An example of one of sports collecting’s most famous face is coming on the auction block next week. Mile High Card Company will offer a T206 Honus Wagner at the top of its catalog, one that includes over 1,600 lots in all.
It’s not the only big ticket item on the docket, though.
MHCC will also offer the highest graded card from the famed “Lucky 7 Find,” a PSA 4.5 T206 Ty Cobb with the Cobb Tobacco advertising back, a 1968 Mickey Mantle autographed game-used jersey, possibly dating to his final major league game and the partial box of unopened 1948 Bowman baseball packs. All four should bring six-figure prices.
“This auction is going to be incredible”, said MHCC President and CEO Brian Drent, “The significance of the four headliners speak for themselves but just going down the list beyond that, it’s one museum-quality item after another. We can’t wait to see this auction steer the hobby to an all-time high.”
In addition to the T206 Wagner and Cobb, this auction will feature other key vintage cards including the only graded examples of the 1888 N403 Yum Yum Tobacco Mickey Welch (PSA 1) and the 1904 Pittsburg Leader Honus Wagner schedule card, a 1909 T206 Sweet Caporal Series 150/30 Eddie Plank (SGC 1.5), two 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth cards (both PSA 8), a 1948 Bowman #18 Warren Spahn rookie (PSA 9), a 1952 Topps Mantle (SGC 7.5), a 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie card (PSA 7), a 1956 Topps Mantle (PSA 8), a 1966 Topps Mantle (PSA 9), a 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie (PSA 9) and a 1981 Topps #Joe Montana rookie (PSA 10). A near complete set of 1956 Topps baseball, each card graded PSA 9 or 10 will be broken up and offered as individual lots.
The roster of complete and partial sets offered include:
- 1939 Play Ball Near Complete Set (161/162) #6 on PSA Set Registry with 7.36 GPA
- 1948 Bowman Complete Set #3 Current Finest on PSA Registry with 8.152 GPA
- 1950 Bowman Baseball Set #5 Current Finest on PSA Set Registry at 8.081
- 1954 Topps Complete Set #11 Current Finest on PSA Set Registry at 8.016
- 1955 Topps Complete Set #12 on PSA Set Registry with 8.001 GPA
- 1955 Topps Double Header Complete Set #10 Current Finest on PSA Set Registry
- 1952 Bowman Complete Set #10 on PSA Set Registry with 8.091 GPA
- 1964 Venezuelan Topps Near-Complete Set (356/370) #4 on PSA Set Registry
- 1946 Sears Cleveland Browns Complete Set #2 on PSA Set Registry
- 1980-81 Topps Basketball Set #6 on PSA Set Registry with 9.45 GPA
- A 1966 Topps baseball set, #4 on the PSA Registry with a 9.38 GPA, will be offered both as individual lots as well as the complete set.
- 1909-11 T206 near set of 402 with 53 HOFers & 39 Southern Leaguers
- 1952 Topps Near Complete Set 387/407 all graded by PSA/SGC including Mantle
The 1968 Mantle road jersey leads the memorabilia section that also includes:
- 1987-88 Michael Jordan home jersey and trunks
- 1955 Billy Pierce Chicago White Sox road jersey
- 1956 Herb Score Cleveland Indians home jersey from 20-win season
- 1958 Lew Burdette game-used Milwaukee Braves jersey
- 1975 Brooks Robinson Orioles jersey
- 1979 Julius Erving Philadelphia 76ers jersey
- 1955 Los Angeles Rams Les Richter jersey
- 2009 Brett Favre Minnesota Vikings road jersey from (10/25 vs. Steelers)
- Rare Ty Cobb tobacco tin
- Circa 1910s Christy Mathewson Type I original Charles Conlon photo
- 1916 Boston Red Sox cabinet photo with Babe Ruth
- Babe Ruth Signed photo (PSA/DNA and JSA)
- Jimmie Foxx single-signed ONL (Giles) ball PSA/DNA NM/MT 8 and JSA
- Roberto Clemente’s 1972 MLB All-Star ring
- Marvin Washington’s Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII ring
- 2000 New York Giants 14K Gold and Diamond NFC Championship ring
- 2001 St. Louis Rams 14K and Diamond NFC Championship ring with box
In addition to the 1948 Bowman box, the auction also includes a cache of unopened boxes and packs including:
- Unopened boxes of 1974 and 1975 O-Pee-Chee baseball
- 1975 Topps Mini box
- 1977 Topps Baseball unopened box
- 2009 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects box
- 1979-80 Topps Hockey box
- Lot of 24 1971 Topps Football rack packs, some with stars on top including six second series packs.
There’s a special section of the auction devoted to hardcore Michael Jordan fans; a collection of 15 limited-edition, autographed specimens from various elite sets, many of which have not been seen for sale in years and are more highly-prized than even his 1986 Fleer rookie card. Up for grabs will be:
- 1996 SPX #8 PSA 8 AUTO 10
- 1996-97 Upper Deck UD3 Court Commemoratives #C1 PSA 9 AUTO 10
- 1997 SPX Die Cut Sample #5 PSA 6 AUTO 10
- 1997 Upper Deck UD3 Season Ticket #MJ PSA 7 AUTO 10
- 1998 Upper Deck #LL-GJ Game Jersey PSA 8 AUTO 10 15/23
- 1998 SP Authentic Sign of the Times Gold #MJ PSA 9; AUTO 10
- 1998 Upper Deck Encore UD Authentics #MJ PSA 9; AUTO 10
- 999 Upper Deck Retro Inkredible Level 2 #MJ PSA 9; AUTO 10 14/23
- 1997 Upper Deck SPX #6 Bronze PSA 9; AUTO 10
- 1999 Upper Deck Ionix UD Authentics #MJ PSA 9; AUTO 10 14/23
- 1999 Upper Deck #MJSS2 Athlete of the Century PSA 9; AUTO 10 7/23
- 1999-2000 Upper Deck #MJSS-1 Athlete of the Century PSA 10 AUTO 10 3/23
- 2000 Upper Deck Legendary Jersey Autograph #MJ-AJ 03/23 PSA 10 AUTO 10
- 1999 Upper Deck #FFSA MJ’s Final Floor PSA 9; AUTO 10 11/23
- 2000 SP Authentic #MJ Sign of the Times PSA 9 AUTO 10.
The auction opens Monday, August 17 and concludes Thursday, September 3 on the MHCC website.
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