The Black Diamond, found on the spine of the case, denoted Disney’s “Classics” collection. However, the outlet concluded that the auction’s outcome was an extreme rarity: On, Philly Voice examined the rumors and located at least one item that had sold for a few thousand dollars. A year before that, social media buzzed about a speculated value of $500 for the film, probably because of the aforementioned article. A July 2015 BuzzFeed article linked to an eBay auction for the Beauty and the Beast tape priced at $500 dollars, but that listing was still active (or unsold) at the time of the June 2016 rumor. It wasn’t until reaching approximately the $25 range any listings which involved active bidding appeared:Īround that price point active bidding appeared on listings for the oft-lauded Beauty and the Beast Black Diamond Collection VHS tape:īut the highest that people seemed willing to go for the purportedly rare and valuable tape was again about $25. Given the rumors, it is likely even those bids could be attributed to rumored (not actual) value attached to the item.ĭisney Black Diamond Collection VHS tapes were often listed for thousands of dollars, but few (if any) actually sold at that price. Sorting from highest to lowest revealed a number of Disney Black Diamond Collection tapes listed at between $1,000 and $20,000, but none had any bids, and scrolling through pages and pages of clearly not-rare Black Diamond Disney VHS tapes revealed only inactive auctions. But when we looked at eBay’s advanced search, only items with a high bidding cost returned in a search: Many such claims used eBay listings (not active bidding wars) as evidence of the stacks of cash Disney fans with VHS tapes might be sitting upon. Because of this, those original VHS tapes of Disney classic are worth a pretty penny, (think $1000 minimum!) In addition, these original tapes that include scenes or songs that may have been cut afterword, can be valuable to collectors for various reasons as well! Listings on eBay for an original Beauty and the Beast VHS is currently set at $9,999.99! This VHS is selling for so much because it is rare.Ī similar piece claimed that these collectors’ items have become increasingly rare due to Disney’s continual editing of their films, an action that renders the original versions largely unattainable except to buyers who procured home video copies during their initial releases:Ī modern directorial practice includes the adding, editing, altering, etc… of films from their original theatrical version. It’s not because the live-action reboot, starring Emma Watson, is coming out next year. The following article, for example, took into account only the listed asking prices on eBay for some Disney VHS tapes, without investigating whether any buyers were ever meeting those prices:Īccording to eBay listings, the 1992 animated film Beauty and the Beast is going for just under $10,000. Such blogs made the common mistake of not noting the disparity between what sellers ask for such items and what buyers are actually willing to pay, thus skewing perceptions by considering only the former. In short, Black Legend provided North Europeans a reason to challenge Spain and establish their settlements in North America.In late May 2016, several blogs reported that people in possession of “Black Diamond Collection” Disney VHS tapes might have thousands of dollars’ worth of rare materials on their hands. So by using Black legend, English colonizers also tried to convert people to Protestantism just as Spain converted local Indian to Catholicism. They believed they were better rulers than Spain and they claimed that were trying to help out Indians to save them from Spain's tyranny.Īt that Spain was following Catholicism whereas the England was having Protestantism as its religion. It is important because English, Dutch and French used Black Legend as a potent justification to challenge Spain's predominance in america. Black Legend is basically the term indicating unfavorable image of Spain in 16th and 17th century. Printing was available in that time and soon his writings were translated to many European languages which exposed Spain as brutal, abusive and no tolerant colonizer. As a solution he proposed to bring slaves from Africa. He also believed that Spain has the right to rule over Indian but not to enslave the Indians. Las Casas said that as the primary motive of colonization was to convert the Indian to Christians, so these practices were not helping the cause. Millions of people were killed by burning alive and many were forced for labor. In 1552, Las Casas wrote an account for the decimation of the Native Indians titled A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies.In this document he criticized Spain for its treatment towards Native Indians.