ADDENDUM: Super Bowl 50 ticket has been graded PSA EX 5 and set rating/weighted GPA has been updated.
No entertainment event in the U.S. captivates a wider television audience and brings more families and friends together than the Super Bowl. For those fortunate enough to attend, their ticket serves as a treasured memento, a rite of passage into the upper class of society—for a day at least. February 7, 2016 marked a monumental date in football’s storied history: Super Bowl 50. Goodbye roman numerals. Hello to a number commemorating a half century of America’s most compelling championship game. Attendees pay thousands for tickets. Sponsors spend millions on 30-second spots; it’s the most important four hours for their brands in the entire year. Thus, in this ceremonial Super Bowl, it was only fitting that Peyton Manning—one of the greatest quarterbacks ever and certainly the NFL’s most commercialized player in the modern era—got his second Super Bowl ring (thanks largely to the Broncos’ relentless defense) in his farewell season, further cementing his place among football immortals.
For serious memorabilia collectors, owning a handful of well-preserved Super Bowl tickets is also a rite of passage. A complete set of PSA-graded full tickets? That is the mother lode, and it can take decades to build a set of elite stature. That is, until now. SCP Auctions is humbled to present the “Holy Grail” of ticket collections, a complete run of Super Bowl I though 50 full unused tickets with the highest overall PSA grade point average ever for a set offered publically. ‘SCP Auctions Super Bowl Basic’ is currently ranked #2 on the PSA registry among complete sets with a weighted GPA of 22.31 and a set rating of 22.62. The three biggest hits are: 1967 Super Bowl I Gold PSA NM 7 (population 3, only 2 graded higher) with $15,000 SMR value; 1968 II Yellow EX-MT 6 (pop. 1, only 1 higher) with $28,000 SMR value; and 1978 XII White NM-MT 8 (pop. 3, 0 higher) with $25,000 SMR value. Other notables include: 1969 III Yellow FR 1.5; 1970 IV Blue EX 5; 1971 V Blue GD 2; 1972 VI Blue GD 2; and 1984 XVIII Gem Mint 10. All tickets from 1988 XXII through 2014 XLVIII are graded 8-10, with all but two either Mint 9 or Gem Mint 10. The cumulative SMR value of this set is $105,000. It should be noted that a complete set of Super Bowl I-50 tickets did come to auction in February; however, its SMR value was significantly less and its weighted GPA would be much lower if PSA registered. There may never again be a better collection, let alone complete run, of Super Bowl tickets to hit the auction block.
Full list: 1967 I (Gold) – NM 7; 1968 II (Yellow) – EX-MT 6; 1969 III (Yellow) – FR 1.5; 1970 IV (Blue) – EX 5; 1971 V (Blue) – GD 2; 1972 VI (Blue) – GD 2; 1973 VII – EX-MT 6; 1974 VIII – Mint 9; 1975 IX (Blue) – EX -MT 6; 1976 X – NM 7; 1977 XI – EX 5; 1978 XII (White) – NM-MT 8; 1979 XIII – EX-MT 6; 1980 XIV – Mint 9; 1981 XV (Gold) – NM 7; 1982 XVI – Authentic 1; 1983 XVII – Authentic 1; 1984 XVIII – Gem Mint 10; 1985 XIX – NM-MT 8; 1986 XX (Silver) – NM-MT 8; 1987 XXI – NM-MT 8; 1988 XXII – Gem Mint 10; 1989 XXIII – Gem Mint 10; 1990 XXIV (Purple) – Gem Mint 10; 1991 XXV – Mint 9; 1992 XXVI – Gem Mint 10; 1993 XXVII (Blue) – Gem Mint 10; 1994 XXVIII (Orange) – Gem Mint 10; 1995 XXIX (Tan) – NM-MT 8; 1996 XXX (Tan) – Gem Mint 10; 1997 XXXI (Gold) – Gem Mint 10; 1998 XXXII (Blue) – Gem Mint 10; 1999 XXXIII (Green) – Gem Mint 10; 2000 XXXIV (Purple) – Gem Mint 10; 2001 XXXV (Yellow) – Mint 9; 2002 XXXVI (Green) - Gem Mint 10; 2003 XXXVII (Lavender) - Gem Mint 10; 2004 XXXVIII (Blue) - Mint 9; 2005 XXXIX (Orange) – Gem Mint 10; 2006 XL (Orange) – Gem Mint 10; 2007 XLI (Orange) – Mint 9; 2008 XLII (Gold) – Gem Mint 10; 2009 XLIII (Green) – Gem Mint 10; 2010 XLIV (Orange) – Gem Mint 10; 2011 XLV (Gold) – NM-MT 8; 2012 XLVI (Blue) – Gem Mint 10; 2013 XLVII (Blue) – Mint 9; 2014 XLVIII (Yellow) – Mint 9; 2015 XLIX (Purple) – EX 5 ; 2016 Super Bowl 50 (Gold) – EX 5.