• "Attic Collectibles" (initially)

• "Ty Collectibles" (next)

• "Attic Treasures" (the trademarked name)

• 1993, a little before Beanie Babies

• Ty Warner, Nola Hart, Ruth Fraser, Anne Nickels

WATSON Gen 5

• Collectors are more concerned with ATTICS than their tags

• MINT SWING TAGS ARE RARE   (add 10%)

• ORIGINAL BUTTONS ARE RARE (add 10%-25%)

• The 'value' of anything is what it is worth to each person


... buyer, seller or trader

• A quiet collection until 1998 ... when when values soared

• Collecting Ty Beanies was the first collecting experience for many. The collector bug has motivated many to look for the next, great collection. Moving into the Attics is a natural.

VALUATION GUIDELINES

Mint

Excellent

PERFECT - WITHOUT FLAWS

100%

of

Value

Near

Mint

Very

Good

• All writing is legible

• Minor imperfections

• Small attacher hole in tush tag

• Bend or two

• Some gold foil missing from swing edge

90%-

100%

of

value

Good

• Definite creases

• Some sticky residue

• Illegible words from residue or stickers

• Attic itself may show wear

• Ribbons may be frayed

80%-

90%

of

value

Poor

or

Missing

Tag

• Missing portions or all of swings

• Swing may be badly damaged

• Multiple creases or tears

• Handwriting marks or illegible printing

• Attic may have bald spots or open seams

50%-

80%

of

value

• Artist EDITION Swing
= FACSIMILE OF ARTIST'S SIGNATURE

ONLY ON GEN 1: Clifford, Fraser, White Gilbert, Henry Gold, Reggie, Tiny Tim, Tyler, Woolie Gold

• Artist "DESIGNED BY" Swing
= DESIGNED BY (ARTIST NAME)

ONLY ON GEN 5: Abby, Cassie, Digby, Emily, Fraser, Grover, King, Mason, Morgan, Nola, Oscar, Prince, Rebecca, Squeaky, Tiny Tim, Tracey, Tyler, Wee Willie

• EARLY GEN 1 tags read "PRINTED IN HONG KONG"
• LATER GEN 1 tags read "PRINTED IN KOREA"

 
• A very few EARLY GEN 2 tags mistakenly read, "THE BEANIE BABIES COLLECTION" rather than "The Attic Treasures Collection"

 
• GEN 2, Wee Willie was mistagged "WEE WILJJIE"

• Artist EDITION Tush = Facsimile of artist's signature

  ONLY ON GEN 1: Henry Gold, Fraser, Sara, Jeremy

• Naked

• Clothed, with buttons

• Clothed, without buttons

• Official issues shown in Ty catalogs (were prototypes for catalog pics, but were produced differently than pictured)

• Variations of official issues (produced by Ty, but not in catalogs)

EXAMPLES

Clifford, Gen 1 was ONLY produced with GREEN ribbon
Reggie & Henry Gold, Gen 1 were ONLY produced with NAVY ribbons

• My detailed lists tell you whether your Attics were 'modified'

• ATTICS WITH ORIGINAL BUTTONS ARE VERY RARE

• Buttons may have been removed at point of sale

• Clothing can be removed or changed at the point of sale by children, retailers, owners playing with them

• In Gen 4 and Gen 5, Ty stopped producing buttons (even though shown in catalogs with buttons); probably due to both liability and cost for Ty

• CAUTION ON NECK RIBBONS: Different color ribbons are flying onto Attics that ARE NOT the ribbons issued with the Attic.

• CAUTION: Know you are dealing with a reputable trader !

VERY RARE ATTICS

• Woolie Gold - the only 100% wool Attic produced

• White Gilbert - is Gen 1 Nicholas, with a 'Gilbert' swing

• Henry Gold - later produced as Henry Brown

• Others anomalies & variations are described for Attics on this site

 

AND WHO IS WOOLIE BROWN?
Woolie Brown Generation 1

• He was ONLY A PROTOTYPE and was never produced for sale (even though he appeared on the Ty site).

• This fact has been confirmed by one of the Attic artists

ATTIC SECRETS

Siblings

DOMINO

CHECKERS

JUSTIN

MORGAN

SARA

GEN 5

Best Pals & Delightful Pairings

Grover

Pouncer

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