Found Holy Grail of LSU Bowl Programs

[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.

[bbcard1]

Congrats. The Marshall/Catawba 1948 Tangerine Bowl program is one I think will stay on my list for a pretty long time.

[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

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I purchased mine on eBay around three years ago for $35.00 from a fellow Arkansan.

I have seen them steadily increase over the years but also a number of pristine copies have popped up.

I keep a log of what Arkansas college related programs are listed on eBay and keep a photo log of all the covers I do not win. It helps me know what is out there and what they are going for. The last '47 Cotton Bowl listed and sold was in May for $127.50.

I don't know what you have been using as you search titles but they have been out there. I will gladly sell mine when/if I pick up a duplicate.

LSU, Alabama and Texas A&M collectors in particular are ardent searchers and buyers. Texas Longhorn collectors seem to just focus on their winning seasons (of which there are many.) This may hold true on collectors in other areas and for other schools out of this region, I just don't track them. When I have bid on Arkansas programs I have to always keep this in mind. You also get that tough cross-over on those A&M programs from the '50s when Bear Bryant was there, you are facing both Bama and A&M competition. I would assume the same holds true for earlier Kentucky and Maryland programs with the Bear?

I should also mention that there seems to be a new surge in the last couple of years in Ole Miss collectors with the Archie years being very popular.

I crosss all of these schools chasing Arkansas programs and of course the Hogs played LSU and Ole Miss long before their SEC days, sadly they just didn't win too often.

[theantiquetiger]

Hot Springs Bather,

You have your programs mixed up. I can understand that, Arky has been to alot more Cotton Bowls than LSU (LSU only went to three before 2000).

I invite you to my board to discuss it with more LSU collectors. We dont bite, but keep your hands away from Mike the Tiger's cage, he might bite!!!

http://theantiquetiger.proboards.com...al&thread=1559