Are new, old, unopened and/or unused VHS tapes from the '80s and '90s worth anything?

The obvious thing to do would be look up ebay.

https://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_odkw=vhs+tape+heather+locklear&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=vhs+tape+heather+locklear+your+personal+workout&_sacat=0

Hi. I was talking about finding out if they'd be worth anything from an appraiser. According to your eBay link that Locklear VHS tape is selling for about $9.95 in American money.

You would have to pay me to take that tape.

Healther Locklear I doubt is worth anything.

Okay. What about the other tape?

You wanted to find out what your vhs tapes were worth.

The market decides what their worth and ebay and amazon are the market, that's that.

An appraiser is a daft idea, you'd be charged more than your tapes are worth and that's if you could get an appraiser to waste his time doing it anyway.

Wakey wakey.

Ebay and Amazon are not the only online retailers or auction sites dealing with VHS tapes.

Well check the others as well.

I'm not interested in either tape, but there is probably a buyer for both of them somewhere in the world.

Why is getting appraisals for objects a daft idea? I've seen handfuls of TV shows in which people have done appraisals - Antiques Roadshow, shows about pawn shops, Comic Book Men, shows about people getting paid to rummage through stuff and/or move stuff in and out of storage bins, shows in which people get paid to look for and salvage vintage collectibles, etc. I never saw anyone paying anyone to do appraisals for anything in these shows. Appraisals were done on the spot.

Years ago I recall my dad and I taking some old paintings my family had to an appraiser to find out how much they were worth. I don't recall having to pay the appraiser to get that done. If I remember right the appraiser dealt with antique and vintage items- art-related stuff. The paintings we had were decades old but they weren't worth much.

I would pay good money to see you bring your Heather Locklear VHS tape to the Antiques Roadshow or Pawn Stars.

It would make great tv and I could do with a good laugh.

I don't care about the Locklear tape. What about the other one?

Neither is worth the effort of a professional appraisal.

Both are worth a small amount of money on eBay.

what you need if you want to make money - is to have something that is rare, in good shape - like how you said in unopened package and something people would be interested in - you have nothing that would be interesting to the general population.

In mint condition, right?

I have an unopened original Guns n' Roses Appetite for Destruction LP.

By original, I mean one of the handful of printings from before the record company made them change the record cover.

It's not for sale for any price. If anyone wants to buy it, they'll need to wait til I die and contact my next of kin.



There were two of them for sale in the record store back in 1987. I'm still kicking myself for not buying the second one too.

Yes that adds considerable value -

I have an unopened Paul McCartney CD - one that was just given to employees and clients (my previous company had him as a representative) - am keeping it and have seen it on ebay - price is low; but I figure if I keep it for a good amount of time - who knows?

Yes - this is something that meets that criteria - you might just make your next of kin a good amount of pocket change.

What "next of kin"?

Next of kin are the people who inherit your stuff when you die.