It was touted as being one of the most impressive auctions in Mile High Card Company history, and led by one of the best 1933 DeLong complete sets in existence and the stunning sequel to “The Beer Box Find,” Mile High Card Company’s September auction delivered with over $2.4 million in total sales. Bidding closed early Friday morning. The final hours of the auction saw … [Read more...]
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Notes: 1986-87 Fleer Box Break Back On; Beer Box Auction Update
Remember that find of 1986-87 Fleer basketball boxes we wrote about during the National? As we mentioned back then, one of the seven boxes was purchased by VintageBreaks.com, which was offering those 36 packs in a $2,000 per spot break. Plans to break the box live at the show didn’t materialize when it didn’t sell out. Two months and change later, the break … [Read more...]
Beer Box II Auction Opens Monday, But There’s More
The sequel to the “Beer Box Find” will get much of the attention when Mile High Card Company opens its big fall catalog auction Monday but if unopened boxes from decades ago aren’t your thing, there is plenty of other high-end material in what could be the biggest auction in the company’s 20+ year history. Led by an ultra-high end DeLong complete set, a 1951 Bowman #305 … [Read more...]
Mile High Opens Extra Innings Auction
Ahead of its upcoming Fall Auction that will feature the second part of the Beer Box Find collection, Mile High Card Company opened its Extra Innings event Monday with 346 lots of vintage and modern cards, memorabilia and autographs. Among the lots up for grabs are dozens of vintage Hall of Fame cards including a large group of higher grade regular Sandy Koufax issues, … [Read more...]
Second Find of Valuable Vintage Wax Was Unexpected
The second part of what's become a seven-figure find of decades-old unopened sports and non-sports wax boxes is scheduled to go on the auction block late this month and we're learning a little more about how it all came about. "Beer Box Find II" included 1960s Topps football and baseball boxes, a 1971 Topps baseball box, a one-of-a-kind 1968-69 Topps Test basketball … [Read more...]
1952 Topps Mantle Giveaway at the National
For the third straight year, Mile High Card Company will be giving away an early Mickey Mantle card at the National Sports Collectors Convention. The company announced Tuesday it would be holding a contest for its consignors with a 1952 Topps Mantle as the grand prize. The National coincides with the company’s consignment deadline for its September auction. … [Read more...]
Packs in Mile High Vintage Find Originated with Family of Trading Card Maker
We’re learning a little more about how the find of vintage unopened material, including that one-of-a-kind partial box of 1948 Bowman baseball, came to be. Mile High Card Company recently received the consignment that’s already considered one of the better unopened discoveries of all-time. The boxes, some full and some with a few packs missing, mostly date from the … [Read more...]
Partial Box of 1948 Bowman Baseball Discovered; Set for Auction
What appears to be the only surviving partial box of 1948 Bowman baseball packs has been discovered and consigned to Mile High Card Company’s June Auction. The ’48 Bowman packs are the headliner in a one-owner collection that certainly stands among one of the most significant finds of unopened material ever offered. Mile High President and CEO Brian Drent … [Read more...]
MHCC’s Amped Up Extra Innings Auction Includes Nearly 600 Lots
Mile High Card Company launched its latest ‘Extra Innings’ auction on Wednesday afternoon, but this one is a little different. “Our Extra Innings auctions are usually targeted to the more modest collector,” said MHCC President and CEO Brian Drent, “But we’ve acquired such a large amount of advanced material recently that some consignors have requested we promote their … [Read more...]
Suspect in Brady Jersey Theft Asked MHCC Prez About Value of Miller Helmet
Mile High Card Company President Brian Drent was taken aback last year when the Mexican sports collector sitting in the passenger seat of his car asked him how much Von Miller's Super Bowl 50 game-worn helmet might be worth. As someone who knows the memorabilia market, Drent couldn't imagine how a publishing executive who lived in another country could have obtained one … [Read more...]
