Purchased and placed in protective container with tag cover mint 


       *Mint TY Beanie Baby - WISE the Graduation Owl Rare Retired 1998*


Errors and Information

  • Oakbrook on swing tag & tush tag should be two words
  • Extra space at end of poem between 98 & !
  • Swing hang tag includes Fareham, Hants inside, which indicates limited edition
  • Star & R on tush tag above name
Information obtained from work & money article most valuable beanie babies

Value: $7,500

Bottom line: Wise the graduation owl was wildly popular as a gift for high school and college grads. Perhaps the push to release him before the end of the school year hit was part of the reason for the multitude of errors on this valuable Beanie Baby's tag, which include: 

  • A space between '98 and "!" on last line of poem
  • Mismatched dates
  • "TY INC" all-caps, with a period and comma following
  • Mismatched tags
  • Both "TM" and "R" on the Tush Tag

It was also a limited edition release and was kept in mint condition, which added to its worth.

Handmade in China
Korean Marketplace

Additional Info:


- P.E. Pellets


Incredibly clean with Tag in mint condition  

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