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Old VHS tapes could be worth a small fortune: 'Rarity and nostalgia'
Fox Business ^ | 6 June 2022 | Cortney Moore

Posted on 06/06/2022 6:33:57 PM PDT by Magnatron

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To: Magnatron

Wonder what my “The Ruling Class” VHS is worth?

I have several vintage Alice Cooper VHS tapes that are desirable.
Two rare BOC tapes, as well.
Don’t want to part with them, though.

I have a lot of out of print VHS tapes, really.


21 posted on 06/06/2022 6:51:43 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Magnatron

I have a couple of bootleg ones I bought at an open market in the UK. Only to find out later half the content was missing because someone filmed the movie w/in and theater and an usher went by. 😆


22 posted on 06/06/2022 6:52:17 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The people are most racist when they're trying not to be.)
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To: Magnatron

You said that out loud? Ugh. Ever hear of TMI dude?


23 posted on 06/06/2022 6:52:38 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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To: Magnatron

We have several Disneys before wokeness. Now those ought to be worth something.


24 posted on 06/06/2022 6:55:24 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: From The Deer Stand

I do too. Probably a lot of us have old Disney VHS tapes.


25 posted on 06/06/2022 6:56:54 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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To: Magnatron

No,THOSE got tossed about 35 years ago..I hung on to the VHS tapes ,till my VHS RECORDER died a quiet death......I’ve been taping stuff for 40 years like ERNIE KOVACS show etc........Material you can’t find or pay through the nose to own.....


26 posted on 06/06/2022 6:57:45 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: Magnatron

I have a project/hobby digitizing old news, commercials, local ads, etc. I also collect tapes. It’s a really fun hobby and the tapes run fine. I have a few from the mid-1080’s that probably look and sound as good as the day they were recorded. On YouTube, if you look up a channel called Dave’s Archives, he digitizes tapes going back to the early 80s. Another channel, 80s commercial Vault has some digitized commercials going back to the late 70s. Tapes wear fast with heavy use though. I remember the countless times I watched E.T. as a kid and that tape didn’t look so good after a while.


27 posted on 06/06/2022 6:59:40 PM PDT by Analogisbetter
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“Ultra Rare Industrial Sony SLO-1400 Betamax HiFi Stereo Player Recorder

Price: US $995.00”

https://www.ebay.com/itm/-Ultra-Rare-Industrial-Sony-SLO-1400-Betamax-HiFi-Stereo-Player-Recorder-/254944811570


28 posted on 06/06/2022 7:00:47 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Magnatron
My ma gave me and my wife a crystal glass thing about 40 years ago. She took care to impress on us, in serious tones, that in time its value was near guaranteed to be in the tens of thousands of dollars. We should safe guard it.

Found it recently while cleaning out some junk. I'm guessing it cost her around $35.00. Dozens for sale on eBay, all about $6.00, lol.

29 posted on 06/06/2022 7:03:09 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: Analogisbetter

“I have a few from the mid-1080’s...”


WOW!


30 posted on 06/06/2022 7:03:41 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
I remember George Legal in “Blackbird” a Sam Spade spoof. Unavailable on DVD.

Movies that came out on VHS but never made it to DVD are the ones most sought after by collectors. Chances are a good working VHS copy of "Blackbird" is worth some money.

In fact there's a used copy on Ebay right now for $22 + shipping.

31 posted on 06/06/2022 7:10:16 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: Ken H

Whoops! Lol


32 posted on 06/06/2022 7:11:08 PM PDT by Analogisbetter
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To: Analogisbetter

I have a few from the mid-1080’s


How’s the resolution?

😉


33 posted on 06/06/2022 7:11:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Hambone 1934

“Now they tell me...Tossed 500 VHS tapes a few years ago....”

Got me beat. I probably tossed almost 100 of them a while back. I was surprised how much all that weighed.


34 posted on 06/06/2022 7:15:20 PM PDT by plain talk
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You might be surprised.

I boxed up a ton of tapes from the 80s and 90s while cleaning out my parents’ house. Since most were unlabeled, I had to go through and view them so I could write up a label before giving them to a friend who collects old tech. Very, very few of them had gone bad...many were in fact crystal clear like they had been recorded yesterday.


35 posted on 06/06/2022 7:17:21 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: Analogisbetter

Many people don’t realize that the stuff taped off television back in the day is worth more, in a sense, than any commercial tapes. TV stations didn’t maintain an archive of a lot of their programming...in many cases, somebody’s home recording is all that’s left!

Another great site for digitized tapes (based mainly on Chicago television) is fuzzymemories.tv.


36 posted on 06/06/2022 7:22:24 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: Magnatron

For decades, I’ve held on to an unopened E.T. VHS. Can’t imagine it’s viewable but the box is pristine.


37 posted on 06/06/2022 7:23:10 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Magnatron

My first thought too


38 posted on 06/06/2022 7:24:03 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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“They’re for collecting, not watching”

sort of like “investment sardines” weren’t for eating ...


39 posted on 06/06/2022 7:34:59 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

“For decades, I’ve held on to an unopened E.T. VHS. Can’t imagine it’s viewable but the box is pristine.”


I have some that still look good, so yours might still be viewable, too. After all, your gauss is as good as mine:)


40 posted on 06/06/2022 7:35:09 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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