An Antique in the Claw Machine?

Check this out.  Once I cleared the pit, I saw this guy at the bottom of it.  I pulled him out with ease because I was interested in his tag.  See the tag?  This guy is a bona fide Beanie Babie.  His tag called him Strut the Rooster and his marker left it at March of 1996.  Hmmm.

so I looked him up and turns out, he's worth a little bit of money.  He's worth ten bucks normally and 15 bucks in mint condition.  How about that?  I wonder if he got put into the claw machine by mistake? 

I guess I should put him on eBay.  :)