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001 2014038639
003 DLC
005 20150725081747.0
008 141003s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014038639
020 $a9781591846024 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHD9993.T694$bT923 2015
082 00 $a338.7/688724$223
084 $aBUS077000$aBUS057000$aANT049000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBissonnette, Zac.
245 14 $aThe great Beanie Baby bubble :$bmass delusion and the dark side of cute /$cZac Bissonnette.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPortfolio/ Penguin$c2015.
300 $a260 pages :$bsome color illustrations;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a" A bestselling journalist delivers the never-before-told story of the plush animal craze that became the tulip mania of the 1990s . In the annals of consumer crazes, nothing compares to Beanie Babies. In just three years, collectors who saw the toys as a means of speculation made creator Ty Warner, an eccentric college dropout, a billionaire-without advertising or big-box distribution. Beanie Babies were ten percent of eBay's sales in its early days, with an average selling price of $30-six times the retail price. At the peak of the bubble in 1999, Warner reported a personal income of $662 million-more than Hasbro and Mattel combined. The end of the craze was swift and devastating, with "rare" Beanie Babies deemed worthless as quickly as they'd once been deemed priceless. Bissonnette draws on hundreds of interviews (including a visit to a man who lives with his 40,000 Ty products and an in-prison interview with a guy who killed a coworker over a Beanie Baby debt) for the first book on the strangest speculative mania of all time. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In the annals of consumer crazes, nothing compares to Beanie Babies. In just three years, collectors who saw the toys as a means of speculation made creator Ty Warner, an eccentric college dropout, a billionaire--without advertising or big-box distribution. Beanie Babies were ten percent of eBay's sales in its early days, with an average selling price of $30--six times the retail price. At the peak of the bubble in 1999, Warner reported a personal income of $662 million--more than Hasbro and Mattel combined. The end of the craze was swift and devastating, with "rare" Beanie Babies deemed worthless as quickly as they'd once been deemed priceless. Bissonnette draws on hundreds of interviews (including a visit to a man who lives with his 40,000 Ty products and an in-prison interview with a guy who killed a coworker over a Beanie Baby debt) for the first book on the strangest speculative mania of all time"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aWarner, Ty,$d1944-
610 20 $aTy, Inc.$xHistory.
650 0 $aBeanie Babies (Trademark)$xCollectors and collecting$xHistory.
650 0 $aToy industry$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Retailing.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Toy Animals.$2bisacsh