TY Beanie Babies 1997 PRINCESS DIANA, GASPORT, Beanie Baby ,Tags PE Pellets RARE

Description

All words on tag:
Front:
ty beanie original baby
Front left:
The Beanie Babies Collection
Ty Inc.Oakrook, IL. U.S.A.
Ty Europe ltd.
GASPORT,Hampshire , U.K.
P015 5tx U.K.
Ty Canasta
Aurora, Ontario
Handmade in china
Right side:
Princess TM
Like an angle, she came from heaven above
she shared her compassion, her pain, her love
She only stayed with us long enough to teach
The world to share, to give, to reach
Back:
Please remove all swing tags before giving this item to a child
Retain tag for reference
For ages 3 and up
Surface wash
Tag 2:
The Beanie Babies Collection
Princes
Handmade in china
1997 TY INC.
Oakbrook, IL U.S.A.
Surface washable
All new material
Polyester Fiber
& P.E. Pellets
REG. NO PA. 1965(KR)
Princess The Bear
Ty introduced Princess on October 29, 1997. In November 1997, Ty informed U.S. retailers they could only order 12 Princess Beanie Babies for delivery in December. This restriction caused many collectors and retailers to believe Princess would be a limited edition. The "limited edition" rumors caused a buying frenzy when Princess first shipped in December 1997. The "limited edition" rumors caused a buying frenzy when Princess first shipped to Ty retailers in late December 1997. Announcements from Ty and Patricia A. Roche (Managing director of Ty Europe, at that time) that Princess would be in plentiful supply in 1998, did little to calm the buying frenzy.
Collector and speculator demand immediately drove the secondary market price for a Princess Beanie Baby to more than 0. Some retailers held back the Princess bears they received in the initial shipment, opting instead to auction them off or hoard them for future sale when values were anticipated to be higher. Various newspapers and magazines reported that collectors were buying Princess Beanie Babies on the secondary market for prices sometimes exceeding 0.
To this day, much of the production history for the Princess Beanie Baby is a mystery. Collectors who paid hundreds of dollars for Princess during the initial buying frenzy still believe Princess is worth more than the price they paid. Ty never planned for Princess to be a limited edition Beanie Baby. He wanted to have Princess in stores before Christmas, but could not start producing them until he received approval from the Princess Diana Fund managers. Approval was granted on October 29, 1997, the same day Ty introduced Princess at the Ty Internet site. Now that production could begin, time and logistics dictated the total number of Princess bears that could actually be produced and shipped to stores in time for Christmas. That was the only reason for the retailer limits of 12 Princess Beanie Babies in December 1997.
The very first shipments of Princess bears to arrive at retail outlets had a tush tag showing Princess was filled with P.V.C. pellets. In either late December 1997 or some time between January and March 1998 (existing accounts conflict with each other), Princess bears were discovered that had tush tags showing they were filled with P.E. pellets. The appearance of the P.E. pellet tush tags initiated a controversy that continues to this day.
Ty Beanie Babies
Ty family: Beanie Babies
Style number: 4300
Animal: Bear
Birthday: None
Intro date: October 29, 1997
Retire date: April 13, 1999
Height: 9 inches
ST gen(s): Unique 4/5
TT gen(s): 6
Theme: In memory of
POEM
"Like an angel, she came from above
She shared her compassion, her pain, her love
She only stayed with us long enough to teach
The world to share, to give, to reach."
SWING TAG (inside)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Princess was the first Beanie Baby used by Ty to raise funds for charity.
* The swing tag attached to Princess has a 4th generation design on the front, but a modified 5th generation design on the inside. There is some question as to whether this should be considered a 4th or 5th generation swing tag. Princess has a 6th generation tush tag which was only seen with 5th generation swing tags. 5th generation swing tags were first used in early 1998, but the Princess swing tag appeared in late 1997. Early Beanie Baby value guides list the Princess swing tag as 5th generation but "tag logic" suggests that based on the "construction" and "front side appearance" of the swing tag (as with all of the other Beanie Baby swing tag generations) and the unique 4/5 design of the tag; this tag should be classified as either a 4th generation swing tag or a "transitional" or "special" tag without a generation designation.
CONDITION
This item is MWMT, museum quality condition. There are no flaws .
(Note: Please examine all photos to ensure you like what you see, as they are taken from the ACTUAL item you will receive -- both the plastic case and swing tag protector are included as well)
PRINCESS The Bear has been professionally stored in his own plastic box, in a non-smoking environment with literally no interaction since the day she was born, two full decades ago.