Stanford Football Collectibles(Post)

    College football season is upon us and anticipation is building for the upcoming Big Game on November 21st to be played in Berkeley, a rivalry that begin in 1892. There is nothing to get you in the mo

    Stanford Cal - The Game - Football(Post)

    "The Game," as the Stanford Cal football rivalry is known, was first played in 1892, seven years after Stanford was founded. Its rival was founded 24 years earlier. The teams meet every year, and alte

    Gerald Ford and College Football(Post)

    Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States is featured in several college football programs from 1935 to 1940. Ford was educated at the University of Michigan, where he played on the foot

    Football's Flying Wedge Formation(Post)

    This vintage University of Connecticut v. Delaware football program cover illustration was done by Joe Watson Little and is one of the best ever produced for a college football program. Little was a f

    Army-Navy Football(Post)

    The words of Douglas MacArthur, "Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory," are etched on the walls of the gymnasiu

    Army Navy Football Games - Three Centuries of Program Covers(Post)

    The Army Navy game is one of the country's classic rivalries: "America's Game," a natural rivalry that started in 1890. Our interest is in the programs put together to memorialize each game and there

    Jackie Robinson in U.C.L.A. Football Program(Post)

    Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players ever. His number, 42, has been retired in perpetuity by every team in Major League Baseball. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 1947 when h

    The Cornell Pennsylvania Football Rivalry(Post)

    An exceptional college football program is the 1905 Thanksgiving Day game featuring Penn v. CornellCornell was coached by Glenn ‘Pop’ Warner, very early on in his long and legendary coaching career, i

    Army Navy Football Program 1922(Post)

    The Army v. Navy Football Program 1922, a game played at Franklin Field, Philadelphia has one of the coolest Army-Navy program covers of all times, showing an Art Deco era female between a cadet and a

    Early College Football Cheering Flags(Post)

    Early college football games brought crowds that are in general much better dressed than those that attend the games today. Case in point is the cover of the Harvard-Yale Game from 1903 pictured below

    Princeton v. Yale Football Rivalry(Post)

    We thought this Yale Record from 1951 captures the spirit of the Yale-Princeton football rivalry very well:Princeton v. Yale is one of the oldest rivalries in college football, dating back to 1873.We

    "The Game" - Harvard v. Yale Football(Post)

    In anticipation of this year’s 130th playing of “The Game” we look back at the 1974 football program. 1974 featured the “Real Centennial” and Harvard issued a Souvenir Edition program. The program fe

    Army Navy Football Programs(Post)

    Army v. Navy is one of the great rivalries in college football. The game has had a long association with the city of Philadelphia. 80 games have been played in Philadelphia:at Municipal/JFK Stadium: 4

    Columbia University Football and Lou Gehrig(Post)

    Everyone knows Lou Gehrig as one of the greatest baseball players to ever live. What most people don’t know is that Gehrig also briefly played football while attending Columbia University. Gehrig is s

    John Wayne in College Football Programs(Post)

    It took us a while to stumble upon this, John Wayne played college Football for U.S.C. in the 1920s. As a collector of Stanford Football Programs, it was a treat to find him in this Stanford v. U.S.C.

    Joe Paterno the Football Player for Brown University(Post)

    Joe Paterno, the legendary and now infamous Penn State football coach played his college football at Brown University between 1946 and 1949.A picture of Paterno from the 1948 Yale program:We have a ni

    Richard Nixon – College Football – Whittier College(Post)

    Our future 37th President Richard Nixon played football while attending Whittier College. This nice 1932 Whittier vs. La Verne College program features Tricky Dick as a player. He is listed as #29 and

    Rodin’s “The Thinker” College Football Program Cover(Post)

    This vintage 1948 Harvard v. Dartmouth football program has an interesting cover illustration. Dartmouth’s mascot at the time was the Indian. The theme for this Harvard home game program cover was the

    University of Pennsylvania vs. Cornell University Football Rivalry at Franklin Field(Post)

    The University of Pennsylvania-Cornell University football game used to be a big event. The Penn-Cornell rivalry is one of the oldest in college football, first played in 1893. For a long time the gam

    Tommy Lee Jones – Harvard Football(Post)

    Actor Tommy Lee Jones was a Harvard Man! In fact, he played on their football team and is pictured in their programs from 1968. Jones played offense guard on the undefeated 1968 Harvard team. He is pi

    Harvard v. Yale Football Program 1931(Post)

    The Harvard-Yale game in 1941 was played at Harvard, thus it should come as no surprise that they are making fun of the Yale traditions of depicting the current captain sitting on the Yale Fence.The p

    How to value old, vintage and antique college football programs(Post)

    We are often asked how much a college football program is worth. The cute answer is what someone will pay for it. Having tracked the prices of vintage college football programs for the last 15 years w

    Harvard v. Yale Football Program 1881(Post)

    A copy of this rare Harvard v. Yale Football Program sold at auction this month for a bit less than $800. This is nowhere near the price that an 1876 similar style of program sold for early this year,

    Early College Football Program – Princeton v. Stevens 1875(Post)

    This very rare Princeton v. Stevens college program from 1875 sold recently at auction for $600. The program is four pages and this particular program has come apart. Never-the-less, an 1875 program i

    William Haines Hall Art Illustrator - Designer of Stanford Football Programs(Post)

    William Haines Hall was an illustrator who lived in the Bay Area. Hall moved to San Francisco from Missouri in 1925 and enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts. He then worked as a fashion illu

    Famous Ivy League Footballers, Ted Kennedy, Gerald Ford, John Heisman and Pop Warner(Post)

    Ivy League Football Programs sometimes contain people who are recognizable beyond the world of sport. This 1984 Pennsylvania v. Cornell program features a picture of the late Christopher Reeves (Corne

    The Stanford Indian in 1949 Football Programs(Post)

    The Stanford Indian mascot had quite a year in 1949. He was featured on the program cover in various activities preparing for opponents.It looks like he is going to be outsmarted in this Stanford v. H

    Harvard Yale Football Program 1922(Post)

    There is no way he could have actually kicked the ball given his stance and where his leg is positioned. The most surprised person in the stadium is the kicker based on the expression on his face, “y

    Vintage Collegiate Memorabilia Collection - Cornell University(Post)

    As collectors of vintage collegiate material, we are always on the lookout for interesting collections of material. What we find fascinating are the specific areas of focus and the depth to which coll

    The Yale Fence(Post)

    Yale football teams have a tradition of photographing the captain of their football teams sitting on the Yale fence. This tradition dates back to the late 19th century. Some highlights taken from Yale

    Collectableivy.com featured in Country Living Magazine(Post)

    We are pleased that Collectableivy.com was featured in the October 2012 issue of Country Living magazine.In an article on collecting titled “The Old College Try,” some of our products were featured in

    McClelland Barclay Artwork(Post)

    Many college football program of yesteryear were illustrated by those with real talent and the Harvard v. Yale Football Program produced in 1927 is no exception. The nice Jazz Era cover shows leather

    Pop Warner(Post)

    Glenn Scobey Warner, also know as “Pop” Warner was a legendary football coach who coached at six schools in total including Cornell from 1897–1898, 1904–1906 and at Stanford from 1924-1932. He won the

    A New Yorker’s View of the Ivy League(Post)

    Two ivy league football covers of 1983 feature a take on the famous a New Yorker’s view of the world. They are the Yale v. Columbia game and the Harvard v. Cornell program. They feature the mascots fo

    The Columbia Lion(Post)

    The Columbia Lion was adopted as a sports symbol by the Student Board in 1910 following the presentation of a blue and white banner with the motto “Leo Columbaie.” George Brokaw Compton of the Class o

    Gift Ideas – Vintage College and University Song Books(Post)

    Nothing gets the heart of a college grad pumping like the song of their school. An ideal gift for the collegiate alumni who has everything? How about a vintage book of songs from their alma mater. The

    A Bad Hair Day or a Bad Hair Decade?(Post)

    here were many things forgettable about the 1970s. The oil embargo, the cold war, a disgraced president resigning. But perhaps the worst thing about the ’70s were the hairstyles.Thumbing through a 197

    Tailgate Party(Post)

    With football season upon us once again we offer the following scenes of tailgaiting from college football programs including his idealized version from a Stanford v. California program done in 1965:O

    Collegiate Libraries are an invaluable research tool(Post)

    We are often looking for information as we research vintage and historical items and the libraries of various colleges and universities are invaluable. And collectors are often reaching out to us t

    Ivy League College Mascots(Post)

    One of the best depictions of the mascots of the Ivy League schools is from this Princeton Cornell football program from 1978. The school's mascots are:  - John Harvard  - The Yale Bulldog

    Princeton Illustrator Bill Canfield(Post)

    One of our favorite periods for Princeton football programs is the 1960s when covers for Princeton Athletic News were illustrated by Bill Canfield. Canfield was sports cartoonist and staff artist at t

    Dartmouth College Wedgwood Plates(Post)

    The English plate maker Wedgwood issued a set of commemorative plates for Dartmouth College when it celebrated its bicentennial in 1969. The plates were originally sold at Campion’s, a long-time retai

    Collectible Ivy Featured in Country Living Magazine(Post)

    We are pleased to once again be featured in the September, 2015 issue of Country Living Magazine, highlighting our expertise in vintage football programs in their resource guide.We offer a wide range

    About Collectible Ivy(Page)

    A family owned business located in Princeton Jct., New Jersey, and serving satisfied customers for over ten years, we specialize in the collectibles of long established universities and other well...

    F. Earl Christy College Memorabilia(Post)

    F. Earl Christy was an American Artist who lived from 1882-1961. His oeuvre includes many works of art relating to early college football, with a particular emphasis on the Ivy League. His works were

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles(Post)

    College Football Programs featuring Yale and Columbia during the 1930s and 1940s often took on a transportation theme as seen in this program from 1935:The 1949 program for the game played at Columbia

    Fly me to the Moon(Post)

    As Frank Sinatra most famously sings, Fly Me To the Moon:Fly me to the moonLet me play among the starsLet me see what spring is likeOn a, Jupiter and MarsIn other words, hold my handIn other words, ba

    Alaska Statehood Cover(Post)

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act into law in 1958, allowing Alaska to become the 49th state on January 3, 1959. The Army Navy Football Program of 1958 celebrates this his

    The New Yale Wedgwood Tea-Set(Post)

    Well, new as of 1934. We recently found this vintage advertisement for a new Wedgwood tea set in a University of Pennsylvania v. Yale Football program from 1934. The set was designed by Professor Edwi

    The Harvard Drum – Bertha(Post)

    Harvard University Band’s bass drum, is towed on wheels and measures approximately 8 feet across. She’s big enough to have her own name, “Bertha”. It is the largest playable natural skin bass drum in

    1897-1899 “Big Game” Stanford v. California Programs(Post)

    Stanford v. California is one of the oldest rivalries in college football, first played in 1892. A program from their fifth meeting, held in 1897, sold at auction recently for an impressive $3,640.The

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