Ticket poppage. Kentucky derby, WWF and politics

eagles33 · February 7, 2014 3:30AM

Tickets just popped. I didn't really care about the grades. I just wanted them slabbed. The Man O war ticket was a real difficult one to find. The horse racing tickets were for my rookie card collection. I'm using the tickets since the card options aren't that great. I just subbed the wrestling to see what notes psa would put on the flip. I think the pre wrestlemania III hogan vs Andre is cool. The Yankee ticket was just one my grandfather and I went to. He is. 93 and still a huge Yankee fan. I had a hook up and sat in the GM suite. Ill post a scan when I get them back. It's a cool looking ticket.

1 1 22208323 FAIR 1.5 2008 BREEDERS' CUP-FULL FULL OCT.24, LADIES CLASSIC 1ST-ZENYATTA/9TH WIN IN A ROW Ticket
2 1 22208324 GOOD 2 1920 KENILWORTH PARK-STUB STUB MAN O' WAR VS. SIR BARTON OCT.12 MATCH RACE/MAN O' WAR WINS Ticket
3 1 22208325 GOOD 2 2013 N.Y. YANKEES/SEP.20-FULL FULL NY-5,SF-1/ALEX RODRIGUEZ GRAND SLAM #24-MLB RECORD Ticket
4 1 22208326 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2013 N.Y. YANKEES/SEP.20-FULL FULL NY-5,SF-1/ALEX RODRIGUEZ GRAND SLAM #24-MLB RECORD Ticket
5 1 22208327 FAIR 1.5 1980 PRO WRESTLING-STUB STUB WWF AT THE SPECTRUM/JUL.26 ANDRE THE GIANT DEFEATS HULK HOGAN Ticket
6 1 22208328 EXCELLENT 5 1985 WRESTLEMANIA 1-PROOF-FULL FULL HOGAN & MR.T DEF PIPER & ORNDORFF NOT VALID FOR ADMISSION Ticket
7 1 22208329 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1948 KENTUCKY DERBY-STUB STUB 1ST-CITATION (TRIPLE CROWN) 2ND-COALTOWN, 3RD-MY REQUEST

tennesseebanker · February 7, 2014 6:38AM

Cool Tickets ! Can't wait to see them when you get them back.

eagles33 · February 12, 2014 7:14AM

Here are the scans. I'm not sure if the slab really adds any value but I love the way tickets look in a slab. Especially when the flip explains the significance. The wrestling ticket IMO is way cooler because it says hogan vs Andre on the flip since I don't think many people remember that specific event if they were just looking at a raw ticket

Tickets for 2 of the greatest race horses of all time and the first triple crown winner.

Zenyatta holds the record for most consecutive wins. This one was one of the early major ones

Sat in the gm suite and met cashman with my 93 year old grandfather. Ticket is priceless to me but not with the price to slab to anyone else

Wrestlemania 1 proof ticket.. The event that started it all for the wwf

Very early match between Hogan and Andre. This would have blew my mind in 1987. Wrestlemania III was billed as the first time these 2 faced each other

hookem · February 12, 2014 7:47AM

Very cool stuff! Thanks for posting.

I was excited for you the night you won the Man O War ticket.

eagles33 · February 12, 2014 7:55AM

Ha. So was I until another sold for about half what I paid for it. I never saw one for sale and then 2 came up for sale a few weeks apart. Haha. Oh well. Happy to cross it off the list

SOM · February 12, 2014 8:03AM

These horse racing tickets are beyond any superlative I can type here

eagles33 · February 12, 2014 12:07PM

I had another 1948 derby ticket. It's also a 4 but its in the bigger slab. It looks way better in the smaller slab IMO. I like the actual ticket a little better in the larger slab though. Guess I'll have to try to get it reholdered.

eagles33 · June 19, 2014 3:25AM

some more tickets popped today. I figured the JFK was a cool stub to have just for the historical factor.. I'm a big Rudy fan and never really see ticket stubs for Mayor inaugurations so was happy to add it. I went to the daytona 500 and the got soaked in a rain storm so the ticket was in terrible condition.. but since i was at the event i wanted to get the ticket slabbed... the same with the Big east ticket.. it was one of the best sporting events i have been to. Got the tickets on stubhub and was litterally front row at MSG and got to see Providence win. Lastly the WWF ticket was an early event that featured Andre the giant vs Hulk Hogan. I'll prob end up selling it because it doesnt really fit my collection but i always like to find tickets from when these two wrestled each other for some reason.

1 1 22707294 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1961 U.S. President Inauguration-Stub Stub John F. Kennedy Inauguration-January 20 Ticket
2 1 22707295 POOR 1 1980 Pro Wrestling-Stub Stub WWF Showdown at Shea/Aug.9 Andre the Giant Defeats Hulk Hogan Ticket
3 1 22707296 POOR 1 2014 Daytona 500-Full Full Dale Earnhardt Jr.-Winner Feb.23, Avg. Speed 145.290 Mph Ticket
4 1 22707297 GOOD 2 2014 Big East Championship-Full Full Providence-65, Creighton-58 Mar.15, MVP-Bryce Cotton Ticket

5 1 22707298 VERY GOOD 3 1998 City of New York-Full Full Inaugural Ceremonies Jan.1, Mayor Rudy Giuliani Ticket

Dpeck100 · June 19, 2014 3:30AM

<< <i>some more tickets popped today. I figured the JFK was a cool stub to have just for the historical factor.. I'm a big Rudy fan and never really see ticket stubs for Mayor inaugurations so was happy to add it. I went to the daytona 500 and the got soaked in a rain storm so the ticket was in terrible condition.. but since i was at the event i wanted to get the ticket slabbed... the same with the Big east ticket.. it was one of the best sporting events i have been to. Got the tickets on stubhub and was litterally front row at MSG and got to see Providence win. Lastly the WWF ticket was an early event that featured Andre the giant vs Hulk Hogan. I'll prob end up selling it because it doesnt really fit my collection but i always like to find tickets from when these two wrestled each other for some reason.

1 1 22707294 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1961 U.S. President Inauguration-Stub Stub John F. Kennedy Inauguration-January 20 Ticket
2 1 22707295 POOR 1 1980 Pro Wrestling-Stub Stub WWF Showdown at Shea/Aug.9 Andre the Giant Defeats Hulk Hogan Ticket
3 1 22707296 POOR 1 2014 Daytona 500-Full Full Dale Earnhardt Jr.-Winner Feb.23, Avg. Speed 145.290 Mph Ticket
4 1 22707297 GOOD 2 2014 Big East Championship-Full Full Providence-65, Creighton-58 Mar.15, MVP-Bryce Cotton Ticket
5 1 22707298 VERY GOOD 3 1998 City of New York-Full Full Inaugural Ceremonies Jan.1, Mayor Rudy Giuliani Ticket >>

WWF Showdown at Shea

Very cool item! This was the mega card that was headlined by Sammartino vs. Zbysko in the cage. Hogan claims that Andre and him were the reason for such a large crowd.

Apparently that is a debated fact.

eagles33 · June 21, 2014 10:53AM

Got the tickets back today. Nothing of any real value here.. I just like getting my tickets slabbed

When I bought the ticket the seller included a newspaper clipping of the results

tennesseebanker · June 21, 2014 11:24AM

Way cool tickets. I saw a few Reagan inaugural tickets this week and thought about poppin on them.

eagles33 · June 21, 2014 11:33AM

I'm a big Reagan fan. The tickets are pretty cheap on eBay. I got one for less than 20 bucks and it got a psa 9. Not worth much but definitely one of my favorite tickets I have

tennesseebanker · June 21, 2014 11:51AM

eagles33 · June 21, 2014 12:07PM

I was just looking into the showdown at Shea.. The match is on YouTube. It's pretty weird seeing a match outside. The match itself was pretty boring but it was kinda cool to see. The best part is the commentators comment on these 2 random shirtless guys strolling around in the background. It's amazing how different major events were back then

cardsfan73 · June 21, 2014 12:18PM

Love that Showdown @ Shea ticket stub! Very cool pick up!

wrestlingcardking · June 21, 2014 12:19PM

I have a few tickets that i would like to get done...I have a few of Brock Lesnar when he was in college wrestling that would be fun to see slabbed. I saw former Patriots OL Stephen Neal defeat him in the finals and then another one I have is Dan Gable's only loss in high school and college (last match of his senior year). You are inspiring me here!

eagles33 · June 21, 2014 12:53PM

It's such a slippery slope for me. I started only slabbing significant tickets.. Eventually any ticket from events I went to.. And now buying tickets to get slabbed. It's fairly expensive to get tickets graded so it's pretty hard to justify getting most of the tickets I have gotten slabbed. I like having the significance on the flip. The Shea ticket alone is barely recognizable.. It's tough to even tell what even it's for... But slabbed it becomes a pretty cool ticket. I have even slabbed the amtrak ticket when I went Times Square for New Years to penn station on 12/31/99 and the return ticket from penn on 1/1/01.. Complete wast of money

smokeybandit · June 21, 2014 1:49PM

Very Cool I like the wrestling tickets also, to bad they did not
include any headshots but as you say once in the slab the significance is obvious.

eagles33 · February 10, 2015 12:18PM

I just picked up a ticket stub for the prequel to Wrestlemania 1 War To Settle The Score . It's not in the best shape but I've never seen one before. I think it will look better Slabbed like the showdown at Shea ticket.

thenavarro · February 10, 2015 12:37PM

Those are great. Love the JFK and also like the personal touch on some of them that you have.

Growing up I used to keep a little tin of ticket stubs from events that my dad would take me to. I need to find that tin and get them slabbed like you did.

Mike

eagles33 · March 11, 2015 7:13AM

These tickets just popped today. Thrilled to see how they labeled the santa Anita ticket. I got the 1946 stub really cheap. I'm only 3 derby tickets away from having all of the triple crown winners. The 2 modern ticket are just events I went to. They didn't issue tickets for belmont at the gate.. They just let you in for 10 bucks. I picked up a ticket off the ground on my way out just to have a ticket from the event. It's too bad california chrome didn't pull off the win

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 23728831 EXCELLENT 5 2012 Betting Ticket/Tote-Full $1WIN Alabama Stakes Aug.18 1st-Questing/2nd-in Lingerie/3rd-Via Villaggio Ticket
2 1 23728832 GOOD 2 1936-1937 Santa Anita Park-Pass Pass Valid Huntington Beach Handicap Feb.9, 1937: Seabiscuit-Winner Ticket
3 1 23728833 POOR 1 2014 Belmont Stakes-Full Full 1st-Tonalist, 2nd-Commissioner 3rd-Medal Count, 4th-California Chrome Ticket
4 1 23728834 POOR 1 1946 Kentucky Derby-Stub Stub 1st-Assault (Triple Crown) 2nd-Spy Song, 3rd-Hampden

Slabbed · March 11, 2015 10:08AM

Anybody know if PSA will grade or authenticate a $2.00 win ticket on Seattle Slew when he won the Belmont Stakes. it's a $2.00 Win para mutual ticket from Belmont Park.

eagles33 · March 11, 2015 10:12AM

I'm pretty sure they would grade it. I've gotten modern win tickets graded a few times.

eagles33 · March 13, 2015 1:52PM

The santa Anita pass looks great Slabbed imo. I Have never seen a sea biscuit ticket before. It's hatd to find tickets from races if he didn't run in the derby.

eagles33 · June 1, 2015 10:57AM

These just popped. The ticket not graded is a 1973 Kentucky derby ticket with a signature on the back not relavent to the event or horse racing so I wanted it just graded and the signature considered a mark but psa was not comfortable doing that. The 1935 derby ticket presents a lot better than but it's nice to get it slabbed. The War to settle the score WWF ticket was a random find that looking forward to see in a slab. I also really like the presidential inauguration tickets. I might try to get them from 1900 to present. Pre 1900 are really tough but there is 1 Lincoln in the POp report which would be really cool

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 24130612 VERY GOOD 3 1943 Kentucky Derby-Stub Stub 1st-Count Fleet (Triple Crown) 2nd-Blue Swords,3rd-Slide Rule Ticket
2 1 24130613 POOR 1 1935 Kentucky Derby-Stub Stub 1st-Omaha (Triple Crown) 2nd-Roman Soldier,3rd-Whiskolo Ticket
3 1 N9: NOT GRADED Return, No Grade, No Charge Card
4 1 24130615 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 2001 U.S. President Inauguration-Full Full George W. Bush January 20 Ticket
5 1 24130616 GOOD 2 1985 All Star Wrestling-Stub Stub the War to Settle the Score Feb.18, Hulk Hogan Defeats Roddy Piper

eagles33 · June 5, 2015 11:15AM

Got this back today. I think it's an interesting wrestling ticket especially for the 80s wrestling fans like myself

Dpeck100 · June 5, 2015 11:25PM

<< <i>Got this back today. I think it's an interesting wrestling ticket especially for the 80s wrestling fans like myself

>>

Very cool ticket. It is easy to forget that this was the show that catapulted wrestling into pop culture. It was now cool and not just for the "low class". Just a month and a half later WWF pulled off Wrestlemania and the rest is history.

Andy Warhol

Here is a clip of Andy Warhol from the show.

eagles33 · June 6, 2015 3:36AM

I would love to find a Saturday nights main event ticket stub. I used to love getting the TV guide and check to see if it was on or SNL. Such a treat when it said Saturday nights main event.

shirocks1 · July 30, 2018 7:09AM

@eagles33 do you still have those old school WWF ticket stubs?

stevek · July 30, 2018 8:42AM

Nice tickets!

Geez - $5.00 for general admission was a lot of money back then in 1920.

I'd hate to see what the clubhouse admission price was. LOL

eagles33 · July 31, 2018 7:51AM

I don’t have the wrestling tickets. I sort of wish I held onto the war to settle the score ticket because it was the prequel to wrestle mania. I still have the horse racing tickets and started to really get into presidential inauguration tickets. I’m waiting for a ticket special to get a few more slabbed.

eagles33 · August 1, 2018 11:43AM

I’m only missing the 1919 derby ticket for the triple crown run. I’ve never seen it for sale or even an image of one but there is one graded.

BLUEJAYWAY · August 1, 2018 12:31PM

Great equine tickets. Also fond of the JFK Inaug. ticket.

eagles33 · January 22, 2020 5:19PM

Grades just popped on my last ticket sub. Was hoping the horse racing tickets graded a little higher. I’m very pleased they noted “Grand Slam” on the breeders cup ticket. Wasn’t sure if they would recognize that or not. I’m just missing 3 President inauguration tickets since 1900 now. I’ll scan them together once I get these back and post them. The president tickets are relatively inexpensive and pretty fun to collect. I got a blue obama ticket after I sent this submission that I’ll prob get slabbed and replace the orange one with. I don’t think any one color is worth more than the other... I just wanted red for Republicans and blue for Democrats.

Grade FAIR 1.5 Description 2018 Kentucky Derby-Stub Stub 1st-Justify (Triple Crown) 2nd-Good Magic, 3rd-Audible TypeTicket

Grade EXCELLENT 5 Description 1984 Breeders' Cup-Stub Stub Inaugural-Hollywood Park Nov.10, Wild Again-Winner TypeTicket

Grade NEAR MINT-MINT 8 Description 2015 Breeders' Cup-Stub Stub 1st-American Pharoah (Grand Slam) 2nd-Effinex, 3rd-Honor Code TypeTicket

Grade MINT 9 Description 2017 U.S. President Inauguration-Full Full Donald Trump January 20-Red TypeTicket

Grade MINT 9 Description 2019 the White House-Pass Pass Saturday, March 30 (Donald Trump) TypeTicket

Grade EXCELLENT 5 Description 1993 U.S. President Inauguration-Pass Pass Bill Clinton January 20-North Standing TypeTicket

Grade GEM MINT 10 Description 2001 U.S. President Inauguration-Pass Pass George W. Bush January 20-President's Platform TypeTicket

Grade EXCELLENT 5 Description 1977 U.S. President Inauguration-Full Full James E. Carter January 20-Southeast Front Capitol TypeTicket

Grade N0 AUTH 1976 Republican National Convention-Full Full Aug.19,Kansas City/Gerald Ford Session 5, Punch-Cancelled TypeTicket

Grade VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 Description 1969 U.S. President Inauguration-Full Full Richard M. Nixon January 20-Stand 5-Brown Stars TypeTicket

Grade NEAR MINT 7 Description 1965 U.S. President Inauguration-Stub Stub Lyndon B. Johnson January 20 TypeTicket

Grade EXCELLENT-MINT 6 Description 1953 U.S. President Inauguration-Stub Stub Dwight D. Eisenhower January 20 TypeTicket

Grade GOOD 2 Description 1949 U.S. President Inauguration-Stub Stub Harry S. Truman Inauguration-January 20 TypeTicket

Grade EXCELLENT-MINT 6 Description 1929 U.S. President Inauguration-Pass Pass Herbert C. Hoover March 4 TypeTicket

Grade VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 Description 1913 U.S. President Inauguration-Pass Pass Woodrow Wilson March 4 TypeTicket

Grade VERY GOOD 3 Description 1897 U.S. President Inauguration-Pass Pass William McKinley March 4 TypeTicket

Grade NEAR MINT 7 Description 2009 U.S. President Inauguration-Full Full Barack Obama January 20-Orange

Grade FAIR 1.5 Description 2017 Guns N' Roses-Full Full Not in This Lifetime Tour Oct.23, XL Center-Hartford, CT TypeTicket

Grade VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 Description 2016 Temple of the Dog-Full Full Tower Theater Nov.4, Upper Darby, PA TypeTicket

eagles33 · January 30, 2020 3:59PM

I posted the President tickets in its own thread. These were the other ones. Was pleased to see that psa noted “grand slam” on the American Pharoah breeders cup ticket. The 84 Breeders cup was the 1st time the race was held.

Grade FAIR 1.5 Description 2018 Kentucky Derby-Stub Stub 1st-Justify (Triple Crown) 2nd-Good Magic, 3rd-Audible TypeTicket

Grade EXCELLENT 5 Description 1984 Breeders' Cup-Stub Stub Inaugural-Hollywood Park Nov.10, Wild Again-Winner TypeTicket

Grade NEAR MINT-MINT 8 Description 2015 Breeders' Cup-Stub Stub 1st-American Pharoah (Grand Slam) 2nd-Effinex, 3rd-Honor Code TypeTicket

This is my favorite of the sub by far. I mentioned going to PC games with my grandfather (who turns 100 this year). We were front row to see them win the big east tournament in 2014 and got that ticket slabbed. He was named “friar fan of the game” at a game a few years ago and got to go on the court during a timeout and was presented a team signed ball. I asked PSA to note that on the flip but didn’t really expect them to do it. When the grades popped there was no mention of it either. I was stunned when I got the tickets to see how they labeled it. Thanks PSA!

Ticket poppage. Kentucky derby, WWF and politics

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