Do you guys want to start a thread listing dvds that are rare/gone oop that are worth quite a bit of $ now. Its nice knowing what valuable dvds you have now, and what to look for out in the stores.

Here is the list so far...

Disney
The Little Mermaid
101 Dalmations
Lady & the Tramp
Lion King 2
Mickey Mouse In Living Color Tin
Mulan


Criterion
Aeon Flux
Charade
Dead Ringers
Decalogue
Double Idemnity
Gleaming the Cube
Hard Boiled
How to get ahead in advertising
Rabid Dogs
Salo
Seven Samurai w/ Restoration Demo
Sid and Nancy
Spinal Tap
The 400 Blows
The Killer
The Marx Brothers

Other OOP
16 Candles
Aeon Flux
Amazon women on the moon
An Evening of Yes Music
Animal Crackers
Babe
Bordello of Blood
Boy and his dog
Committments
Decalogue
Demon Knight
Devil's Advocate (original)
Duck Soup
Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii
Eraserhead
Farewell My Lovely
Fight Club (2 DVD)
Flash Gordon
Gettysburg
Godzilla vs Monster Zero (simitar)
Howards End
I Married a Strange Person
Jingle all the way
KISS Unplugged
Lair of the white worm
Liquid Sky
Little Rascals DTS
Little Shop of Horrors (w/ alt ending)
M. Hulot's Holiday
Maniac Cop
Mark of the Devil
Meet Joe Black (2 DVD)
Mon Oncle
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - The Movie
Night Stalker / Night Strangler
Night Visions
Playtime
Portrait of Jennie
Prince of Darkness
Quatermass and the Pit
Rain Main
Salomes Last Dance
Savannah Smiles
Scarface
Short Circuit
Silkwood
Sister My Sister
Slaughterhouse Five
Swamp Thing
That's Life
The 3 Tati
The Hurricane (30s)
The Who - 30 Years of R&B
They Live
This Island Earth
Tin Drum
Tool Salival DVD/CD set
Ultimate Jordan
Weird al Videos
Weird Science
Wuthering Heights

Great idea.

..used to be the most valuable one. I sold mine on EBay for $250 about six months ago.

Sounds like a good idea.

I think, for the most part, this is going to become a list of Criterions that are out of print. That being said, mine are:

Charade
Dead Ringers

I'd say any single DVD that SELLS for $50+ on e-bay could be considered valuable. Off the top of my head that would include:

Little Shop of Horrors 1st release w/alt ending

Some OOP Disneys:
Lady and the Tramp
Jungle Book
and a few more I'm sure

Some OOP Criterions:

Salo
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Spinal Tap

(not sure if the rest sell for more than $50)

Aeon Flux

The OOP Marx brothers movies

I'm sure there are more, I just can't recall them now.

-Videophile

Since a disc's "value" is based on what someone might be willing to pay for it, the easiest thing would be to check on eBay and sort by highest price.

I recently sold my Lady and the Tramp and Jungle Book LE's for over 50 bucks each. I think The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmations are pretty expensive now too, but my kids won't let me sell them.

Also, the Disney Treasure tins of cartoons are worth a lot more than the $20 retail price.

tasha

Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight and Bordello Of Blood both seem to be increasing steadily.

Off the top of my head...

Night Visions
Portrait of Jennie
Wuthering Heights
Sister My Sister
Rain Main
I Married a Strange Person
Flash Gordon
They Live
Prince of Darkness
Demon Knight
Bordello of Blood
Slaughterhouse Five
Boy and his dog
Babe
Amazon women on the moon
Animal Crackers
Duck Soup
Aeon Flux
Mark of the Devil
The Who - 30 Years of R&B
Maniac Cop
Decalogue
Howards End
Short Circuit
Night Stalker / Night Strangler
The Hurricane (30s)
Quatermass and the Pit
How to get ahead in advertising (CC)
Little Rascals DTS
An Evening of Yes Music
Savannah Smiles
Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii
Godzilla vs Monster Zero (simitar)
Weird Science
16 Candles
This Island Earth
Gettysburg
Mickey Mouse - In Living Color
Weird al Videos

Disney
The Little Mermaid
101 Dalmations
Lady & the Tramp
Lion King 2
Mickey Mouse In Living Color Tin


Criterion
Charade
Dead Ringers
How to get ahead in advertising
Hard Boiled
Salo
Spinal Tap
The 400 Blows
The Killer
The Marx Brothers

Other OOP
16 Candles
Aeon Flux
Amazon women on the moon
An Evening of Yes Music
Animal Crackers
Babe
Bordello of Blood
Boy and his dog
Decalogue
Demon Knight
Duck Soup
Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii
Flash Gordon
Gettysburg
Godzilla vs Monster Zero (simitar)
Howards End
I Married a Strange Person
Little Rascals DTS
Little Shop of Horrors (w/ alt ending)
Maniac Cop
Mark of the Devil
Night Stalker / Night Strangler
Night Visions
Portrait of Jennie
Prince of Darkness
Quatermass and the Pit
Rain Main
Savannah Smiles
Scarface
Short Circuit
Sister My Sister
Slaughterhouse Five
Swamp Thing
The Hurricane (30s)
The Who - 30 Years of R&B
They Live
This Island Earth
Weird al Videos
Weird Science
Wuthering Heights

THe funny thing about 'collector's items' is that real collectors items aren't expected to be collector's items - they just become so. Think of Original Star Wars figures - or old glass pop bottles - no one expected these things to become worth money - they just did...

Criterion
Sid and Nancy
Seven Samurai w/ Restoration Demo
Rabid Dogs
Gleaming the Cube

If you want to include full sets
Puppet Master
Cowboy Bebop
Macross: SDF
Universal Classic Monster Collection

The Lucertola release of Mario Bava's Rabid Dogs is pretty good, sold mine for $100 on ebay recently. Would have sold Sid and Nancy but the extras are so much better. I heard Double Indemnity will fetch some bucks.

there was no aeon flux criterion dvd.

Wish I'd gotten in on the Marx Bros. Criterion.

Decalogue

Criterion

The 3 Tati OOP

Playtime
Mon Oncle
M. Hulot's Holiday

Eraserhead is probably the most Valuable 1-disc DVD without even being OOP.

More like the most CRAPPY DVD without being OOP.

Another one to add could be Mulan.

Also: Mystery Science Theater 3000- The Movie

More I forgot

Tin Drum
Jingle all the way
Farewell My Lovely
Salomes Last Dance
That's Life
Silkwood
Speed racer box set
Liquid Sky
Boy and his dog
Tool Salival DVD/CD set
Meet Joe Black (2 DVD)
They Live
Lair of the white worm

Going strictly by eBay frenzy would have you guessing that 2 disc copies of Fight Club and the recently OOP versions of Alien and Aliens are rather valuable.

Two words: Sister Act

Which goes back to my motto - If it has to be labeled as a "collectors item", then it probably isn't.

I wouldn't ever sell my Little Mermaid, but 101 Dalmations pretty much blows (IMO), so I might try to make a few bucks off of that one.