Hi Rich,
I assumed being sealed would be what VHS collectors are after. A number of tapes I have in storage are still sealed, but I’m sure none of the titles would be collector-worthy. I was more curious about the titles that are in demand. Not surprising Star Wars is on the list. As far as home recorded tapes, while not collectible, I’ve been surprised by the interest in them from people in those Facebook groups I mentioned. There are a lot of people willing to pay the shipping costs just to get a batch of them. It’s almost like a TV treasure hunt for some. Go figure! Scott From: MoPo List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rich Halegua MPB.auction Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 4:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Grading VHS Tapes the ones that get graded have specific characteristics, with the main one being "still sealed" open packages do not have near the same values. personally made tapes have no value the right versions of Star Wars for instance sell for $5k-100k, but they are still sealed. Opened the same tapes sell for 1% of these values, or less Rich On 1/3/2024 1:47 PM, Scott Burns wrote: Surely not *all* VHS tapes are gaining in value. If that’s really true perhaps it’s time for me to rethink my plan to give them away to some youngster in a VHS Facebook group rather than sitting them out with the trash. I have boxes of the blasted things, including those that belonged to my parents. Plus boxes of home-recorded VHS tapes dating back to the very early 1980’s. And let’s not even mention the boxes of Laserdiscs and LP’s…with a few cassettes and 45’s, too. (Sorry no 8-tracks! 😊) I can’t imagine why anyone would want old lousy picture quality VHS tapes. Even harder to imagine is someone shelling out much cash for them. There really is a sucker born….well you know the rest. Scott From: MoPo List <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Rich Halegua MPB.auction Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 3:49 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Grading VHS Tapes Kirby posters are static in value, or worse, declining. it's a small hobby, younger people don't really care, and much of what more modern audiences want in posters are too cheap to bother with. on the other hand, vhs & video games are ascendant & the auctions beat poster auction totals hands-down. it's purely a money equation, that posters are dying, and vhs are gaining Rich On 1/3/2024 8:36 AM, Kirby McDaniel wrote: Why? Kirby McDaniel On Jan 2, 2024, at 11:39 PM, Sean Linkenback <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: I've seen Buck Jones posters and owned Gloria Swanson posters - I think I'd rather have the gaming cartridges if we are looking at them as collectibles. On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 10:29 PM Freeman Fisher <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Glenn, CGC is grading video cassettes. Here is a link: https://www.cgchomevideo.com/ I am still suspect of them as a collectible, but there are people out there with stupid money, proven by some of the prices for Gaming cartridges. A new generation…………who have never had the joy of seeing a quality stone litho of a Columbia Buck Jones poster or a Gloria Swanson from Paramount Who am i kidding, they’ve never heard of Gloria Swanson or Buck Jones. Freeman Fisher On Jan 2, 2024, at 6:49 PM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello All - I have a, still mostly sealed, VHS tape from the original video release of BATMAN (1989). It was the first tape released in LA at the Sunset Blvd Tower Records location. There's way more to this story but the point is... Where is the best place to get a VHS tape graded and how much does it cost? Thanks in advance for your help. Happy, Healthy and Successful New Year to all - Glenn _____ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> &A=1 _____ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> &A=1 -- G. Sean Linkenback - Attorney 3217 S Cherokee Ln. 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