A very good condition copy of The Terminator on VHS has just sold for an eye-watering sum – and this might just be the beginning.
If you’re one of those people who has boxes full of old VHS tapes that you simply can’t bear to part with, then this might just be the news story that you’ve been waiting for. Not necessarily that VHS is making a vinyl-esque comeback, but instead, the value of old tapes has hit something of a landmark.
Well, the value of one tape at least.
An original VHS copy of The Terminator – a first print version, in very good condition – has sold online for a cool $32,500. Which would probably cover the late return fees if you’d got it from your local video shop and failed to return it.
The tape sold on the ComicConnect.com platform, and had been on sale there for just three days before a collector moved in to snap it up. Here’s the image of the tape, as provided by ComicConnect.
The platform confirms that sales of VHS tapes has increased over the last couple of years, with prices starting to head north as well. That’s not to say that if you’re hanging onto a much-cherished copy of Police Academy 3: Back In Training on VHS that you’re about to get rich. But give it a few more years…
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