Movies on VHS tapes fetching high prices

If you have been a detractor of digital films and have stuck to your guns in keeping your favourite movies on videotape, you could be sitting on a pile of money.

Long relegated to an obscure corner of the collectibles market, VHS, or Video Home System, tapes have been fetching eye-popping prices at auctions in recent months, thanks to nostalgia and an appetite for new investment opportunities.