This lucky couple won the Beanie Baby lottery.
This beanie baby is worth a fortune http://t.co/jM6qnUcjLdpic.twitter.com/zUnMHXMiOx
— The Independent (@Independent) April 19, 2015
Leah Rogers and Ryan Flanaghan paid £10 (about $15) for a rare first edition Princess Diana Beanie Baby and are selling it on eBay for £62,000 (a little over $93,000). Before you call your parents and have them dig through the basement for your old Beanie Babies, you should know there are only 100 of these bears, and they're probably in the UK. Ok but you should still totally call your parents, because you never know.
This couple had some serious luck. They attended a car boot sale (a UK flea market) to sell some of Rogers' old Beanie Babies, so she had been researching prices online. Flanaghan ventured off during the sale and returned with the rare Princess Diana bear and said, "It's that bear that we saw on the internet last night." For real?!? What. Are. The. Chances.
I hope it sells on eBay for tons of £££s, because they're going to use the money to buy a house. I love this story. Ok I have to find out if my hoarding grandmother in Florida has any rare Beanie Babies.