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    <title>WATA, CGC and IGS: how the three VHS graders actually differ</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-14</pubDate>
    <description>The three companies grading sealed VHS use different labels, different seal notes and different scales. Here is what each one is telling you.</description>
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    <title>How to spot a resealed VHS before you pay for it</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-13</pubDate>
    <description>Reshrinking a tape is cheap and the result can look convincing. These are the tells that survive a good reseal job.</description>
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    <title>TMNT The Movie VHS Sells for $4,000, Leading the Market This Week</title>
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    <description>This week, a sealed TMNT The Movie VHS graded CGC 9.6 sold for $4,000.</description>
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    <title>What actually drives the value of a graded VHS</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-11</pubDate>
    <description>Grade is only one input, and not the biggest one. Here are the real value drivers for a graded tape, ranked by how much they move price.</description>
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    <title>How sealed VHS turned into a collectibles market</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-10</pubDate>
    <description>Billions of tapes were printed and almost none survived sealed. Here is how graded VHS went from thrift-store filler to a traded category.</description>
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    <title>Telling a first print from a reissue</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-09</pubDate>
    <description>The same VHS title can trade at very different levels depending on which print you have. These are the markings that separate an early run from a later one.</description>
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    <title>Should you grade that tape? A cost-and-return check</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-08</pubDate>
    <description>Grading converts uncertainty into liquidity. It does not create demand. Here is how to work out which of those your tape actually needs.</description>
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    <title>Storing and insuring a graded tape collection</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-07</pubDate>
    <description>Light, heat, humidity and stacking are what actually damage slabbed tapes. Here is how to store them and how collectibles coverage really works.</description>
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    <title>Why horror runs the sealed VHS market</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-10-06</pubDate>
    <description>Horror is over-represented in graded VHS relative to what was printed, and the reasons are structural rather than sentimental.</description>
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    <title>UFC 1-4 Sealed VHS Set Fetches $1,900 This Week</title>
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    <description>UFC 1-4 Sealed VHS Set leads market sales at $1,900 this week.</description>
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    <title>1990 TMNT The Movie VHS Tops Sales This Week at $1,998</title>
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    <pubDate>2026-09-28</pubDate>
    <description>This week, a sealed TMNT VHS leads sales at $1,998, while overall market trends show increasing sales counts.</description>
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    <title>The Empire Strikes Back VHS Sells for $4,000, Leading the Market</title>
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    <description>The Empire Strikes Back VHS tops the market this week with a $4,000 sale.</description>
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    <title>Rare Goonies Tape Fetches $1,550, Dominating Sales This Week</title>
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    <description>The 1986 Goonies VHS leads this week's market with a $1,550 sale, outpacing all other tapes.</description>
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