Monday, April 02, 2012

The unlikely DVDs that have become surprisingly valuable


From denofgeek, The maturity of the DVD market has meant that, inevitably, over the years, plenty of releases have been deleted. Most of the time, that’s that. The disc disappears, nobody notices, we all move on.

Sometimes, that’s part of the plan. Numbered limited editions, scarce boxsets, time limited releases… it’s all part of the game in making a DVD release feel collectable, and thus more valuable. They taunt us with the prospect of us getting rich by selling the film on for a massive profit many years down the line.

However, there’s emerging an unlikely collection of rare and surprisingly valuable DVDs, films that you might never expect to double their retail value. See if you’ve got any of these on your shelf…

Note: prices were checked against eBay/Amazon where appropriate, and were correct at the time of the article going live.

See weird list here

3 comments:

Johnny Sweatpants said...

Clownhouse is on the list!

DKC said...

That is a really random assortment.

Johnny Sweatpants said...

I actually like it when they make new DVDs seem like a valuable collectible. I love love love the Wicker Man deluxe set that came in the wooden box and secretly resent JPX for owning it. When something that cool looking is released I think "it would cost me more money not to buy it".

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