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VHS tapes are collectible again, but only some matter

In what has been a complete surprise to me, VHS tapes have gradually, over the last 4-5 years, become super-collectible ...
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1980s VHS tape shop still thriving with visitors from abroad

The owners of a video shop museum say people are travelling from as far as the US to enjoy the 1980s experience of picking out a VHS Tape. Rob Lane, 50, and Chris Annable, 48, run ‘The Straight To ...
Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Shop's captivating collection of nostalgic 1980s VHS tapes transports worldwide visitors to Blockbusters era

Rob and Chris, who run ‘The Straight To Video - 80s Video Shop' in Derbyshire, wanted to recreate the feeling of going to the video shop on Fridays and Saturdays to pick out a film. April Fools' Day ...
Daily Herald

Across the suburbs, libraries' VHS collections are unraveling

Like video rental shops, retail stores and movie buffs before them, suburban libraries are hitting the eject button on VHS tapes. Libraries in Cary, Lake Zurich, Lincolnshire and Wheeling are among ...
The Atlantic

Saving the Scream Queens

Almost 300 years later, another shipment of material arrived in New Haven: 2,700 VHS tapes from the 1970s and ’80s, making Yale the only U.S. institution that deliberately collects these horror and ...
The Mirror

Collection of unopened video tapes to sell for £1MILLION with Star Wars vid worth £80,000

A collection of unopened VHS tapes of classic movies from the 1980s are expected to sell for a staggering £1m. The old fashioned video cassettes have become an unlikely craze among nostalgic ...
The Guardian

‘He was always voraciously watching’: Scorsese’s secret life as an obsessive VHS archivist

The Oscar-winning director has donated over 50 storage boxes of tapes that show a devoted interest in recording films and shows from the '80s to the 2000s In the basement of the University of Colorado ...