May 20, 2015 |
Are VHS Tapes the New Rarity?

So how long before VHS tapes turn up in the catalogues of antiquarian booksellers? In what he calls a "c-list" of "Uncommon, Unlikely & Odd" books and book-related items, Ken Lopez of Hadley, Massachusetts, offers up this rare VHS of the 1975 Academy Award-winning film of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (HBO/Cannon Video, n.d.), signed by Kesey, who, according to the bookseller, was rather unhappy with the movie's casting. For collectors of Kesey, or perhaps for the burgeoning subset of VHS collectors out there, this rare VHS is priced at $750.
Image via Ken Lopez.