while the blue one is a dolphin. Is this an error?
Hello Taylor. The black one is an error, it is actually supposed to be named “Waves” but some of the first versions accidentally have both tags that say Echo. Nice find!
i have valantino errors on ear tag and error on tush tag and he has the brown nose
What if the Fuzz with the mispelling also has an error in dates? (1999 tush, 1998 swing tag)
Thanks!
Hello Marissa, Looks like the tags are not errors. Fuzz has a birthday in 1998, but wasn’t released until 1999. Gap between years on Beanie tags are not errors, that is just how they were originally made.
Peace: with “Original” misspelled “Oriiginal” on Heart Tag
Peace: with “Surface” misspelled “Suface” on Heart Tag and there is no red stamp ,ihave 8 more babies in cases hope they are worth something!!!
help!!!!
ALSO ON MY PEACE BEAR IT HAS P.V.C PELLETS…..
I have a 4086 Righty the Elephant. His tush tag says 1995 and he has the yellow star on his hang tag. I can’t find any beanie anywhere on the web like this. He has NO flag on his bottom like the 4085 one. Any suggestions?
Hello Katie, some very old, broken Beanie Babies websites show existence of a Righty without the Flag at the bottom. I’ve seen some with an upside down flag as well. It is likely some kind of production error, or early version. It’s probably a real nice find.
Do you know anything about the 4th generation tags? This beanie baby does not have a star on it like the others. I’m wondering if it is counterfeit. How do you figure that out?
Which Beanie Babie do you have? That will make it easier for me to check out what’s up. Let me know.
Righty and the number is 4086
i have 4 diffrent beanies with errors and mispelled words cant find aanyone to help me ;(
Hello! Which four Beanie Babies are they?
how can i find someone that can make sure my babies are authentic ? im pretty sure they are but i want to sell them ..?
peace, glory,clubby, 1999 signature bear sammy ,fuzz
The Peace Bears are very common. On their best day, you might be able to get $20 for it, but even that is pushing it.
Does your Glory have no flag or an upside down flag?
The 1999 Signature Bear is very common. The ones without the error, if they exist, would be more rare. More information here: http://lovemybeanies.com/1999-signature-bear-ty-beanie-babies/
The Gasport error on Sammy and Fuzz are very common, not much value there.
I have a Quackers duck with a Bucky tush tag.
I have a chip the cat beanie with a cub the bear tag.
I have a chip the cat with a cub the bear tag. I’ve wondered about this since I bought it as a kid.
That’s awesome! They definitely found a way to mess up a bunch of the tags. I added it to the list.
Hi! I recently found that one of my beanie babies (Snip) has a nose error. All the pictures I have found of him has his nose centered and it is at a correct angle. My Snip has his nose, that is not centered and it is sideways. Have you ever seen one like this? I have done a lot of research and cannot find any thing like it.
Hello! That sounds interesting, I’ve never seen one like that for Snip. At times there were some production errors and that could be the case with yours.
I have a chocolate beanie baby with a crunch hang tag.
I have an Erin bear with a glory tag.
Hi I have an unopened clubby 4 collector kit .i can see on the bottom of tush tag it looks to be hologram and it also states “will you get a button personally signed by Ty”.i don’t want to open it in case there is value ,can you please tell me what I have thanks.
Hello! The Clubby 4 Kits don’t have much value as it sits today. 🙁 It would actually be a good idea to open it up, because some of the buttons were autographed. The autographs are very rare and hard to get, but it’s worth the gamble of busting it out of it’s case.
I have a Erin beanie baby without a shamrock
I have a Ty beanie baby Valentino misspelled original with two it’s.
I have 2 beanie babies that have tush tag errors, Tabasco the Bull (4002) and Righty the Elephant (4086) (with the american flag) they are both 4th gen hang tag and 3rd gen tush tag if I am not mistaken and they both have ‘Surface’ spelled “Sufrace”. Is that common for either of these? and how much are they currently worth at this point? Both in amazing condition.
Hello! Both are pretty nice finds, and are actually somewhat rare. The value is still on the lower end, but you could get more than regular Tabasoco’s and Rightys. If I were to guess, I would think they are in the $5-10 range each.
I have a chocolate with original spelled with two i’s.
Bones the dog on tusch tag and “Ears style 4018 on ear tag!
Anybody else seen one of these??
I have a Hoppity with the hang tag errors “ORIGIINAL” & “Suface”
Does anyone else? Does it have any value?
Thanks
I am working on my collection now. I have a Hoppity as well with this error, also has no # & PE pellets. Still working on value.
I have a Valentino misspelled original and surface PVC with a brown nose. I see them on ebay for up to $30, 000 with same errors. Birthday spelled out February 14, 1994. Tush tag says 1993 no marks inside.
I have a 1996 Rover the red dog. What types of errors have been found on those?
Some errors on the Tush Tags include the wrong names. Some of them are: Chocolate, Chops, Daisy, Mystic & Scottie.
I have a 1996 Rover beanie baby. What types of errors have there been for these ones?
I have a Valentino with tag error and his heart is yellow instead of red. How would I find a value for it?
A good place to find current prices is searching completed auctions on eBay. Here are some
Valentino Completed Auctions
.I have a Mystic (the unicorn) with a misspelled name on the swing tag it says Mysfic instead of Mystic
I have a Manny the Manatee with a spelling error in the poem (she likes to twirl and like to bow). Is it worth much? Or is it a common mistake? Thanks 🙂
Hello! It’s probably not a common mistake, but it may not impact the value tremendously. Manny’s actually tend to sell ok online, on a good day I’d say it’s in the $8-15 range.
have a whisper the deer with a claude the crab hang tab
I have a “Nibbly” hang tag with error “Nibbler” on tush tag in mint condition.
Name is Vianah Solis I have a Rainbow with a punctuation error. Is that worth anything? If so, I also have a Smoochy with 2 punctuation errors. Are they worth anything? Both are 4th generation.
I have a Radar the Bat with a Gracie tag.