1967 NFL Championship "Ice Bowl" Ticket Stub
GUEST: My dad was at the game back in '67. His high school friend, Norm, invited him to the game in Green Bay. They were at the first seat up from the ten-yard line. Norm took three of his daughters and they, uh, it was so cold, they spent most of the time in the bathroom.
APPRAISER: (laughs) That's funny. So like you said, you have a ticket here from the 1967 Ice Bowl. One of the reasons why this is so significant is it's the beginning of the Super Bowl era. The Packers had already won the first Super Bowl that same year, '67. And this game was going to determine who went to the Super Bowl II, which was going to take place in January of the following year. So after the Packers defeated the Cowboys, 21-17, they went on to play the Oakland Raiders in the, in Super Bowl II, which they also won. What made this game so special is, like you said, how cold it was. To date, it is still the coldest game ever played in NFL history. With a windchill, it could be as low as -48 degrees. In addition to that, the on-field turf system was malfunctioning.
GUEST: Yeah. It was frozen.
APPRAISER: Yeah. So-- it was frozen.
GUEST: The ground was frozen.
APPRAISER: So that actually made the conditions much worse. In addition to that, the referees on the field couldn't even blow their whistles.
GUEST: Yeah. (chuckles)
APPRAISER: It was so cold, the head referee, Norm Schachter, tried to blow his whistle and his lips stuck to the lip of the actual whistle.
GUEST: Stuck to the lip. (chuckles)
APPRAISER: It was such a disaster. There were frostbite injuries in the stands.
GUEST: Mm.
APPRAISER: People had to be evacuated.
GUEST: Mm.
APPRAISER: A lot of the Packers players couldn't even start their cars (chuckling): when they had to go.
GUEST: Yeah, it was cold. Yeah.
APPRAISER: The ticket was not torn. In a lot of the entry points of the game, since at a certain point it got so cold, they actually stopped tearing ticket stubs.
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: They did?
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: Oh, I didn't know that.
APPRAISER: There are some minor creases on the top left and bottom here, as well as on the bottom corner. However, that might not matter in terms of the value. In total, there have only been about 48 graded examples of these.
GUEST: 48? Really?
APPRAISER: Yes. In PSA's registry.
GUEST: Oh, wow.
APPRAISER: Of which only three have been autographed.
GUEST: Really?
APPRAISER: Yes.
GUEST: Ooh, that's why.
APPRAISER: And I mention that because when we turn it over, we do have a signature on the back.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: My brother got the autograph at a home and garden show in Escanaba, Michigan about 20 years ago. Carroll Dale was one of the two primary ends for the Green Bay Packers. He was a good player. He had three receptions.
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: So he played a pivotal role in this game in allowing the Packers to win 21-17. So as far as a value, I mentioned previously, there's only 48 graded examples of this, of which three have been autographed.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: Do you have any idea where that might land?
GUEST: I'd say it's probably worth at least $12. That's what the ticket cost.
(chuckling):
APPRAISER: The price of entry, right?
GUEST: Yeah. Yeah.
APPRAISER: Well, at auction, a ticket like this routinely sells in the $4,000 to $5,000 range.
GUEST: Oh, really?
APPRAISER: Yes. With the signature, I could theoretically see a bump, maybe even $5,500 range.
GUEST: Oh, that sounds good, yeah.
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: For a piece of paper, we didn't know anything about.
APPRAISER: For a piece of paper.
GUEST: Yeah!
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