Found Holy Grail of LSU Bowl Programs

[theantiquetiger]

The Bacardi Bowl program of 1908 is rarer, but as far as modern day Bowls, the 47 Cotton Bowl program is the rarest because of the low number of fans that shown due to the below zero temperatures and the programs that were sold, many went into the fire barrels to help keep warm.

I had never seen one, and finally got a complete one in today

[whiteymet]

Congrats! Now find me a Hartland LSU Lineman! Remember, I have a LSU Running back to trade for it!

[Jay Wolt]

That's pretty cool, congrats on the pickup.
Do you collect every program that LSU played or just Bowl games?

[theantiquetiger]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

That's pretty cool, congrats on the pickup.
Do you collect every program that LSU played or just Bowl games?

I have many LSU programs, but I try to stick to the important games, 58 NC year Sugar Bowl, 1952 final four, 1949 boxing NC team, etc. I've thought about collecting all the bowl games, and may really consider it now since I have the rarest. There are three Sugar Bowl programs from the 30's that I don't have, but are easy to get, they are for sale all the time. I've owned one at one time but sold it to pay for something else. These three programs range from $300-$1200 each.

The Bacardi Bowl of 1908, played in Cuba, does have a program, about 15 are known to exsist, sell for $3000+ when it comes up for sale.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Congrats on the 1947 Cotton Bowl program.

I would have to quickly disagree with value on it though. This was the fourth or fifth offered this year on eBay and the others in near mint shape went for around $100.00 each.

I track Arkansas programs and do try to collect every single one including all the other Arkansas colleges. This game was played in brutal weather but many unsold programs that were kept by the bowl committee have found their way into the hobby.

Other than the pre-war Cotton Bowl programs not too many are tough to find. Of the "big four" bowls only the Orange Bowl programs have some tough post war years.

Nice pick up though, LSU doubled or tripled Arkansas in every offensive stat but just couldn't score.

[ksfarmboy]

Congrats on the program and good luck finding the 1908 to go with it.

[theantiquetiger]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

I would have to quickly disagree with value on it though. This was the fourth or fifth offered this year on eBay and the others in near mint shape went for around $100.00 each.

I'm not sure what you are talking about, but this is the first one I ever seen on eBay in 10 years and ask many members of my forum, it is VERY rare (you maybe thinking 63 Cotton Bowl, they go for around $100-$150 in OK condition).

There is not a pre-1970 mint LSU bowl program that sells for less than $200 on eBay (maybe the 68 Sugar Bowl)

The sports museum at LSU doesn't even have one.

Within two days of buying this for $400, I have had two offers of $800. If you have one mint, I would give you $800 for it right now and sell it for double.

I have never even seen one before now. I didn't even know what the cover looked like.

I have a board full of nothing but LSU collectors, not a single one of us had one until now (and one member has two 1908 Bowl programs)

Funny story on the purchase. It was listed a week ago Sunday. I did not see it until Wednesday night. I set my snipe at $625. Thursday afternoon, I check to see if anyone bid on it,and the guy added a BIN for $400 that day for no reason.

He calls me the next day to tell me he screwed up because he was contacted by several people, offering more than it sold for. He said he was honoring the sale and said he has email contacts of the guys who offered more.

I asked him why he added the BIN. He said it had no bids. He did tell me that it had 22 watchers on it. He had two other LSU regular game programs from that year and they had bids on them. They sold for $90 and $75