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A photo of Salsman and her husband, James, is displayed above a pair of Beanie Babies in her living room in Hodgenville, Kentucky on April 23, 2023. The couple began collecting these plush toys in the 1990s and amassed a collection of over three hundred Beanie Babies. Salsman stated that the pink and blue Beanie Babies featured in this photograph are symbolic of the couple and remind her of the many weekends they spent traveling together in search of new ones to add to their collection.