Super Bowl LIX Live Auction
Saturday, February 8 at 11:00am CT
Welcome to the online catalogue for The Super Bowl LIX Live Auction.
Online pre-bidding for Live Auction Lots 1-323 ends Friday, February 7th at 10:00pm ET/9:00pm CT. Pre-bids/ceiling bids left at huntauctions.com will be executed during the live auction on February 8th 11:00am CT. After online pre-bidding closes on our website, the auction will move to the live format, with bidding available via telephone, absentee, in person and online interactively via Invaluable (see below). If you wish to phone bid during the Live Auction please call 610-524-0822 or email info@huntauctions.com before February 8th. Please note, you do not have to pre-bid in order to bid during the live auction. Online Only lots 324-end, close on Saturday, February 8th at 10pm ET/9pm CT with bidding continuing for 30 minute intervals. Bidding for lots 324-end is only available online at huntauctions.com
If you have any trouble bidding on auction day, November 16th, please call our office at 610-524-0822 so we can assist you as quickly as possible.
Live Interactive Online Bidding will be available to all registered Hunt Auctions bidders.This bidding platform will provide Hunt Auctions bidders the ability to participate with real time interactive online bidding during the live auction. The interactive bidding will be powered by Invaluable and may be accessed via a link that will be available closer to the date of the auction. Bidders must have a valid Hunt Auctions username and current email address to bid interactively online during the auction. Please note, unless you have already received premiere bidding status and plan to bid live online for item(s), $40,000 is the total bidding limit, you will need to be preapproved as such.
Jeff White Collection
We are pleased to announce the offering of the Jeff White Collection beginning with this initial grouping within the Super Bowl Live auction. Jeff grew up in Southern California and discovered an early love for swimming and surfing. He went on to the University of Tennessee and became an All American and world ranked swimmer in the 200 meter breaststroke. While at Tennessee he became attracted to antiques and sports collectibles to inspire his collecting. He focused on football, basketball, boxing, baseball, volleyball, and surfing with a particular affinity for the
evolution of primitive equipment and its progression in the safety of all sports. Jeff has been a great friend to Hunt Auctions for nearly three decades and a valued member of the hobby to which we are thrilled to present items from his personal collection for the very first time.
The Personal Collection of Gene Hass
We are very humbled to have been selected to represent the family of long-time hobbyist Gene Hass with the offering of his personal collection. Gene and his wife Barbara were fixtures on the show circuit for a number of years most notably within the Midwestern region. Gene was a lifelong devotee to his beloved Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Braves having hailed from Janesville, WI. He and his wife Barbara were a welcome sight at shows for collectors of vintage unique memorabilia as they would always display an eclectic and interesting selection of unique materials at various pricing levels. Gene was always happy to share his knowledge with those who wanted to learn more about a particular item or simply talk about the hobby. Fittingly, Gene was able to serve as an usher for the Packers at Lambeau Field for more than 14 years which was a source of great pride as a devoted fan of the iconic franchise. On a personal note, we are very humbled to be able to present Gene’s collection to the hobby. Dealers such as Gene are among the backbone of the industry bringing a unique and essential category of materials into the hobby for the betterment of all involved.
The Timothy Kelley Collection: Important Pittsburgh Steelers Memorabilia
Lots 155-200 originate from the personal collection of Timothy Kelley. Since watching Joe Greene toss a bottle of Coke to a young boy in a television commercial during the Super Bowl Timothy Kelley was inspired to collect Pittsburgh Steelers memorabilia. Kelley went to his first game in 1974 and interned on the Myrone Cope Show at WTAE in Pittsburgh while attending college at Duquesne. Timothy pursued his dream of becoming a sports writer or announcer but ended up serving within the Federal Government including FBI, CIA, and U.S. Capitol Police, with distinction. Kelley never lost his passion for sports and specifically the Steelers accumulating one of the most significant collections of its type over the last 40 years. The quality and breadth of the Kelley Collection is almost unprecedented for its medium and may well be the most important offering with relation to a single NFL team with many of the pieces within being presented to the public for the first time.
NFL Auction
Lots 245-260 originate directly from NFL Auction. These specific pieces are accompanied by certification from the NFL and are noted as such within each applicable auction item description. An additional grouping of items originating from NFL Auction are offered within a later portion of this catalogue and are also specifically noted as such. This particular grouping is one of the finest of its type to have been offered at public auction and we are particularly proud to present such a superb selection of materials. Over the past ten years, NFL Auction has raised more than $18 million for NFL club foundations, player charities, and nonprofit organizations. The NFL is the only professional sports league in America that does not retain any profits generated by the sale of products on the NFL Auction platform. NFL Auction plays a key role in the NFL’s Crucial Catch and Salute to Service campaigns. Game-used and game-issued items are featured on the site so that money can be raised for the League’s charitable partners. NFL Auction also helps players support the causes they care about. Through the auction of game-worn cleats from the My Cause My Cleats initiative, unique experiences and signed memorabilia, NFL Auction has raised more than $2 million for player-supported causes and charities over the past six seasons.
Preview Exhibition and Free Appraisal Fair
Super Bowl Experience
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70130
Wednesday, February 5 - Saturday, February 8, 2025
Live Auction
Super Bowl Experience
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 11:00am CT
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70130
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