Whether Netflix, HBO, Disney Plus or Amazon Prime: the range of online streaming films and series is now large. Classics and childhood memories can often also be found in the media library. the VHS Cassette has become a relic. But you shouldn’t just throw away the videos. Some of them could now be true treasures become and can be sold dearly.
If you want to sell your old video cassettes, you should first consider a few points: Similar to comics or action figures, the packaging plays an important role. The better the Condition is, the more money can be dusted off with it. It would therefore be ideal if the cassette still had the original packaging has.
Selling old VHS cassettes: this is something to keep in mind
Films that are particularly old and rare are also considered popular and valuable, for example only in a small edition or as special edition were released. Also for first editions the portal, among other things, advises that higher prices can usually be demanded chip.
In addition, the dubbed version significant, i.e. in which language and with which speakers the film is available. The Disney classic “Arielle”, for example, was dubbed several times in German and with different lyrics released. There is some controversy among fans as to which version is better.
In order to get a first impression of which prices are realistic at all, it could also help to contact in advance online auctions to get an overview. In order not to give away your VHS treasure at a bargain price, a fixed price or high starting bid nevertheless necessary. This can still be negotiated down.
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Some collector are willing to pay large sums for certain films. This VHS Cassettes have a particularly high value:
- The largest known sum achieved an English-language first edition of “Back to the Future”, complete with original packaging and a handwritten note from actor Tom Wilson. It was sold at auction for $75,000, which is currently around €69,000.
- One was also enormously expensive “Star Wars”-cassette from 1977, also in the original box, which cost around $57,600.
- While these examples are real rarities, Disney films can often be found in dusty attics or on basement shelves. In general, English-language originals bring in more money than dubbed versions. “Aladdin” is offered, for example, in the rare Black Diamond Edition for up to 25,000 dollars (around 23,000 euros).
- For “The jungle Book”, “Dumbo”, “Beauty and the Beast”, “Lady and the tramp” and “Lion King” can be asked for between 1000 and 4000 euros. Here, too, the Black Diamond editions and originally sealed cassettes are significantly more valuable.
- “Alice in Wonderland” can bring in a significantly lower, but still proud sum of up to 800 euros.
- But not only children’s films, but also adventure and action classics are worth a lot: collectors, for example, also have it on “The White shark”, “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark” such as “rambo” apart from.
But what do you do with old VHS tapes that are no longer worth anything? How to properly dispose of them!
