For the uninitiated: you’re looking at a court divorce in progress, where these two fascinating individuals are splitting the perceived value of their combined Beanie Babies collection.
Nov 5, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Attorney Frank Totti looks over papers while his client Frances Mountain sorts out Beanie Babies with her ex-husband Harold Mountain in Judge Gerald Hardcastle’s Family Courtroom in Las Vegas November 5. The couple, who were divorced four months ago, were ordered to divide up the collection valued at $2,500 to $5000 but were unable to do so by themselves. The collection was ordered spread on the court floor and divided up one by one under the supervision of Family Court Judge Hardcastle.
Oldie, but goodie:
For the uninitiated: you’re looking at a court divorce in progress, where these two fascinating individuals are splitting the perceived value of their combined Beanie Babies collection.
Source
I’m gonna tell my kids this is how we used to play Pokemon before video games exist.
Wonder how that all worked out in the end?
In the end their collections were worth exactly the same
Besides depreciation, I can’t help but feel this whole experience rendered them emotionally worthless.
Nov 5, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Attorney Frank Totti looks over papers while his client Frances Mountain sorts out Beanie Babies with her ex-husband Harold Mountain in Judge Gerald Hardcastle’s Family Courtroom in Las Vegas November 5. The couple, who were divorced four months ago, were ordered to divide up the collection valued at $2,500 to $5000 but were unable to do so by themselves. The collection was ordered spread on the court floor and divided up one by one under the supervision of Family Court Judge Hardcastle.