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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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I have an old Beta porno tape. Wonder what that’s worth…
1 posted on 06/06/2022 6:33:57 PM PDT by Magnatron
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We gave containers full of vhs tapes sitting for decades in a storage unit.

Probably aren’t useable now.


2 posted on 06/06/2022 6:37:20 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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I remember George Legal in “Blackbird” a Sam Spade spoof. Unavailable on DVD. Hilarious.


3 posted on 06/06/2022 6:39:48 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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That’s the interesting thing about magnetic tape, it degausses and goes bad over time. Can’t imagine there’s many of these that have readable data — especially in the 480i format they were in.


4 posted on 06/06/2022 6:40:07 PM PDT by Magnatron
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I have an old Beta porno tape. Wonder what that’s worth…

My son-in-law found one (FleshDance) among my deceased wife's things. I did'nt even know she had it. Don't have it any more.

5 posted on 06/06/2022 6:41:50 PM PDT by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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“I have an old Beta porno tape. Wonder what that’s worth…”

Nothing unless there is a Betamax player to go along with it. Then it’s worth about what a 15-year old kid who has too much time on his hands is willing to pay for it.


6 posted on 06/06/2022 6:43:20 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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If Kate Bush’s single from the ‘80s is a hit again, you never know…


7 posted on 06/06/2022 6:44:34 PM PDT by Magnatron
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That movie was an absolute hoot. Litvak, the Hawaiians, the redhead.

“Es negro y largo como su brazo...”


8 posted on 06/06/2022 6:45:10 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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As a purveyor of Interesting things I would say it is rare at this moment to have a valuable vhs tape. They do exist though.


9 posted on 06/06/2022 6:45:52 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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Got any Hunter Biden videos. Could be worth alot.
10 posted on 06/06/2022 6:46:00 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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Now they tell me...Tossed 500 VHS tapes a few years ago....


11 posted on 06/06/2022 6:46:39 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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They’re sealed, so that doesn’t really come up. They’re for collecting, not watching.


12 posted on 06/06/2022 6:46:53 PM PDT by proxy_user
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I figure many would stick in playback and break or at best get one pass as the oxide comes off.

No tape scraper for VHS, scraped many quad 2 inch reels.


13 posted on 06/06/2022 6:47:39 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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I remember seeing one of the 1st VHS players at a car dealership. The player was top loading, like a giant cassette player. It was about the size of a writing desk.


14 posted on 06/06/2022 6:47:56 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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“t a sealed, mint-condition “Star Wars” VHS tape from 1977”

I’m kinda skeptical that Star Wars was out on VHS in ‘77. Maybe my memory is off, but I remember it still playing in theaters well into ‘78.


15 posted on 06/06/2022 6:48:48 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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Tossed 500 VHS tapes a few years ago...

Lemme guess — along with a box of magazines that was next to the tapes under the bed…?

16 posted on 06/06/2022 6:49:11 PM PDT by Magnatron
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Biggest problem is the innerds of the VCR. The belts, pulleys, mechanical stuff has aged. I had 6 of the same model JVC vcr from the 1990s. None of them will load a tape and play it. If I take the cover offer, I can get a few to thread the tape, but then won’t eject.
So be prepared to do a complete overhaul to get any to work for you.


17 posted on 06/06/2022 6:49:14 PM PDT by George from New England
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> “Original VHS Stars” tape in packaging worth $57,600.

This is a situation which just invites fraud. Someone will make repackaged cassettes in looks-like original packaging. How could you tell if they were real without breaking the packaging and viewing?

If I were committing this fraud, the tape would just display:

“Don’t you realize opening the package and playing the tape destroys its value?”

Sometimes it is better not to know.

Establishing provenance is going to be tough. “Discovered in a musty basement” won’t cut it.


18 posted on 06/06/2022 6:50:12 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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About 15 years ago, the public tv network I was at decided to purge the huge tape vault.

Many portable dumpsters got filled.

Quad, 1 inch, Beta SP, S-VHS, VHS and some oddball ones got tossed.

I snagged a quad tape just to have.


19 posted on 06/06/2022 6:50:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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Pop it up on ebay. :)

(Don’t do that)


20 posted on 06/06/2022 6:51:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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