Graded vhs is the worst idea i ever heard in my life. You do know its been proven that the spike in sealed video game prices is artificial & organized by the grading companies themselves? You have to check the reels on a vhs tape to know its legit, it is impossible to tell from the outside. Anyone can reseal a vhs tape, i used to do it all the time.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

That's completely false, brother. Just because Karl Jobst made a click-bate video that went viral doesn't make it true. He took a few publicly available pieces of information (real collectors actually in the hobby didn't learn one single piece of new information from his video) and manipulated it to fit a narrative. Karl Jobst had one motive, to make money from view counts. And he wouldn't ge that telling the truth, they way things actually are. His only sources were guys who never participated in the hobby. And to prove my point, see Jobst's follow-up video. Realize that Jobst only did interviews with people actually in the graded game collecting hobby *after* releasing his first video. And these guys schooled him... it's right on KZread. And Jobst left saying 'wow... yea you guys taught me a lot... I should do a follow-up video and set things right now that I have the other side of the story'' And sure enough, he did a follow-up video. But instead of telling the truth he had just learned from people actually in the hobby... he did yet another fake hit piece with an even more catchy click-bait title... because guess what, if his follow up was titled 'I may have been wrong... things aren't so bad after all' he wouldn't have gotten many clicks... the guy is a total fraud

@J0SHUAKANE

2 жыл бұрын

@@themaddogcollection lol ok dude. halperin shouldnt even be allowed in the business after being fined by the ftc in the 80's. he caught his first fraud felony at 13, but go ahead & trust his business. if you think i blindly listen to a guy facing a defamation lawsuit, you are mistaken. it is not even possible to tell the condition of a tape in the plastic. when i worked in my uncles video store tapes would come in with damaged plastic all the time & we would have to reshrink-wrap them. people are sending off tapes to get graded that you could buy at best buy because these grading companies are buying tapes that there are still thousands of sealed copies of. if it were donna michelle releases or something it would make sense that they sell for so much in good condition.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

@@J0SHUAKANE I hear your point about re-shrinking the tapes, but I am a firm believer that there are ways to authenticate a seal on many tapes, probably more-so from the bigger distributors. The Donna Michelle tapes, though of course would be very valuable sealed (or even opened for that matter), would probably be a lot harder to authenticate as a genuine factory seal. When people talk about sealed vhs they aren't talking about Tales from the QuadeaD or Video Violence, it's more CBS Fox type of thing. I believe your authentication issues apply more to the old guard of rare and obscure tapes (which are also cool)

@michiganebayflipper9497

2 жыл бұрын

It's like saying baseball cards are meant to be put in bicycles for sound effects. Value is different for all.

@Mecha120

Жыл бұрын

@@themaddogcollection Good luck doubling down on your terrible take with verifiably false information while proving you didn't watch any of Jobst's videos in full.

Absolutely love the look of sealed VHS. In the UK we only really had the plastic cases and I'm not fussed about those at all, but I recently discovered the American VHS releases in the cardboard sleeves/cases, and I just think they look amazing. Theres just something about great artwork on pristine glossy card boxes that I love 🤣

If you know anything about tapes, only opened VHS tapes could be legitimately graded. Sealed tapes involve guessing.

Hate to burst your bad bubble but most of these sealed games vhs tapes were found in old rental stores or stores never sold in storage or bastment n when stores closed n they had to get everything out they found everything

I sold the movie Big Tom Hanks Fox for 1250.00$ recently no joke. If you find the right buyers i buy 100-200 sealed tapes a month.

Mad Dog you are Number 1#! Max Respect! Love from Italy 💪

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brother! 🙏

Graded sealed VHS is laughable! As someone who worked at several video stores throughout the 80’s and early 90’s, I can tell you quite a few of these sealed VHS aren’t actually factory sealed. Because of limited space in these rental stores, they still would order multiple copies of the more popular movies, put one case on display and the rest would be flattened and put into storage boxes in the back. The cassettes are rented out multiple times. When they ran their course and it was time to thin the inventory of these title that were no longer being rented on a regular, they got phased out for newer titles coming in. The slip cases, which were still in brand new condition were pulled out of storage, the rental tape put inside, and re-sealed with a professional shrink wrap machine. We re-sealed thousands of the rentals and sell them to the general public. Companies that didn’t have the company names printed on the actual shrink wrap, or unbroken factory seals (which companies got away from doing for manufacturing cost cuts) to indicate that these tapes are still factory sealed , grading companies can’t tell if they’re factory sealed or not.

These shill-bots are getting more and more human-like everyday.

Many people are not so familiar with old video games and retro consoles, but everyone is familiar with movies. VHS is fantastic because it's the only way to collect the first releases of blockbuster movies like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws and Ghostbusters.

When people get into it just for the money it ruines it for everyone. I don't see anyone buying up an old Blockbuster for the money, and old Pizza Hut, Arcade etc. But of course, someone will snatch a sealed copy of your favorite movie from you so you can't have it just so they can add money into their pockets doing nothing. It makes me want to buy up all the Back To The Future copies just so no one else can make money off of them and give them away for free to real collectors.

@jasonbrassard5572

2 жыл бұрын

Last 2 sold for $13,000 and $16,000

@jimmydbags1070

11 ай бұрын

@@jasonbrassard5572 Lol 😆 Fake sales don’t count.

Dang! I'm late to the sealed VHS game, better jump on the sealed VHS player/ tape rewinder so I can sell it to the guy who's never gonna use it for risk of ruining his sealed VHS collection.

@mybarbarastanwyck

2 жыл бұрын

Haha that's true, maybe you are on to something here!

I have a sealed roll of 1982 toilet paper. I'm waiting for that market to pop.

Just grabbed a first print sealed jurassic park 1994 vhs 9/8 mint grade!!! Great video!

Also please keep up the great content. We need more of this. The community very much appreciates it!! I appreciate it.

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-zl8rz suh bruh. Tapes are meant for watching yo

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@992turbos The most common titles are not the most common mint sealed. They were opened and played.

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@992turbos and it’s a pump N dump

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@992turbos which titles

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@992turbos if they are so common why aren’t you making millions right now? Just another salty fool trying to talk down stuff cause he failed to buy when they were around. I see you. Which titles are you referring to? The one 90 super Mario bros HT ever graded in 15 years? Or the 2 Zelda circles that have hit 90 ever. Which titles? Vhs? Can’t help you there. Don’t give a f about those.

Great info what grading company do you recommend?

I have that same star wars going in to get graded now. Who should I consign to? Goldin?

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

If you are selling it then I would say either Goldin or Heritage, who is just entering the VHS market with their first auction in April

$80 for the first print Back To The Future vhs in 1986. That’s $216.29 today. Even MORE staggering when you think about that.

Thanks for the great information! I just bought a sealed Batman 1989. Once I get it graded, what price would you (or your viewers) suggest I start my auction on eBay at (or any high graded sealed VHS for that matter)?

@jimmydbags1070

11 ай бұрын

5 dollars sounds about right.

Subscribed ‼️👍

Was any of those Zelda’s 5 screw versions the rarest of them all

Great Video!!

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

@SealedCassettes

2 жыл бұрын

@@themaddogcollection No worries, keep up the great work!

Great Stuff. Do you know if Video Treasures on a NIghtmare on Elm street...does that mean its not a first print? subscribed too!

Dear Mad Dog, I started some time ago to collect VHS Pokemon Sealed in Italian language, seeing your videos I realized I was on the right path, I uploaded the videos on my channel, I hope with all my heart you will watch them, I would like to send them to graduate at IGS, but unfortunately I don't know how to do it, especially because I live in Italy. I will always continue to follow your videos. Danilo

Hi Mad Dog. Its me, Andy, from the future. You got it right. The prices, for sealed /& graded/ VHS tapes did shoot out into the sky. A simple, sealed, ungraded copy of Jaws goes for $750 nowadays. .

HEY! YOU ARE WRONG! VHS WILL NEVER BE OBSOLETE😋

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

truuuue

They made so many copies of all these movies back in the 80’s and 90’s. I’m not surprised theirs still copies of vhs and video games sealed.

Brilliant video! Very enjoyable and informative 🤩

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brother!

If I have brand new Indiana Jones black label sealed VHS is worth graded!!?? Have a collection of 1st edition pokemon VHS sealed tapes

Can you do a video on the best way to find sealed vhs?

Great Vid! Its eerie how similar our game walls look, same ikea shelves, with games covering every inch.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brother, yes those shelves are just the perfect spacing and size... you must have good taste!

Great video! Any favorite genre of movies?

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's a tough one. Horror is definitely a favourite in the realm of collecting, as the covers were so memorable! Also first print tapes of films that were released in the 1980's are always great to collect. I am big into classic movies from the 30's-50's, which aren't always the best to collect in terms of sealed vhs - that's why I also collect vintage movie posters!

@Art_kore

2 жыл бұрын

@@themaddogcollection Got pretty much the same collecting habits but in South Korea. I do have a small but growing game collection (mostly Korean releases) and movie posters. Although because of Korean war there is virtually nothing to be found before the late 50's. Scored an original Sunset Boulevard poster about a month ago, which dates from the late 50's.

I don’t think this is gonna be able to sustain itself like video games. The closest analogous thing we have is vinyl records… but it’s not the same because movies were put on VHS that did not come out during that time (think Gone with the Wind). VHS is ridding the insane coattails of video games. VHS may have a small little scene but it will never take off like other things. That’s my thoughts. Maybe I’ll be wrong.

Yes I remember walking video rental stores looking for movies to rent for the weekend to watch. I got a big box of vhs at our church yard sale. I’ve been selling them on ebay. I watch them first before I sell them because the video can be missed up like lines will show up on it or sound be missed up.

Low production of vhs tapes in 1976 , because of low vhs tape machines...I can see that part...

Same tapes I bought new for literally penny's on the dollar,,are now grading tapes destroyed collecting now!

Need more videos on sealed games and other items!

Don't you just love how even a sealed video game has the same game in it as any unboxed version or even downloadable clone, but guess what VHS is not the same. I can totally understand collecting VHS for the art work or collecting the art work itself which is really cool but the reality is VHS was nearly always pan and scan. So lets get this straight , you are collecting a print of a classic movie that has the totally wrong aspect ratio meaning it can be missing out up to 52% of the screen footage. There are simply better prints out there which people aspired to at the time, not to mention laser disc's. It's not hard to find seal US movies, there literally thousands out there as the number of titles are pretty small. Good luck trying to do that with horror, yeah there are a lot of great American horror movies but ask any horror buff and they will tell you straight out, the europeans had that game on lock, mainly the Italian's dominated that genre and most those movies are out of print and the masters will have been lost or were filmed over, they churned out so much stuff. So you need a english language version of rare Italian exploits and you will soon find out that getting an uncut version will lead you to Greece, they will be in English with hardcoded greek subs but try finding sealed greek copies of those movies and then am impressed.

Dude you’re vhs collection is awesome. Great video also.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

Great video mate, is that your VHS collection??? If so, that’s amazing! Was gonna ask if you have any beta tapes and if you think it would be similar value as VHS?

@Jackson-jd1um

2 жыл бұрын

VHS tapes are worth nothing, this man is nothing but another market manipulating coward trying to raise the prices and make money on actual collectors

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes this is the collection. I mainly collect VHS but definitely have some Beta too. I especially like the Beta tapes that use the same size box as the VHS version - I find most Beta boxes to be too small for my taste. As for value it's yet to be seen but I believe VHS will dominate as more people are nostalgic towards that format (though some people argue historically Beta came first and should therfore be considered more valuable, but I don't subscribe to this thinking)

like cassettes or 8 track, VHS tapes degrade over time. Totally different from games. Unless you have one on 5.25" floppy.

Excellent video, learned a lot

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother, just uploaded a new one: 'Introduction to Sealed VHS Collecting!'

@alexochoa6691

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think beta worth just as much, that’s all I have sealed beta

@alexochoa6691

2 жыл бұрын

@@themaddogcollection I did see it fantastic video

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexochoa6691 Hard to say at this point. My gut tells me that VHS will lead the market as most people relate to watching VHS over Beta. But some other collectors prefer Beta. Who knows, but Beta is still cool in my book.

What about vhs music videos.There are alot of valuable vhs music concert tapes outhere. 👍🏻🙂 Look at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.The sealed copies are going up in value every day ! ✌️

Please keep the videos coming 😎

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! New video just uploaded 'Introduction to Sealed VHS Collecting!'

@CKJJ88

2 жыл бұрын

@@themaddogcollection Watching it now

Why do you say Mario like Myrio? Are you Canadian???

great video!!

Is pro wrestling an HT?

What about Vhs posters...?

Exactly a year a ago I started buying sealed VHS because I wanted a cheap cool thing to collect. I bought first editions of many popular movies. I bought predator for $20, Die Hard as part of a package deal for $15, and many others like Ninja Turtles, BTTF, and Fox CBS movies. Then all of a sudden VHS got popular. Its annoying.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

I hear ya brother, validation of your good judgement on a mass scale can be annoying for sure!

@alexochoa6691

2 жыл бұрын

I have some of those titles but on beta , do you think they are worth keeping??

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

My life story with Videogames. These ravaging maniacs drove em up to the moon and I was left in the dust with millions of dollars worth of games. Ugh!

@rollingwithstones

2 жыл бұрын

@@supyo1 🤣 I hate when that happens

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@rollingwithstones lol shit! The worst

Awesome collection and love the videos.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

What about BETA. ??

I find “grades” vhs is absolutely bloody STUPID to waste all ur money just because it’s sealed factory…as for me I sometime just buy sealed factory…yes a normal one that are sale on goodwills or thrift store which they only cost $1 which I rather get.

Nice video. Maybe someday you can sell your collection and buy a vacation home 😅

Great video everything proven vhs tapes don't stop playing at all it's the people who is the problem everything proven people never set tv settings up right at all color settings being on 50 had turned that up 87 on to the sharpness being on 50 had turned that down on 0 on to the brightness being on 50 had turned that down on 35 everything proven it was great now if that was the vhs tape itself then nothing would had not gotten better like it did

VHS tapes RULE and they are worth every dollar you pay for it (even if its thousands of dollars) I have my own small VHS collection of original movies :) I also have mystery tapes that i recorded myself Take care of your tapes people One day they might save your life

Subbed and rang the Bell... ummm seems to me that your subs should be quite a bit higher... at least 8-32 bits higher 😆

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

lol agreed! Thanks brother!

This is just like videogames grading and selling it's just another way of money laundering plain and simple. I don't fall for it VHS are just old technology and they're meant to be seen, watched and enjoyed!😭

Still do not think the prices of vhs tapes will last.... games who knows... ? look what happened to block buster...out of business..

You are amazing! But please don’t compare sealed Video games to this pump and dump called vhs. It makes games look bad.

@themaddogcollection

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Gotta ignore the pump in dumps (found in every hobby where money is involved) and follow your heart and passion... I will not be dumping for sure... I still have every sealed game I've ever bought, same with sealed VHS, love them both!

@OriginalKrizzle

2 жыл бұрын

@SupYo You are amazing too! But please don't be ignorant to the fact that games are just clearly the closest thing to compare to.

@OriginalKrizzle

2 жыл бұрын

@Arugami Media I'm on your side

@supyo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@OriginalKrizzle why compare at all? It’s not even close to the same thing. Videogames had nearly 15 years of graded collecting. I can literally go find sealed vhs at goodwill for $1 each. These new grading company pop up shops and Nelson’s of the world are cringe worthy.

@OriginalKrizzle

2 жыл бұрын

@@supyo1 MY bad they're not even close. Video games were not cheap in their infancy either. I bow to you sir. My apologies.

You were 100% correct about being a little kid and looking at the horror sections in video stores. 1980’s horror box art I know better than any of the actual horror movies. Parents never said a word since I was “just looking” at the boxes. Scary ✔️pretty girls✔️

But whats the point of keeping the games though? You need to sell them before you die to enjoy the money because when u die other ppl will sell them and enjoy the the money😅 200,000 i sell it and buy a house lol

lol

Golden age comics are more rare...just saying ..paper drives during and after WW 2...and the burning of comics...made them rare

Those sealed star wars ones are mostly black tape-guard with a barcode. The gray tape-barcode with no barcode are harder to come by therefore more rare. I'm so glad I waited to find this out.

I collect golden age comics...graded by CGC...not to impress with VHS.. Sensation comics... Wonder woman...

😂😂😂

graded vhs tapes is a scam!! IGS

Eh, I personally don't see the value in them. Even if sealed, so many years sitting around combined with the temperature change environment will degrade the visual quality making the image look fuzzy, color bleeds and the audio muffled, and this is 240p resolution. The only value I see is the box art, but the box art is really the same identical 27×40 theatrical poster shrunk down to the VHS box size since they are almost the same dimension. Humidity quickly degrades the cardboard making it spongy, then the ink artwork begins to chip off because the ink no longer has a rigid surface to stay on. So, my answer is no.

I'm a 20 year VHS collector. Yes you can tell the difference between factory and reseals but It's completely speculative grading a VHS withought seeing the reels. Mold can grow on perfectly sealed tapes, mold spores are not visible to the human eye, doesn't matter if it's graded a "9.9". You also can't judge if the tape is first run just because it's in a first run box, distributors (like MCA) released newer run tapes in older boxes on a regular basis. VHS is not first edition of the home release of films either, they were released at the same time as Beta, and after CED, Super 8 and some other more obscure formats. Graded and Sealed VHS film I would say is a poor investment (even though saying the opposite would be personally beneficial) the popular titles are common, literal factory boxes of sealed tapes are discovered regularly, I have seen this happen with extremely small runs of very rare tapes multiple times.

No. They will not.

No. Not the “next big thing”