Collect Beanie Babies? You Could Have A Cuddly Fortune In Your Attic

Remember the Beanie Babies craze? Where you collected the different colours, kept the name tags and lined them up on every available surface in your bedroom? Well little did you know you could have be stashing a fortune… if you happened to hold onto one of the hundred Princess Diana Di Beanie Baby teddies. Leah Rogers and Ryan Flanagan were selling some of their childhood toys at a flea market in Cornwall, when they spotted the purple Beanie Baby at a nearby stall. According to the Daily Mail, collector Flanagan recognised the limited edition bear, but not knowing its full value, was happy to pay up £5 for the teddy treat. It was only when the couple googled the bear, and its rarity, did they realise that they had just bought into a fortune. Only 100 Princess Diana Di Beanie Babies first edition bears were created in the world, in a bid to raise money for the Princess of Wales Memorial Trust. The bear is now on eBay starting at £30,000, with auctioneers estimating the bear could reap up to £100,000. Not bad for a flea market find!