| The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: The Amazing Story of How America Lost Its Mind Over a Plush Toy--And the Eccentric Genius Behind It Contributor(s): Bissonnette, Zac (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591848008 ISBN-13: 9781591848004 Publisher: Portfolio OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Retailing - Antiques & Collectibles | Teddy Bears & Stuffed Animals |
| Dewey: 338.768 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the annals of consumer crazes, nothing compares to Beanie Babies. With no advertising or big-box distribution, creator Ty Warner - an eccentric college dropout - become a billionaire in just three years. And it was all thanks to collectors. The end of the craze was just as swift and extremely 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 most extraordinary craze of the 1990s. |