This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/11/2018
Note:
This is one of two 1969 SB III Yellow Full Tickets graded PSA GD 2 in this
auction. Lot 315 is a separate ticket with a different seat number.
Presented
here is a rarity for ticket collectors: a 1969 Super Bowl III
Yellow Variation Full Ticket graded PSA GOOD 2. The fact that it
received a grade by PSA is a luxury as only thirteen have even been
encapsulated. The iconic game was
played on January 12, 1969, at the Orange Bowl in Miami between the AFL
Champion New York Jets and the NFL Champion Baltimore Colts. A brash,
young “Broadway” Joe Namath predicted victory, then led his Jets to a
stunning 16-7 win over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts to give the
AFL it's first ever World Championship. Namath claimed MVP honors
despite not throwing a touchdown pass in the game, or even attempting a
pass in the 4th quarter.
The
$12 face value ticket to football's biggest game in '69 is laughable
compared to the current price of entry. This full, unused ticket has
some brown toning on the front and back, but the
colors remain fairly vibrant on the front. Corners are quite rounded (the upper right being the worst) as one might expect from its given grade. There are two tiny creases located on the opposite left and right edges and running perpendicular towards the Lombardi trophy image. We also found an indentation in the red section over the game date. This is one of three examples in the PSA registry with such grade, and only
seven are graded higher (one of those is a qualifier).
PSA
does not provide its SMR "blue book" value for tickets graded GD 2 or
VG 3. They currently have a VG-EX 4 in the '69 yellow version at $15K,
but that seems way off when you consider a FR 1.5 example sold at
auction for $23,900 in 2016. We sold an EX-MT 6 (pop 3) for $59,098 in
our 2017 Winter Auction to set the all-time record price for any
individual sports
ticket. And last auction we sold an EX 5 (pop 2) for just under $45K.