Historic 1935 National Chicle Bronco Nagurski Find

[Leon]

I am happy to help announce a find and subsequent auction of one of the holy grails of football card collecting. Wilson's Auctioneers and Appraisers are auctioning them on Oct. 16, 2013. Details are here...

[Rickyy]

Wow!

Ricky Y

[whitehse]

My jaw has dropped to the floor.

I have been around the hobby for over 40 years and I can say I have not seen more than 5 or 6 of the Bronko cards in my life time and usually they are in pretty sad shape. This is an incredible find that I have no doubt the hobby will absorb with no damage to the value of the Nagurski's.

[oddball]

Wow! Thanks for posting!

[CW]

Yep, great find and a cool story about the collector. Sounds like he was a great man, and a dedicated collector that didn't focus so much on value, but on the cards and players themselves.

It's funny how the phrase "Only 135 examples graded by PSA" can mean extreme rarity to some. I guess it's all a matter of perspective.

I'm assuming they'll have all the Nagurskis graded. It will be interesting to see how they all grade out, as well as the final selling prices.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by CW

I'm assuming they'll have all the Nagurskis graded. It will be interesting to see how they all grade out, as well as the final selling prices.

Yeah, I saw this the other day as well. They are all graded now (not sure if they were by the original owner though). I don't think I'm "outing" anything by providing the link I found this on (since you can see as well from going to the their web site).

http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sa...s/19017/515532

[the 'stache]

Thank you for sharing this, Leon!

To me, these are the kinds of stories that make the hobby so great. We have no idea what untold treasures are still out there, waiting to be found. But more importantly, reading how this man cherished his cards should touch something in all of us as hobby enthusiasts.

Jim Heaney is a man I wish I could have known.

[bigfish]

Was that JK Candy Carrigan real? The scan looked funky. Hope someone here won it if real.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bigfish

Was that JK Candy Carrigan real? The scan looked funky. Hope someone here won it if real.

I think it and the Wags were both real. I had bids in but they would have been upgrades so didn't go "all in". Both brought decent prices as well as the other things I tracked.

[Runscott]

The higher-grade Nagurski's went low, but the low-grade went high

I wasn't close on any of them; however, I did win something that's pretty huge for my collection, so THANK YOU LEON! FOR ADVERTISING THIS!!!

lot #1 PSA 5 - $6,000l + 18%
lot #2 PSA 2 - $2,300 +
lot#3 PSA 1 - $1,600 +
lot#20 PSA 3 - $3,300 +
lot#21 PSA 2 - $2,900 +
lot#22 PSA 1.5 - $2,800 +
lot#63 PSA 1 (MK) - $1,800 +
lot #64 PSA 2 - $3,000 +
lot #65 PSA 4.5 - $5,250 +

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by Runscott

The higher-grade Nagurski's went low, but the low-grade went high

I wasn't close on any of them; however, I did win something that's pretty huge for my collection, so THANK YOU LEON! FOR ADVERTISING THIS!!!

lot #1 PSA 5 - $6,000l + 18%
lot #2 PSA 2 - $2,300 +
lot#3 PSA 1 - $1,600 +
lot#20 PSA 3 - $3,300 +
lot#21 PSA 2 - $2,900 +
lot#22 PSA 1.5 - $2,800 +
lot#63 PSA 1 (MK) - $1,800 +
lot #64 PSA 2 - $3,000 +
lot #65 PSA 4.5 - $5,250 +

THATS ALL THEY WENT FOR?

they way the auctioneers fawned over the "find" you would think they would sell for over $25,000...

maybe the fact that its not that rare a card after all is trumping all

[bigfish]

Thanks Leon. I was in on both as well. Those die cuts were cool to. Sisler was nice.

I did get one of the Bronco cards.

[danmckee]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think it and the Wags were both real. I had bids in but they would have been upgrades so didn't go "all in". Both brought decent prices as well as the other things I tracked.

OK who hammered me on the J=K Wagner? I was under bidder and live on site. I won the Carrigan, it feels real but something is bothering me with it, I need to look at my other 10 Type II J=K's for comparison. It is slightly different then the one I brought with me to compare to. Why on earth fake the Carrigan??? And a darn good fake if fake, only difference from the one I took with me was Carrigan was a little larger in size (actual picture frame size). And there is a dot pattern in the name field I do not like that the one I took with me doesn't have! Usually the kiss of death! At least with D304s!

I also won the Middys so I hope they are good too. Didn't have time to inspect them.

Who out gunned me on my matching Wagner????
I have the Type II die cut one already.

Dan

[Leon]

Originally Posted by danmckee

OK who hammered me on the J=K Wagner? I was under bidder and live on site. I won the Carrigan, it feels real but something is bothering me with it, I need to look at my other 10 Type II J=K's for comparison. It is slightly different then the one I brought with me to compare to. Why on earth fake the Carrigan??? And a darn good fake if fake, only difference from the one I took with me was Carrigan was a little larger in size (actual picture frame size). And there is a dot pattern in the name field I do not like that the one I took with me doesn't have! Usually the kiss of death! At least with D304s!

I also won the Middys so I hope they are good too. Didn't have time to inspect them.

Who out gunned me on my matching Wagner????
I have the Type II die cut one already.

Dan

Isn't that the one you were asking 75k for at the National? I thought you might have sold it....