Ty Beanie Babies Original Retired Hope The Praying Bear Beanie Baby 1998. Condition is Like New. Shipped with USPS First Class Package. VERY RARE 1st Edition!!! In top 20 of the most popular beanie babies in the world!!! TY Beanie Babies Hope the Praying Bear Retired 1999 Mint Condition With Errors. Stored for more than 20 years and never played with. Some noted errors: 1 Extra space after end of Poem before exclamation point?. 1998 in swing tag while 1999 in tush tag. The item ?VERY RARE! Condition is perfect. Hope is an orange-brown bear with a white muzzle and white hands and feet. She has black stitching for her closed eyes and a brown nose with black stitching for her mouth. She has black stitching separating her toes. Poem Every night when it?s time for bed Fold you hands and bow your head An angelic face, a heart that?s true You have a friend to pray with you! Collectors note Hope was released on 1st January 1999. Her Birthday is on 23rd March 1998. She was retired on 23rd December 1999. Please carefully, look over all the pictures. Any questions, please let me know. Returns not accepted. Must pay through PayPal.