Centennial, CO- On April 28th Mile High Card Company will open bidding for its
Spring 2011 auction, which closes May 19th. A preview of the auction was featured
several days before the auction was to go live and was met with an exceptional amount of
interest and excitement surrounding the extensive, nearly 2400 lot offering. MHCC
President and CEO Brian Drent believes the sale is by far the most thorough event of the
firms 15 year existence. When asked to assess the auction, Drent responded with the one
word that best describes the sale, “thorough.”
The catalogs copies, which were mailed out prior to the start of the auction on April 25th,
reads as much like a coffee table book as it does an auction catalog with tremendous
content and interesting well written descriptions throughout. The auction is buoyed by an
extensive array of high- grade singles for which MHCC is well known, but also includes
a tremendous selection of high- grade complete sets and groups, non- sports material,
autographs, game- worn collectibles, photographs, and unopened material. All of this
makes the Spring MHCC auction a collecting event for enthusiasts from every genre of
our hobby.
A few of the highlights from this extensive offering are the following: A 1909-11 E90-1
American Caramel near complete 119/120 set that is completely SGC graded; a stunning
newly- discovered example of an 1888 Joseph Hall cabinet featuring the New York Ball
Club including six HOFers; a spectacular copy of Joe Jackson’s 1914 Cracker Jack
pasteboard that has been assessed a PSA 7 NM grade; a 1933 Goudey #181 Babe Ruth
SGC 88(8) NM/MT; a marvelous group of 1887 N172 Old Judge cards including HOFers
Rusie, Welch, Comiskey, Duffy, and Ewing; a gorgeous 1952 Topps #311 Mickey
Mantle SGC 86(7.5) NM+, as well as a beautiful 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle that
has been graded NM 7 PSA; also offered in the auction is a magnificent collection of
New York Yankee cards that have all been graded by PSA with many exceptionally lowpopulation
PSA 9’s and 10’s; as well the sale features the number one all -time finest
1952 Bowman Small Football complete set that will be sold to highest aggregate bid(s);
also featured is a magnificent copy of Wayne Gretzky’s 1979 OPC rookie card that has
been graded GEM MINT 98(10) by SGC; the MHCC sale also features a stunning
assemblage of non-sports cards highlighted by the #5 All Time Finest 1938 Horrors Of
War complete set on the PSA Set Registry.
Absolutely not taking a backseat to the compendious cardboard offering, the current Mile
High catalog also features some wonderful pieces of memorabilia highlighted by the
following items: a stupendous 1957 St. Louis Cardinals Stan Musial game- worn full
home uniform; an extraordinary 1927 New York Yankess World Champions Panoramic
Photograph; an awe-inspiring single signed Babe Ruth ball with a JSA LOA; as well as
an exceptionally rare 1914 W. B. Jarvis Ty Cobb advertising cabinet; and a sublime and
thoroughly impressive 1960’s Baltimore Colts game used jersey from Johnny Unitas.
As is always the case with a Mile High Card Company auction there is literally
something for everyone, from the pre-war enthusiasts to post-war collectors, from the
high-grade aficionados to collector- grade type hobbyists. According to MHCC’s
Managing Director of Acquisitions, Andy Madec, the current Mile High auction is an allencompassing
event that will satisfy many different types of collectors.
All of the aforementioned highlights as well as the rest of the nearly 2400 lots are
available for bidding on the company’s website at www.milehighcardco.com or by
contacting MHCC via telephone at (303) 840-2784. As previously mentioned all catalogs
have been shipped for this auction and bidding will culminate May 19th. Mile High Card
Company is currently accepting consignments for their Fall auction (as well as all 2011
auctions) with a consignment deadline of August 8th.