However, simply posting a VHS on eBay doesn’t guarantee you’ll get big bucks — the condition must be top-notch. VHS tapes degrade 10% to 20% over 10 to 25 years, and some footage could be ...

Sealed VHS tapes can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars. Here's how you can find out if you have a few moneymakers in your current collection.

The most collectible "classic" VHS movies — like Back to the Future, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Ghostbusters — could be worth $25k on vintage movies auction sites — or more.

Sometimes nostalgia comes with a big price tag. A sealed, near-mint condition 1986 VHS of “Back to the Future” recently sold at auction for $75,000, setting a new record for a videotape.

Michael Myerz, 29, an experimental hip-hop artist in Atlanta, who has a modest collection of VHS tapes, finds the medium inspirational. Some of what Mr. Myerz seeks in his work, he said, is to ...

The last major Hollywood movie to be released on VHS was “A History of Violence” in 2006. By that point major retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart were already well on their way to evicting ...

On National VCR Day, get rid of VHS tapes by selling them online, recycling them through a company or donating them. Be sure to digitize home videos first.

The VHS auction, organized by Texas-based Heritage Auctions, featured a total of 260 sealed VHS tapes, most of which were classic, first-edition copies of beloved films from the ‘70s and ‘80s.

In 2001, retail DVDs topped VHS sales for the first time, capturing $4.6 billion of an annual $16.8 billion buying-and-rental market. However, only 25% of homes owning DVD players in 2001, and VHS ...