And if you want a great read: βThe Great Beanie Baby Bubble,β by Zac Bissonnette
fun facts: Ty Warner (the beanie maker guy) HATED the collectors. HATED them.
Two Chicago suburb women pretty much responsible for the craze when they started trading them, and made a price guide. (I knew one of them looool)
Ebay pretty much got it's start trading Beanies
The book is WAY WAY WAY better then it had any reason to be, picked it up on a whim, can't say enough good about it.