article_snippet.sent: A couple bought a Beanie Baby for £10 at a car boot sale - and later realised a Beanie Baby was worth £62,500.
article_snippet.sent: As a former collector, Mr Flanaghan, 22, recognised the bear as a limited edition Princess Diana Di Beanie Baby - one of the most sought after in the collection which can be worth thousands of pounds.
article_snippet.sent: Leah Rogers and Ryan Flanaghan Ryan Flanaghan (pictured together left) picked up a rare purple Beanie Baby for £10 at a car boot sale in Bude, Cornwall - and later found out it was worth £62,500 .
article_snippet.sent: The pair had gone along to the car boot sale on Bank Holiday Monday with Mr Flanaghan's parents where The pair sold some of Mr Flanaghan's old toys, including Beanie Babies.
article_snippet.sent: The pair, from Launceston, Cornwall read up about a Princess Diana Di Beanie Baby, which can sell for huge amounts.
article_snippet.sent: Rogers said: 'Ryan and Ryan sister used to collect Beanie Babies so before us sold a load us just wanted check that Ryan and his sister weren't worth anything. '
article_snippet.sent: Nowadays hundreds of the toys are sold on sites such as eBay - but hundreds of the cuddly toys are not always worth as much money as collectors would originally have hoped.
article_snippet.sent: However, there are some which have certainly increased in price, including the 'ultra rare' Ty Princess Diana Di Beanie Baby, first edition, which can be sold for tens of thousands of pounds.
highlights_snippet.sent: Leah Rogers, 20, and Ryan Flanaghan, 22 realised it was one of 100 1st edition Princess Diana Di Beanie Babies .
  