New Bronko Nagurski Autographed wrestling postcard

wrestlingcardking · January 4, 2015 2:13AM

I picked this up last week and thought it was cool to have a wrestling item signed by Bronko Nagurski.

I have had this wrestling card for a while and it is insanely tough to find this in top condition.

Ironmanfan · January 4, 2015 3:08AM

cool, I never knew he wrestled

IMF

DanBessette · January 4, 2015 4:38AM

Cool stuff. Do you know where that b&w photo is from?

wrestlingcardking · January 4, 2015 5:47AM

<< Cool stuff. Do you know where that b&w photo is from? >>

I have no idea, but perhaps some type of program......

otwcards · January 4, 2015 7:03AM

Just wondering how small the guy in the headlock must've been. Nagurski wasn't really that big (6' 1" - 6' 2" and pushing 225#) or about the same size as Adrian Peterson...

wrestlingcardking · January 4, 2015 7:17AM

I was wondering the same thing when I was looking at this photo. I have no idea who this other wrestler is.

wrestlingcardking · January 31, 2015 2:10PM

My PSA 6 had decent centering but this was a cleaner card overall so I decided it should reside in my collection. It is a Pop 2 and only one higher.

Timbuk3 · January 31, 2015 6:10PM

Sweet !!!

Dpeck100 · February 1, 2015 12:33AM

Very nice!

Cool to see one in such nice shape.

JBrules · February 1, 2015 1:08AM

Nice score on the Nagurski PSA 7. I love the size difference of the other wrestler he has in a head lock on your cut auto. Nagurski looks like a giant compared to his opponent. Is he that big or is the other wrestler that small?

wrestlingcardking · February 1, 2015 3:32AM

<< Nice score on the Nagurski PSA 7. I love the size difference of the other wrestler he has in a head lock on your cut auto. Nagurski looks like a giant compared to his opponent. Is he that big or is the other wrestler that small? >>

If Bronko was 6'1 and 225 lbs then this other wrestler must have practically been a midget. It does make Nagurski look super imposing though.

KNAPP · February 1, 2015 6:16AM

Nice card.

wrestlingcardking · February 5, 2015 1:15PM

I thought I would put this one next to my autograph and my slabbed wrestling Parkhurst card.........

DanBessette · February 5, 2015 1:46PM

That's a great card. Did you sell your 6 Parkie when you got the 7 ?

wrestlingcardking · February 5, 2015 1:53PM

I did a trade and paid some cash for the 7........

vintagefun · February 5, 2015 1:59PM

That Quaker is really cool. Congrats.

dytch2220 · February 6, 2015 1:34AM

Sweet gem brother, congrats!

wrestlingcardking · February 6, 2015 8:09AM

<< That Quaker is really cool. Congrats. >>

He doesn't have too many cards and it is a lot cheaper than the Chicle, LOL.

sportscardtheory · February 6, 2015 11:12PM

That's awesome! I never knew he had wrestling cards!

wrestlingcardking · February 12, 2015 2:15PM

<< That's awesome! I never knew he had wrestling cards! >>

He just has the one wrestling card from Parkhurst from 1955 but his dixie lid from 1938 mentions that he was a world champion wrestler too. There is a low grade Parkhurst on ebay now. They are not too easy to find, so someone will snatch that low grade Parkie to put in the collection.

wrestlingcardking · February 13, 2015 4:02AM

Amazingly enough a Bronko PSA 6 wrestling card has hit ebay too........

wrestlingcardking · February 21, 2015 1:57AM

Tough to find a high grade slabbed item of these out there as they were the lid of ice cream cups. There are some variations to these with the ice cream lids, but the recognizable variation by PSA is that there are two different sizes to them. One is small and will fit into a standard card holder and the other is large and will have to be in a tallboy holder. I do like the fact that this item of Nagurski says "Champion Wrestler" on it.

Big80s · February 21, 2015 2:35AM

That is a great item! Congrats and thanks for sharing. I've been enjoying this thread.

DanBessette · February 21, 2015 3:23AM

That is such a cool, old, oddball item!! I too like that it mentions both football and wrestling. Awesome piece!

SumoMenkoMan · February 21, 2015 7:04AM

That's a great item. Anymore wrestlers in the set?

wrestlingcardking · February 21, 2015 1:08PM

<< That's a great item. Anymore wrestlers in the set? >>

Nope he is the only one......

wrestlingcardking · May 17, 2015 12:23AM

This is the large ice cream lid of Bronko that has to be housed in a tallboy holder. Despite the wrinkling near the edge, I am happy to add this 1938 item of Nagurski into my collection. I do like this item as it does talk about his wrestling in addition to his football career. Now I just have to get this in a PSA slab in the near future.

begsu1013 · May 17, 2015 1:11AM

crazy that a lil kid back in 1938, bought an ice cream, ripped it open, probably licked the lid but instead of throwing it away, stuck it in his pocket and stashed it away.

very cool piece, rob...

DanBessette · May 17, 2015 4:08AM

That is just plain AWESOME!!

wrestlingcardking · May 17, 2015 9:08AM

<< crazy that a lil kid back in 1938, bought an ice cream, ripped it open, probably licked the lid but instead of throwing it away, stuck it in his pocket and stashed it away.

very cool piece, rob... >>

I can't imagine that many of them out there in totality so that is why I am fine with a lower grade example. I am just happy to own it period. Eventually I may look to upgrade.

begsu1013 · May 17, 2015 9:52AM

if ya do, lemme know. i'd be interested in one in the standard sized holder... ; )

Tabe · May 17, 2015 11:26AM

<< cool, I never knew he wrestled

IMF >>

Was actually world heavyweight champion for about a year and a half. Big star in the wrestling ring.

The guy in the headlock sort of resembles Jim Londos but I'm not certain. I'm terrible on the pre-war wrestling guys

tsalems1 · May 17, 2015 12:05PM

Thats a great piece!

wrestlingcardking · May 17, 2015 2:57PM

<< Thats a great piece! >>

I'll have another addition to add here soon!

wrestlingcardking · May 18, 2015 2:08PM

Added this 1936 Diamond Matchbook....there are a few other items I am looking to get but progress will be quite slow.

wrestlingcardking · June 19, 2015 8:01PM

I just got this 1937 Kellogg Pep Panel in the mail......think this may be a good candidate to separate and take my chance of grading the Nagurski single due to the crimping at the top of the panel.

wrestlingcardking · June 19, 2015 11:46PM

Bottom right hand corner has a little bump but other than that I like a lot about his item. The highest graded to date is a PSA 5.

LarkinCollector · June 20, 2015 1:33AM

<< Bottom right hand corner has a little bump but other than that I like a lot about his item. The highest graded to date is a PSA 5. >>

Love those Pep panels! I think you did the right thing by separating the Nagurski, but do you think it will get an ST qualifier for the lower left?

wrestlingcardking · June 20, 2015 1:37AM

<< 

<< Bottom right hand corner has a little bump but other than that I like a lot about his item. The highest graded to date is a PSA 5. >>

Love those Pep panels! I think you did the right thing by separating the Nagurski, but do you think it will get an ST qualifier for the lower left? >>

No I do not think that it will get a qualifier. There is a golfer on the panel too. Harry Cooper who supposedly is one of the best golfers to never win a major. That should be on the oddball list of golf cards.

wrestlingcardking · June 27, 2015 1:46AM

I added two more lids to the collection yesterday. I think the small lid will be an improvement from the PSA 4 that I have in my collection and it is really interesting on the large lid that I acquired. It still has the protective wax coating on it that has never been removed. I am under the assumption that the image of the athlete was facing down toward the ice cream and this piece of coating protected the image from the ice cream itself. The backside of these lids state the type of ice cream etc that you would expect to see on the top of ice cream container if it was sitting in a freezer. I think it would be really cool if PSA could grade this item with the original covering on it as I imagine that it is really, really rare now days to find this item in this state. I am showing the large lid that I had as a comparison that was featured in an earlier post.

wrestlingcardking · July 8, 2015 11:07AM

I had a voucher to use and I submitted both the large lids (with and without the coating) and the 1936 matchbook as I could submit three items. I will now be endlessly hitting the refresh button to see my grades. The cards logged today.

gregm13 · July 8, 2015 11:10AM

Very sweet thread. I wanted to share a scan of the signed 54 Quaker Sports Oddities that I just purchased off E-Bay. I absolutely love this card.

Rgs,

Greg M.

wrestlingcardking · July 8, 2015 11:19AM

I almost pulled the trigger on that card but decided to pass on it. I am glad that you ended up with it.

wrestlingcardking · July 8, 2015 11:21AM

There was a glitch when I posted the first time.....Looks like it ended up going through.

wrestlingcardking · July 17, 2015 2:57PM

PSA sent me a voucher and thought I would cash them in and decided that Bronko would be a good place to go with them. I decided to get my matchbook graded and I am glad that I did. I also got both of the large lids graded by PSA. I had the one with the coating on front graded which is really nice on the front but does have some staining on the back and then the other one with the dings near the top without the coating.

1 1 24576177 VERY GOOD 3 1936 Diamond Matchbooks Bronko Nagurski Card POP 3 with NONE HIGHER
2 1 24576178 VERY GOOD 3 1938 Dixie Lids Bronko Nagurski Large Card
3 1 24576179 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT+ 4.5 1938 Dixie Lids Bronko Nagurski Large Card
Total Items: 3
Date Received: 7/8/2015
Date Shipped: N/A
Order Status: OK

wrestlingcardking · July 23, 2015 10:30AM

I am very happy to have this in a slab. There are none higher and only five graded to date.

wrestlingcardking · August 13, 2015 3:17PM

I was really hoping to hit PSA 5s on these as I have the small Dixie Lid in a PSA 4 already and then the highest graded Pep Stamp is a PSA 5 so I was hoping to have the highest graded of that issue. I obviously fell a bit short, but am not complaining on having this stamp in a PSA 4. I should have these back on Saturday. I am on the hunt for a few more Nagurski items, although at this point it is a real good challenge to find what I am looking for.

7 1 24524863 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1937 Kellogg's Pep Sports Stamps Bronko Nagurski Card
8 1 24524864 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1938 Dixie Lids Bronko Nagurski Small Card

wrestlingcardking · August 15, 2015 1:50PM

I think I could get higher than a 4 on a resub but I will take it for now.........

DanBessette · August 15, 2015 2:04PM

So now that you have so many of these cool items in slabs, are you doing a bronko registry?

wrestlingcardking · August 15, 2015 2:12PM

<< So now that you have so many of these cool items in slabs, are you doing a bronko registry? >>

If you look at the set requests on the set registry you will find your answer!

Amazingly enough there is not a set registry of Bronko to date.

DanBessette · August 15, 2015 2:18PM

I feel like that list never moves. I requested a cappelletti basic set months ago and it's nowhere near the top.

New Bronko Nagurski Autographed wrestling postcard

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