Rare find on Ebay: "Snuffles makes a friend" in original box with storybook, white Gund Snuffles Bear

I just saw this ebay auction.  I did not know that the storybook came with a Snuffles in such a box, I thought it was sold separately.  This looks like a cool package for someone who is collecting Snuffles. 

Go to the Ebay auction.

(all pictures taken from the above mentioned and linked auction on ebay.)

A rare find on Ebay of a large 30 inch white snuffles with reference 6479, never seen before number.

I stumbled across this white Gund snuffles in large size.  30 inches.  Sold by a seller who is wellknown and from whom I have bought snuffles in the past. 

He researched the reference 6479 not being able to find any other snuffles with that number, and in my blog and lifetime I have been collecting snuffles, I have never even heard of this number.  Wondering what the story is behind the number 6479?  Anybody has seen one before?

Posting a few pictures from the ebay auction.  Good luck, Russell with your auction.  I would love to give him a good home, but timing isnt right for me.

Could this be a one of a kind snuffles?