Beanie Mania II: The Complete Collector's Guide [Hardcover]

Becky Phillips (Author), Becky Estenssoro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

The ultimate reference book for Beanie Baby collectors!

Containing 268 pages and over 500 color photos in an 8 1/2" x 11" softcover edition. This book has photos and descriptions of Beanie Babies, Teenie Beanies and Beanie Baby prototypes. It includes the complete history of Beanie Babies; an exclusive interview with Mr. H. Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies; the author's Beanie Market Trend Analysis, with historical price charts and graphs; pages of information packed charts and checklists; articles on buying, selling and trading Beanies; heart and tush tag descriptions and chronology, with photos of all tag types; tag condition and valuation definitions; photos and descriptions of Beanie Baby mistakes and manufacturing oddities; counterfeit Beanie Babies photos and information; commemorative Sports Beanies section; Beanie poems, birth and retirement dates and much more!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

The authors are world-renowned authorities on all things Beanie. Their original book, Beanie Mania, was a highly acclaimed best seller. The Beckys are well known for their Price Guide which appears on the popular BeanieMom.com web site. Their Price Guide is considered to be the most authoritative secondary market price guide and is relied upon by Beanie Baby collectors all over the world. It was referred to as "the Wall Street Journal of the Beanie Baby Market" by the CNN/Fortune TV news show.

In addition to writing the series of Beanie Mania books, Becky and Becky are also the editors of the bi-monthly Beanie Mania magazine and the semi-monthly Beanie Mania Bulletin newsletter.

The Beckys have been guest speakers on many TV and radio talk and news shows across the country, including CNN/Fortune, Fox News, CBS News, Good Morning Texas, WGN, KHKS-Dallas, and the Ronn Owens show in Los Angeles. They have been featured in numerous publications, including Time Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Collecting Figures magazine, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News. They attend collector's trade shows across the United States and give seminars on Beanie Baby collecting.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Dinomates (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965903613
• ISBN-13: 978-0965903615
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,830,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source of Beanie Info **a must have** !!!, September 23, 2000

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J. Borman (IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beanie Mania II: The Complete Collector's Guide (Hardcover)

This book is filled with all the information you will ever need to know about Beanie Babies. This book covers all of the very rare & retired beanies which are the most valuable today. There are pictures of every tag generation made prior to the publication of this book - including each version of the tag. If you are a beanie collector & you have the earliest beanies made . . . this book will help you to determine the value, the rarity & the authenticity of your beanies. It is a MUST HAVE for anyone needing to know the facts about beanies. These authors have compiled the best & most thorough research available to date on beanies!!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book rocks, February 6, 1999

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Jesse Unger (La Jolla, CA,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beanie Mania II: The Complete Collector's Guide (Hardcover)

I loved it. It had proto-types and every bit of info possibl