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It is often said of the gold rush that the people who got rich were the shovel dealers who profited from the greed of the forty-niners. With Beanie Babies, most of the lasting personal fortunes came from selling books and tag protectors, not from speculating in plush.
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Zac Bissonnette (The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute)