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Article: Thieves cashing in on Beanies
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 29, 1998
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In a more innocent time, Anna Huxtable would open a fresh box of
Beanie Babies, dump them on a table in her store and go back to her
primary business of selling flowers. She paid little mind as
customers browsed the floppy animal toys.
These days, she keeps Beanies like Roary the Lion and Prance the
Cat perched high on a shelf behind a counter. When customers want a
look, Huxtable pulls the toys down herself, keeping a sharp eye from
behind a mesh barrier she recently erected.
"This is what it's come to," said Huxtable, who co-owns Premier
Flowers in Elgin. "We had $1,800 worth stolen from us. Now I have
to keep them like this. We call them jail bars because we have to
keep them under ...