Weighing in at just 36 players the 1935 National Chicle football set is quite possibly the most important football set ever manufactured. With first-year cards of virtually every key subject in the set as well as the hobby"s most valuable and treasured card - the legendary #34 Bronko Nagurksi (also featured in this auction) the set continues to grow in popularity attracting both ardent football collectors and collectors of other sports dabbling in football for the first time.Featuring colorful art deco designs that were typical of the time the National Chicle football card artwork is similar to the other National Chicle cards of the day - the 1934-36 "Diamond Stars" baseball cards and also the 1933 "Sky Birds" cards. Despite being printed on heavy stock high-grade examples are difficult to find particularly in the super scarce high number series. Evidence suggests that the scarcity of the high number series is based on those cards only being made available in the cities where the series" players played.This card of Brooklyn Dodgers fullback Stan Kostka is a sharp well-centered example that would not seem out of place in a higher-grade holder. One of the more colorful cards in the attractive set the Kostka is a part of the set"s scarce high numbers one of the more difficult football cards to obtain in general. In terms of general graded population no card features fewer graded examples than the Kostka. This example is a beautiful example of one of the most scarce and difficult prewar football cards in existence.Population Data:PSA Population: 74 total graded 6 at this level 21 higherSGC Population: 18 total graded 1 at this level 6 higher