Book Description 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! About the Authors 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.