WATA you talking about Rich. Ha is an extremely creative company. Peter
On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Richard Halegua MPB.auction <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter, I rarely disagree with you, but I disagree with you here. > Heritage did not create this market. VHS tapes were getting a lot of money > before HA ever entered the field. > > HA is reactive, not creative. They saw a burgeoning market, and they > joined in to the hobby, because after all - they are a hobby auction site, > and there was already a lot of money on the table > > the most valuable VHS is a disney Beauty & the Beast tape, which sold for > almost a quarter mil years before HA ever looked at VHS collecting > > that Youtube video is total bullshit > > If HA was able to create a market as you think, then movie posters would > be going crazy, which we both know is not the case, unfortunately. > > Rich > On 1/3/2024 2:20 PM, peter contarino wrote: > > Scott the reason some people are buying these is because heritage is > “creating” a market for them. > And people are stupid. > > On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Scott Burns <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Rich >> Halegua MPB.auction >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 3, 2024 3:49 PM >> *To:* [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 <[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]> 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]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello All - >> >> >> >> I have a, still mostly sealed, VHS tape from the original video release >> of BATMAN (1989). 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