by Travis Normand
I remember when I use to be surprised by the types of historically significant antiques that you could find on places like eBay.com. However, I don’t think anything shocks me anymore.
As you may know, I am a huge fan of college football antiques and I am always looking to see what is out there floating around. While searching eBay.com today, I found the 1948 Gator Bowl MVP Trophy that was presented to Lu Gambino of the University of Maryland.
It is apparently not being auctioned off but is simply for sale. The seller [u.c.berkeley-stanford_collector] is asking $999.99 (or best offer) for the trophy. While $999.99 is not considered “cheap” by most people’s standards, it is fairly standard to ask around this much for a trophy of this kind.
Further, the seller claims to have purchased the trophy at the estate sale of the Gambino family. Assuming that is accurate, there is probably not much to worry about in terms of whether or not this trophy is authentic.
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