The fourth best 1967 Topps baseball set on PSA’s Registry is no more. Bidders in Mile High Card Company’s latest auction put down enough big bids on individual cards that the 607 card set was sold individually at a cumulative total of $170,133, besting the top bid for the set as a whole. With nearly every card grading 9 or 10, there were plenty of options for … [Read more...]
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T206 Plank, High-Grade Cobb, Ruth Ball Among Mile High Highlights
Mile High Card Company went home from the National Sports Collectors Convention with nearly $1 million in consignments. Now, some of those high-end cards and memorabilia items are going to be up for grabs. The company will open its next major catalog auction on Friday, highlighted by a rare member of the T206 “Big Four” and one of the best known 1967 Topps sets in … [Read more...]
Mile High Offering 1952 Topps Mantle Giveaway at National
One lucky collector will walk away from this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention with a free 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card. Once again this year, Mile High Card Company is using a ’52 Mantle has an incentive for collectors to consign items to the company’s upcoming auction. For each $500 of value consigned to the company’s September auction, you’ll earn one … [Read more...]
Jim Bottomley Collection Among Mile High Headliners
He left school at age 16 to support his family and wound up winning two World Series titles on his way to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now, 85 items from the life and times of Depression-era slugger Jim Bottomley are coming to auction. Bottomley Bounty Mile High Card Company will offer one of Bottomley’s 1926 World Series bats (graded PSA/DNA GU 10), his 1931 World Series ring … [Read more...]
Ruth Handwritten Letter, Robinson Ball Top Mile High Auction
A handwritten Babe Ruth letter sent to a sportswriter in 1923 sold for $88,780 as Mile High Card Company wrapped up its final auction of 2017 early Friday morning. The brief, one-page letter was penned by Ruth to a Chicago sportswriter as a thank you note for his vote in the MVP balloting and a promise to “keep right on trying” so the influential Harry Neily wouldn’t regret … [Read more...]
High-Grade Jackie Robinson Signed Ball, Ruth Letter, Vintage Greats Headline MHCC Sale
After a string of record-breaking auctions including a jaw-dropping find of vintage unopened sports and non-sports cards that made national headlines, Mile High Card Company’s final auction of 2017 launches on Monday. There are no more 1948 Bowman baseball or 1965 Topps football boxes but are a couple of items coming to auction for the first time. “The Beer … [Read more...]
American Caramel Albums, Top Rated Esposito Collection in “Extra Innings” Sale
A Mickey Mantle rookie, two pristine albums meant to hold the 1922 E121 baseball cards and the breakup of the #1 PSA Set Registry ranked Tony Esposito collection are among the highlights in Mile High Card Company’s Extra Innings Auction, which opened for bidding Monday. A prelude to the company’s final 2017 catalog auction, the Extra Innings online sale includes over 350 … [Read more...]
Previously Unknown Handwritten Babe Ruth Letter Heading to Auction
A newly discovered thank you letter Babe Ruth penned to a Chicago sportswriter in 1923 is about to hit the auction block. Mile High Card Company will offer the letter, written on Ruth’s personalized stationery, as the featured item in its December catalog auction. According to the company’s own research, only three other handwritten Babe Ruth letters are known to … [Read more...]
DeLongs, Beer Box Find II Top $2.4 Million Mile High Auction
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...]
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...]
