# thedrunkensailor Beanie Baby eBay auction

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thedrunkensailor-beanie-baby-ebay-auction/213161>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 14, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thedrunkensailor-beanie-baby-ebay-auction/213161 "2003-11-14T02:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![BillyGnos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BillyGnos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillyGnos)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thedrunkensailor-beanie-baby-ebay-auction/213161/1 "2003-11-14T02:30:18Z")

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I found a link to a beanie baby auction on the SDMB a few weeks ago, and probably read the (what I thought was) brutally honest description about 10 times and laughed every time. Some of you may remember it. Interestingly enough, the auction caught the attention of the press:

[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/printedition/search/sfl-ralph02nov02,0,5896349.story](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/printedition/search/sfl-ralph02nov02,0,5896349.story)

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> And get this. He’s not divorced. Happily married, in fact. No affairs.
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> His real name is Steve (he asked that his last name not be used because he worries he’ll be harassed by critics). Steve, 32, and wife Mary, 28, found the box of beanies when they packed to move from Coral Springs to Margate. They had picked them up over the years and really didn’t know their worth. Steve said they would have been happy to get the $10.
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> The story was just Steve goofing around.

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**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thedrunkensailor-beanie-baby-ebay-auction/213161/2 "2003-11-14T06:23:15Z")

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Pure genius! He made more money that way being so “honest”.

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**Author:** ![psychomonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@psychomonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychomonkey)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thedrunkensailor-beanie-baby-ebay-auction/213161/3 "2003-11-14T07:51:21Z")

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[Ahem](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2206561)  
To sum up, he’s really divorced, most of the story was made up, and the dumbass who bought them is trying to get him into legal trouble because a few of them really were fakes.