Fun story: during the Beanie Baby craze, many "guides" were produced that included info about a Beanie Baby's first run, discontinuation, and most importantly a

Fun story: during the Beanie Baby craze, many "guides" were produced that included info about a Beanie Baby's first run, discontinuation, and most importantly a "projected" future price. Many publishers soon realized that the more money they predicted the Beanie Babies to be worth, the more the books would sell. So you had shelves filled with wild speculation about how this Beanie Baby is going to be worth $20,000 in a few years. It's something worth thinking about when you see these types of articles.