After Selling $2 Million Babe Ruth Card, MHCC Offering Another
If you missed out on the $2 million 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card last week, Mile High Card Company is offering another chance to land another …and this one won’t cost quite as much.
The company has a PSA 3 Ruth listed set to roll into its final auction of 2021 as the centerpiece of its “Extra Innings” auction set to open next week.
The card is part of the break-up of the 4th ranked 1916 M101-4 set on the PSA Set Registry that leads off the auction.
Key cards from the break include #4 Grover Alexander PSA 5 EX, 10 Dave Bancroft Blank Back PSA 6 EX-MT, 17 Mordecai Brown PSA 6 EX-MT, 32 Eddie Cicotte PSA 5 EX, 34 Eddie Collins PSA 5 EX, 36 Charles Comiskey Blank Back PSA 6 EX/MT, 54 Johnny Evers PSA 6 EX/MT, 64 Chic Gandil PSA 5.5 EX+, 86 Miller Higgins PSA 7 NM, 91 Walter Johnson Blank Back PSA 5 EX, 97 Napoleon Lajoie PSA 5 EX, 107 Connie Mack PSA 5 EX, 144 Wilbert Robinson Blank Back PSA 6 EX-MT, 169 Charles Stengel PSA 5.5 EX+, 182 Hans Wagner Blank Back PSA 3 VG, 184 Ed Walsh Blank Back PSA 5 EX, 186 Buck Weaver Blank Back PSA 4.5 VG/EX+, and 188 Zach Wheat PSA 6 EX/MT.
Other key items in the auction include a 1939 Play Ball #26 Joe DiMaggio, a 1948 Leaf #1 DiMaggio SGC 1 PR, a 1955 Topps #47 Hank Aaron PSA 6 EX-MT, a 1955 Topps #164 Roberto Clemente rookie SGC 3 VG, a 1957 Topps #10 Willie Mays PSA 7 NM, a 1957 Topps #35 Frank Robinson rookie PSA 7 NM, a 1961 Fleer #43 Jerry West rookie PSA 6 EX-MT, a 1961 Fleer #62 Bill Russell In Action PSA 7 NM, a 1965 Topps Baseball complete set, a 1966 Topps Baseball near set (587/598), a 2003-04 Upper Deck SP Authentic Basketball unopened box, and a 2015 Topps Chrome Football unopened case.
The event begins Monday and concludes on Thursday, December 2 on the MHCC website.