Unbeknownst to the hapless rubes above, it was all about to come crashing down. Frances and Harold Mountain, recently divorced, duke it out over their Beanie Baby collection in court (Associated Press 1999) Certain “retired” characters were going for as much as $13k on the resale market - 3,000x their original price. Fueled by a rabid collectors’ market, Ty Inc. “Spread them out on the floor,” ordered the judge, “and I’ll have pick one each until they’re all gone.” Frances made a beeline for Maple the Bear.Īt the time, the little bean-filled sacks were more than a toy: they were an investment vehicle. The hotly contested asset at hand was their Beanie Baby collection. It wasn’t the computer, the appliances, the jewelry, the books, or the CDs. On November 5, 1999, Frances and Harold Mountain sat crouched on the floor of a Las Vegas divorce courtroom, divvying up their most valued asset.
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