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IT WAS HOW THEY WERE ORIGINALLY MADE!!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
I have a Magic (White Dragon) with a Gracie Tush Tag
Birth Date 9-5-95
I have a sly white belly with a tracker tush tag
I have a Cromwell the mouse missing his name on the tush tag. Is it worth anything?
Probably not much
It might be a 2nd gen tush tag. There’s no name on them. Look at the tush tag info on here to see it. Take care!
I have a Bernie the Dog with a Chocolate the Moose hang tag. Has anyone seen this?
I have an Echo dolphin with a hang tag and tush tag for Waves the whale. I can’t find any info or value on this mistake. Does anyone know anything about it?
I have a Pounce with a Jolly tush tag. Is this valuable?
I have a Curly DOB 1996 with tush tag 1993 that has 2 reg tag strands attaching the swing tag to Curly’s ear that doesn’t go all the way through the ear. It’s inside the ear connected. It also has all the other misspelled words and grammatical errors. Thoughts on pricing?
I have a snort with the tush tag of puffer
I have echo the dolphin, but his tush tag says Rover
Who are you that Seems to know more than anybody else, and what about the record of sold Beanies on EBay ?
As you could see I’m no expert I can’t even write English good but there is something that doesn’t smell good with such negativeness from “love my Beanies”
I think is a trick to buy as many babies as possible for cheap and latter on sale then for big money.
I have a Champion bear (Fifa 2002 – unfortunately the tag has disappeared). I have been trying to understand why there is no flag on the nose and have just noticed that it is an England flag and the nose appears to have been put on back to front. Is this worth anything?
I have a Bongo (tan tail) with a Gobbles tush tag
I have a Bernie with a Freckles tush tag. Any info?
I have Congo with error Bruno on tush tag.
I have a Pouch Beanie Babbie with a Bones swing tag. Any value or any way to prove it
I have a Ty beanie baby Millennium not only with the name spelled wrong on both tags but is missing “ 2000” emblem on chest
I have a Blizzard 1996 w/ PVC and punctuation errors on tags . Kept in seals bucket with McDonalds 1999 teenie beanies complete set .
What could my Blizzard be worth .
What could the sealed in original bags with a Ty beanie baby Happy Meal box
Be worth
Nanook with seaweeds swing tag
Green Hippity bunny with Hoppity tush tag
I’ve got a Peace Bear with a hang tag that is completely blank.
I have a bunch of ty beanie babies that have 1993 on the tag I’m trying to sell I can I get the best price for them
I’ve got a newer beanie baby thats a cat and its ear is sewn on backwards, I have another just like it without the defect. They’re identical other than the 1 backward ear
I have a Slippery TY baby but his tush tag is named Mooch is this considered an error?
I’m noticing that there are some McDonalds 1999 Teenie Beanie Babies that are selling for anywhere between $50 – $100 or more that specify Error Tags. These errors are that the bag shows 1999 but the Tush Tag shows 1993 and the single word spelling for the city of Oakbrook on the tag, which should be Oak Brook, as it is spelled on the bag.
Are these actual known errors that would warrant a higher price? Or are these instances of people who don’t know this is common and paying a lot more than they should?
I have a Spooky with a spooky ear tag but the tush tag says spinner. PVC pellets
Worth anything?
I have a stinky with doodle tush tag
I have a Seaweed with a correct tail tag but the swing tag was meant for a Nanook. Trying to find what a value would be on that
I have Nuts the squirrel with punctuation errors and errors on the date of birth , a lower case S in style , the style no. Is 4114 which is also in the bar code on the back of the swing tag . He also has one arm shorter and fatter then the other without any stuffing in it . Also has no U.K. After the PO15 5TX . DOB reads like this 1 -21 – 96 it should read 1-21-96 . On the tush tag it reads NUTS but no TM after the name . PVC pellets . After the work OAKBROOK no comma and it should be spelled OAK BROOK . It also has TM after collection on tush tag . And more errors . What is the value of my beanie baby ?
I have an Ariel bear 2000. Hologram on tush. Inside tush tag is 402B0SUB. Ive never seen anything inside a tush tags n I have 100s of beanies