Creekmur and Stautner

AlanAllen · October 10, 2004 2:55AM

Almost two years ago it was decided to use the 1951 Bowman cards of Ernie Stautner and Lou Creekmur in the NFL HOF set, instead of the 1950 Topps Feltbacks. Even though I'm not a big player in that set, I decided then to pursue the rare Creekmur and Stautner cards. It took me a while to get them both and have both slabbed, but I now have the only graded copies:

I especially like the Stautner, the picture works so well with the horizontal design.

The good news is I got the cards I was after. The bad news is now I want to collect the whole set

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Joe

AISAVDBBALLINPHILLY · October 10, 2004 3:42AM

Nice cards. I can see why you want to collect the set.

John

Vargha · October 10, 2004 10:28AM

How small are those cards? They look tiny.

maxXposure · October 10, 2004 12:00PM

<< <i>How small are those cards? They look tiny. >>

they're tinier than a one-armed midget..

Buccaneer · October 10, 2004 12:43PM

In researching older cards for my type set, I saw a description for a "game" card set from the early 20th century that was 3/16" wide (I can't find the reference again). That sounds like just slivers of paper.

AlanAllen · October 10, 2004 1:13PM

<< <i>How small are those cards? They look tiny. >>

7/8" x 1-7/16"

Joe

sixdart · October 10, 2004 1:48PM

Joe,

Where did you get them? Already slabbed or did you submit them yourself?

Marcus

AlanAllen · October 10, 2004 3:07PM

I bought them both raw and submitted them. I've seen 2-3 raw of each in the past 2 years.

Joe

DCDSports · October 11, 2004 6:55AM

Somehow, in my dad's passion of collecting, he's totaled 4 sets of the Topps 1950. There's also a complete set of the Yellow variation, plus three uncut sheets of these cards. All of ours are ungraded, though. We're pondering putting a complete set into Mastro, but we're hesitant about selling our material. Beautiful cards, though.

AlanAllen · October 11, 2004 7:45AM

Nice, DCD. I saw a complete raw set at the national offered for $20,000. It was VERY clean, certainly the highest grade cards I've seen from the set. The lone Joe Paterno PSA was offered on eBay a few months ago for $27,000. With those prices I'd have to stick with PSA 5 range, but even then the Paterno will be a pretty penny.

I'd love to see a picture of an uncut sheet, if it's convenient.

Joe

DCDSports · October 11, 2004 8:01AM

Joe, it's easier for me to send you emails of the scans. I can't get the pictures in here without losing detail.

Email me at DCDSports@aol.com

Thanks

Creekmur and Stautner

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