Introduction to SEALED VHS Collecting!

Let's go over the basics of Sealed VHS collecting.
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In this video we will cover
Print Runs
Watermarks and Sticker Seals
Package & Design Dates
Seal Types
Factory Price Stickers
We will cover some of the main Home Video Distributors, like:
CBS FOX, RCA Columbia, Warner Home Video, Walt Disney Home Video, Paramount Home Video, MCA Home Video & MGM/UA Home Video.
We'll get you up to speed so you are ready to start searching eBay, Goldin Auctions, Heritage Auctions, Certified Link Auctions, LCG Auctions & others that are now selling sealed VHS tapes.
Sealed VHS tapes are now being graded by VHSDNA, IGS & VGA. Graded VHS Tapes are the hottest new collectible to hit the major auction circuit!
#sealedvhs #vhs #vhscollecting #watagames #wata #heritageauctions #heritagevideogames #goldinauctions #goldinco #cbsfox #rcacolumbia #vhstapes #videostore #nft

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  • @Vandalle.
    @Vandalle. Жыл бұрын

    My favourite thing about collecting things like this is the artworks, they look so cool, something I think thats missing these days.

  • @thevideogamecabinet3681
    @thevideogamecabinet36818 ай бұрын

    I can’t believe The Killing Fields was $80 back in the 1980’s. No wonder recording movies with two VCR‘s was so popular.

  • @GameArmorGameplay

    @GameArmorGameplay

    4 ай бұрын

    Remember the price for Laser Discs?

  • @LisaWagner-wy5li
    @LisaWagner-wy5li3 ай бұрын

    They need to bring vhs tapes with current movies.I see it coming back in the future.

  • @KandJHorrordotcom
    @KandJHorrordotcom Жыл бұрын

    I bet you see a lot of opened, yet rare, VHS tapes that you are not interested in. You might even have some rare Horror VHS tapes you don't want to keep because they are not sealed? If so, please get up with me, I'd love to have a chance to get the opened rare horror VHS tapes you may have access to, but are not interested in for your collection. Your collection is so massive. Gracious. Awesome & beautiful. Just thought I should inquire. Good luck in the future. Peace. J.

  • @nuketowncity
    @nuketowncity Жыл бұрын

    Any straw?

  • @Mr.Dhan1994
    @Mr.Dhan199410 ай бұрын

    Great informative video! Will keep this in mind when i got search for VHS at thrift stores!

  • @timhollis3390
    @timhollis33902 жыл бұрын

    Best video I've seen on the hobby.I hope you keep making them.I made sure I subbed too.

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, very much appreciated! I will try to work on some more soon!

  • @morganfan
    @morganfan3 ай бұрын

    Very good video. Precious infometions

  • @apickersdaughter
    @apickersdaughter Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all this great information. I just started my KZread channel and your information will be very helpful going through my Dad's huge collection of VHS tapes. 👍

  • @VICnMAR
    @VICnMAR7 ай бұрын

    Interesting, thanks for your time.

  • @jkgv1740
    @jkgv1740 Жыл бұрын

    Great info! For newbies like us, there's probably a lot more to learn. Any online directory resource you can point us to, to check tapes valuation or at least see nuances on publications?

  • @SealedCassettes
    @SealedCassettes2 жыл бұрын

    Great job! Another awesome VHS video! Well done.

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @OriginalKrizzle
    @OriginalKrizzle2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant insight. Amazing of you taking the time to make these. Cheers

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you enjoyed, thanks for the support!

  • @bammoman4366
    @bammoman43662 жыл бұрын

    Man you have a crazy collection.. Need to find a sealed Jaws soon . Great video and info btw

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Brother! Keep looking, you will find one!

  • @rollingwithstones
    @rollingwithstones2 жыл бұрын

    This is very informative. Thanks! I just got into sealed VHS about 6 months ago.

  • @timhollis3390

    @timhollis3390

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnSmith-zl8rz how do you know?I think I said the same thing about 5 years ago and boy was I wrong.

  • @ILoveOldMedia
    @ILoveOldMedia10 ай бұрын

    Fantastic content! New subscriber!

  • @werbenjagermanjensen0
    @werbenjagermanjensen0 Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know where to buy online the box protector for the 20th century fox 1982 drawer style boxes? (If any)

  • @jkgv1740
    @jkgv1740 Жыл бұрын

    Also, are sealed anniversary or collection box set worth anything, since they're definitely not early editions of the tapes included?

  • @KnisleyKnisley

    @KnisleyKnisley

    Жыл бұрын

    VHS isn’t worth anything. Collect for fun, not an investment.

  • @skybyrdy3
    @skybyrdy3 Жыл бұрын

    Perfect for a Beginner to the VHS market. THANK YOU♡

  • @Myst311
    @Myst3112 жыл бұрын

    Really informative and nicely presented in an easily digestible style! Looking forward to seeing more

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the kind feedback! Will work on more vids in the future!

  • @johnbaker6572
    @johnbaker65727 ай бұрын

    Interesting. Thanks 🙏

  • @blockbusterlatefees7713
    @blockbusterlatefees7713 Жыл бұрын

    Really awesome! I'm wondering...does a sealed VHS need to have watermarks to be considered a real seal and not a possible reseal? I heard that some places like VGA only grade seals with watermarks. Not sure if that is true or not. Anyways, really great channel, thanks 😊

  • @BOBSMITH-fp5xv

    @BOBSMITH-fp5xv

    Жыл бұрын

    most vhs will require water marks , however there are a few that dont have water marks example leprechaun , in those instances they verify the plastic ( seal ) for the method of how it was sealed , e:g vertical , over lap seam etc

  • @Axis.Mundis.
    @Axis.Mundis.2 жыл бұрын

    I got a ‘coockos nest’ today with a beautiful WB watermark right on Jack Nicholson face. Alonso Like a neck tattoo lol. I sell vhs on eBay so I’m always on the look out for the more unique watermark placement and variant covers. Never any home runs...yet. I buy up all the sealed ones I can, you never know. Something subtle I may over look at the time, an unexpected death, or scandal can up the value of almost any collectable.

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome, and agreed great front watermarks definitely make a tape just that much better. Especially those MCA titles!

  • @Crazecollector
    @Crazecollector Жыл бұрын

    Would you grade VHS - STAR WARS - 1982 FIRST PRINT / DRAWER not sealed?

  • @strongmanvhs8125

    @strongmanvhs8125

    11 ай бұрын

    If it's in very good condition it could be worth it, to find a nice open box 1982 Star Wars is harder than finding some of the later prints sealed.

  • @VideoTasties
    @VideoTasties2 жыл бұрын

    Your collection is fantastic, sadly all my sealed tapes are 90's onwards but they were free. Also the UK have plastic boxes and the tapes are sealed inside the case

  • @tonymontana4284

    @tonymontana4284

    2 жыл бұрын

    They sell a sealing machine.

  • @christianrobinson1761
    @christianrobinson1761 Жыл бұрын

    New subscriber mad Dawg…got few boxes of vhs most are sealed from an old vhs rental store in a small town ….was hopin u would fill me in on which ones bring the money beans show me da money mad D wit a small pee pee

  • @redtrunkrelics
    @redtrunkrelics Жыл бұрын

    This was amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have subscribed to your channel to learn more!

  • @Evolution7xxx
    @Evolution7xxx2 жыл бұрын

    Great video, your collection is simply mind blowing. I've had the urge to start collecting a few times but man the prices of sealed VHS have gone through the roof. I'm guessing you began collecting many year ago when prices were still reasonable.

  • @Dethfukk1
    @Dethfukk111 ай бұрын

    Show me a sealed graded Tales from the Quadead Zone and I'll be impressed, these are all tapes i've seen for 50 cents at goodwill over the years. Not a single actual rare title.

  • @addictedtowarthunder4610
    @addictedtowarthunder46102 ай бұрын

    Collecton?

  • @adamrodway27
    @adamrodway272 жыл бұрын

    I'm trying to find a copy of Karate Kid and although the first print is too expensive for me, I want to find the next print run. But I wish there was some site that had a list of every print run from every movie released, just so I can research what print to afford. Apart from the first print all I see is this 1994 released vhs and i wish i could just easily find out if there's a good in between release for print runs.

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    VHScollector.com is a site that does show print runs on many tapes... but remember that the box print date is only part of the equation. The red border RCA Columbia box is the first print only when it has back white watermarks - the technical second print is the same red border RCA box, but with side watermarks, and this side watermark tape should be a lot cheaper... then the third print tape is the same red border box, and looks very similar, but it doesn't have the square RCA logo in the center of the front cover, instead it just says 'Columbia pictures presents'... that is the third print (maybe from around 1990-1992). The trick is these three prints all look the same from a far, as the box artwork and design is the same on all, you need to look closely to tell the difference

  • @adamrodway27

    @adamrodway27

    Жыл бұрын

    @@themaddogcollection Where'd you get this specific information? Is this all on that website you linked?

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    Жыл бұрын

    @@adamrodway27 Just from seeing it through my travels. The box print runs should be fairly accurate on the vhscollector.com , however they don't talk about watermarks there. There isn't really a good source for this info that I'm aware of yet.

  • @codyrathman

    @codyrathman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@themaddogcollection Dude, this is the exact answer to my question I've been looking for. Got a second run sealed copy of Christine and trying to decide what's a good price to sell it for. Got an offer of $400 so I think I may go for it.

  • @Userbrandonlooneytunesfan2000
    @Userbrandonlooneytunesfan2000 Жыл бұрын

    i only collect looney tunes

  • @HomesteadingNorthernMichigan
    @HomesteadingNorthernMichigan2 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a series about watermark progressions / type study?

  • @Spidrm0nky
    @Spidrm0nky2 жыл бұрын

    Do any of the grading companies grade used copies, or have plans to grade used copies? I think that will help the market grow with new collectors willing to jump in quicker for a lower barrier to entry. Some of the first print VHS aren’t easily obtained sealed and in those cases a nice used copy may be the best option available.

  • @CaseyKucera

    @CaseyKucera

    2 жыл бұрын

    i believe vhsdna does grade preowned

  • @jaredpetersen7343
    @jaredpetersen7343 Жыл бұрын

    Just became 956th subscriber u truly deserve it. Im building my own personal sealed vhs collection and will be grading them soon when i have enough funds even if i have to send in one by one ❤very nice super awesome vhs collection u have my man ❤

  • @randykoger4646
    @randykoger4646 Жыл бұрын

    You wanna learn about imprisoning vhs tapes in plexiglass boxes and then just looking at them? You’ve come to the right place!

  • @Steve_SCirca30
    @Steve_SCirca30 Жыл бұрын

    I have a question for you, if you don’t mind. You seem to know a lot about the sealed VHS market. I don’t. I’ve been collecting VHS for about 4 years now. Can somebody fake a watermark on the seal? I ask because I just found a sealed Jaws screener for the 1995 collectors edition. On the front of the VHS is reads “Complements of your video sales rep please return after viewing” I only ask because in my mind I don’t know why a video store would need a screener for the 1995 special Ed. release of Jaws. By 95 it had already been released twice in 3 vhs formats. The vhs release is 15 yrs old at this point.

  • @mybarbarastanwyck

    @mybarbarastanwyck

    Жыл бұрын

    It makes sense that a video store would receive these promo tapes as the promos were made specifically for the retailers and rental markets to try to entice them to carry and promote the release. Even though Jaws is an old film in 1995, it was re-released to promote it to a new generation of buyers. As for the watermarks, technically someone could forge them with stamps etc, though that would be a lot of work and would require a real counterfeit operation. It seems unlikely this would have been done skillfully on a 95 Jaws screener

  • @michiganebayflipper9497
    @michiganebayflipper94972 жыл бұрын

    Good video I agree.

  • @AaronJohnson-mo8rf
    @AaronJohnson-mo8rf Жыл бұрын

    you should do more videos similar to the cbs fox video about collecting sealed disney tapes, collecting sealed warner tapes, collecting sealed new line tapes, collecting sealed mgm tapes, collecting sealed universal tapes, collecting sealed sony tapes, and even sealed paramount tapes and more and even a continuation about the cbs fox/fox video tape discussion but go through print runs of Other cbs fox and fox tapes all of these studios had different types of vhs's , there was even beta tapes Prior to vhs one interesting example Not in the cbs fox video discussion, was that cbs fox did runs of Vhs's of the Garfield specials which at the time during the late 80s and 90s, it had been popular airing on network tv, same as another popular cartoon property, the peanuts, in which the peanuts tapes at the time emerged on different labels also, some peanuts specials had been on independant vhs's labels such as media, kartes home entertainment and hi tops video, two of the peanuts films even had appeared on cbs fox video Under the Playhouse video division (a boy named charlie brown and snoopy come home) while the other two peanuts films (race for your life and bon voyage) had appeared on the paramount home video line, that is Until paramount had managed to license the peanuts specials for their vhs's and early dvd's for awhile, and also managed to get the early peanuts films (a boy named charlie brown and snoopy come home) to be on paramount vhs's and dvds along side the later installments later the peanuts movies would have Blurays for paramount, While the peanuts specials would be distributed by warner because by doing that, it diversified how they got distributed

  • @slayskool1964
    @slayskool1964 Жыл бұрын

    Do you own a warehouse? Real estate is going to be your biggest problem.

  • @FutureSpecs
    @FutureSpecs2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! Keep up the good info!

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed!

  • @mangaboss1411
    @mangaboss14112 жыл бұрын

    This is excellent

  • @themaddogcollection

    @themaddogcollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, brother!

  • @lasherthirteen7456
    @lasherthirteen7456 Жыл бұрын

    needs more squint

  • @hectormontalvo5565
    @hectormontalvo55652 жыл бұрын

    I have 100s of VHS but they are American. My Holy Grail are videocassettes from Venezuela and they play on American VCRs. I have about 250 of them all horror. I remember in the beginnings of internet someone living in Denmark wanted to buy my copy of Cannibal Holocaust for $100 and that was back then. I have know that even in Venezuela people are not collecting their VHS!😭 So what's around in the USA that's it! I love videocassettes.👉😀👈

  • @dgh5223
    @dgh52232 жыл бұрын

    Only thing bad about collecting sealed movies is that you can’t watch the awesome movie. ☹️

  • @ocfloydian
    @ocfloydian Жыл бұрын

    You know vhs quality looks like shit

  • @ocfloydian

    @ocfloydian

    Жыл бұрын

    @TotallyRadGamingDad Stop kidding yourself hipster