A sealed, near-mint condition 1986 VHS tape of “Back to the Future” recently sold at auction for $75,000, setting a new record for a videotape.
Wilson’s collection included sealed and graded VHS tapes from the “Back to the Future II,” “Back to the Future III” and 1990 “Back to the Future” trilogy boxed sets. Wilson’s offer to write a note with each tape and sign each shipment made this collection special.
Heritage Auctions stated that a New York collector won a bidding war for a “Back to the Future” VHS copy, stating that the $75,000 price tag was “the highest ever paid at auction for a sealed, graded VHS tape”. to be done.”
VHS tapes are experiencing a resurgence among collectors, with huge funding from Heritage Auctions for films such as “The Goonies,” “Ghostbusters” and “Jaws.”
“We didn’t know what was going to happen — no one has done this before and to see the success, it’s amazing,” Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, told CNN. “When you look at it, it’s a great sense of accomplishment, not even the financial aspect of it but ‘I knew it! I knew nostalgic VHS tapes would be good.’ ,
Maddalena said she hoped the sale would lead to a renewed interest in VHS tapes, encouraging more celebrities to participate with her collection.