W hile not a format seen in the mainstream now, the rarest VHS tapes fetch an impressive price. In the modern age of streaming, there is a community of collectors who keep the VHS video format ...

An advertised list reported that first-release VHS tapes of "Barney: Waiting for Santa," "Halloween," "Star Wars," and others were rare and worth good money.

Here are a few kinds of VHS tapes—including this year’s hot properties and some long-standing rare finds—that you might want to stop using to prop up the cat’s litter box. 1.

No matter how rare or possibly unique a given VHS tape is, and no matter how good its condition, if nobody wants it or wants to pay the perceived market value for it, it won't sell.

RARE VHS tapes are worth THOUSANDS of pounds and we have the full list of the Top 25 most valuable ones from Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks to the lurid sounding The Beast in Heat.

They say, "Most VHS tapes are only worth a dollar at a garage sale. But a few rare, unopened, vintage VHS tapes with studio watermarks can sell for more than $10,000." Why are VHS tapes collectible?

"Rarity and nostalgia are what makes some VHS tapes valuable," Labunski continued. "An original ‘Star Wars’ tape can fetch $3,500 if it's in a sealed package.

Copies of Cars on VHS are rare, so if you have one that’s factory-sealed and in mint condition, it can rake in upwards of $5000 on eBay (most earn around $1000, however). Beauty and the Beast ...

GOT a box of old VHS tapes gathering dust in the attic? You could be sitting on a gold mine. That’s because collectors are willing to pay good money to own a piece of nostalgia from decades past ...

Hundreds of analogue enthusiasts spun through rare VHS, cassettes and even eight-tracks at the first-ever NYC Tape Fair in Bushwick on Sunday.