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Vintage cards, complete sets highlight successful December auction at Mile High
Mile High Card Co. finished of 2022 with a strong December auction, headlined by a T206 complete set and a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card that both reached six figures.
The SCG-graded 1909-11 T206 complete set with a 5.20 GPA sold for $366,417, while and the 1933 Goudey #144 Babe Ruth (PSA 8) brought $483,638.
“It was a great event to close out the year, but we’ve got even bigger plans for 2023,” MHCC CEO and President Brian Drent said.
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Other six-figure sales included: a 1948 Leaf #8 Leroy "Satchel" Paige (SGC 7) that sold for a record $103,969; a 1952 Topps #261 Willie Mays (PSA 8) for a record $215,436; and a 1957 Topps #77 Bill Russell (PSA 8) for $146,574.
Other key cards highlighting the December auction include:
• 1911-16 Kotton Cigarettes T216 Honus Wagner Batting 2B (SGC 4 VG-EX), $81,470.
• 1963 Topps #537 1963 Rookie Stars Pete Rose (PSA 9), $77,726.
• 1968 Topps #177 Mets Rookies Nolan Ryan (PSA 9), $77,726.
• 1933 Goudey #106 Nap Lajoie (SGC 7.5), $70,367.
• 1909 T204 Ramly Walter Johnson Sheet Cut (SGC 9), $62,351.
• 1907 Detroit Seamless Steel Tube rookie era postcard featuring Ty Cobb (SGC 2), $51,380.
• 1909 Dockman & Sons Gum E92 Christy Matthewson (SGC 7), $37,689.
• 1951 Bowman #253 Mickey Mantle (PSA 7), $79,364.
• 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle (PSA 8), $29,987.
• 1909-11 T206 Piedmont 350/25 Ty Cobb Portrait Red (SGC 60 EX 5), $12,748.
• 1938 Goudey #274 Joe DiMaggio (PSA 7), $18,843.
• 1951 Bowman #165 Ted Williams (PSA 9), $34,714.
• 1952 Bowman #218 Willie Mays (PSA 8), $25,903.
• 1984 Star #101 Michael Jordan (PSA 7), $27,429.
• 1966-67 Topps #35 Bobby Orr (SGC 9), $52,525.
• 1969 Topps #20 John Havlicek (PSA 9), $18,404.
Two high-profile collections were broken up and sold as individual lots: a 1953 Bowman Color Complete Set (#7 On PSA Set Registry, 7.981 GPA) for an aggregate total of $121,248; and a 1954 Topps Complete Set (PSA graded, 9.098 GPA, #3 on PSA Set Registry) with sales adding up to $480,081.
The 1953 Bowman Color set was led by a #59 Mickey Mantle (PSA 8) that brought $14,907, while the 1954 Topps set featured a #10 Jackie Robinson (PSA 9) that brought record price $76,438.
Other elite complete sets included a 1933 Goudey set (PSA Graded) for $74,023 and a 1954 Topps Baseball for $27,136.
Unopened material continues to be a Mile High Card Co. hallmark, with a 2012-13 Panini Prizm Basketball factory-sealed case with 12 unopened boxes selling $83,764 and a rare 1967 Topps Wacky Packages wax box taking down $64,661.
