signofzeta wrote:
Value is unknowable until you put it on eBay and learn how bonkers fans of Bon Jovi can be. There’s probabky a few high rollers out there. What makes one LD worth thousands and another totally worthless has never made any sense to me. I can see this going for $8 or $800. It’s not pure gold for sure, you’ll probabky have to drop it on eBay at exactly the right time in order to see an impressive figure.
Value is just greediness driven. The list of laserdiscs that would genuinely sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars is very limited.
The hype surrounding certain titles is led mere speculation: some sellers/collectors buy multiple copies of sought after titles in order to have a market without those titles circulating so they can pretend them to be paid x10 or x20 of the genuine market value.
Take away the speculation (I buy X because it is rare so I can resell it for x2, x5, x10 after a while) and we all could see how much every title is really worth.
Lot long ago you could see who was bidding on the auctions so it wasn't hard to know who was speculating and who was only collecting.
Of course no one would pretend a rule like that to work 100%. If I had a chance to find The Cell or any other valuable title on the cheap while I am hunting for the titles I am after, I would immediately buy it in order to make a profit.
If you do it on a daily basis and on EVERY title, it is bad. For the real collectors.