{"id":179345,"date":"2026-03-05T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179345\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:05:10","slug":"bowden-legacy-auction-goes-online-amid-huge-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179345\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowden Legacy Auction goes online amid huge demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Lots are neatly placed throughout Bobby Bowden\u2019s Killearn estate as the Bowden Legacy Auction<\/a> is officially underway. <\/p>\n

Within 24 hours, the auction has received over 8,000 bids with registrations for over 780 people\u2013a number that\u2019s expected to at least triple\u2013from over 35 states and territories.<\/p>\n

After months of sorting from Wiregrass Auction Group, the house once again feels like a home.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we\u2019ve spent more time in this house, you can feel Coach and Mrs. Ann in this house,\u201d said Wiregrass\u2019 owner Mark Manley. \u201cIt is a feeling of peace and of a life well lived. This is where coach came home to. When the stadium lights went down, when the cheer of the crowd went away, this is where peace was found.\u201d<\/p>\n

The familiar faith, family and football of the Bowden family is on display in the home. Bowden\u2019s NIV translation Bible received the auctions first bid and remains a popular piece alongside the coach\u2019s framed \u201cVictory in the Swamp\u201d print, which depicts Osceola and Renegade capturing a gator and his numerous championship rings.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s other passions are on display as well, with Ann\u2019s outfits and jewelry, as well as Bobby\u2019s golf equipment and war memorabilia on the auction block.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach loved military history, specifically World War II,\u201d remarked Manley before showing off a lot that contained a book written by Henry \u201cHap\u201d Arnold, the first General appointed to the Air Force. The book contains letters from another Air Force legend, General Jimmy Doolittle who led the United States\u2019 first air strike on the Japanese mainland in World War II.<\/p>\n

When Manley and his team first opened up the estate to WCTV<\/a> in January, the owner remarked that what was going up to bids was \u201cjust more stuff to [Bowden],\u201d but what was just stuff to the coach and his kin are now stories and unforgettable memories to those hoping to make a piece of the Bowden family\u2019s home a part of their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get random emails from people now that the items are posted. \u2018I attended that game, that was the first FSU game my parents carried me to, I was in the Marching Chiefs during that time.\u2019 I\u2019ve been around college football all my life, I\u2019ve never seen anything like the connection that Coach Bowden and the Seminoles have with their fans.\u201d <\/p>\n

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