Mile High Card Company Kicks Off 2013 With Its Highly Anticipated Premium Auction Featuring A Bevy Of Key Rarities

Centennial, CO.- Mile High Card Company is pleased to kick off the New Year with its much anticipated 2013 Winter Premium Auction, a decidedly smaller and more exclusive event than the company's traditional auctions, which have averaged anywhere from $2 to $3 million in sales based on 1200 to 1500 lots over the past 15 years as the hobby's leading and most trusted clearinghouse for premium sports cards and collectibles. In a much-ballyhooed presentation the company will offer collectors an amazing opportunity to acquire many one -of -a -kind premium collectibles. Collectors familiar with the Centennial-based firm can expect to find the usual array of magnificent cardboard as well as some of the strongest pieces of memorabilia the company has ever offered, that will capture the fancy of enthusiasts. MHCC Principal Brian Drent, assessed the current offerings with an excited viewpoint, noting, "as a firm, we really are pleased with the material that is being presented within this catalog and I feel that some of the items offered are amongst the highest caliber of items recently offered within the hobby”

Headlining the prestigious offerings of cardboard featured in the current MHCC sale is a staggering presentation of Pre War material highlighted by the following: An attention commanding 1911 T3 Turkey Red Complete Set that ranks as the #3 Current Finest on PSA Set Registry with an amazing 5.03 GPA. This historic offering will be sold as either a complete set or as singles with the higher aggregate price determining the method of sale. As well the auction also includes another early century delight with the offering of a 1911 T205 Gold Border Complete Set #3 Current Finest on PSA Set Registry that offers an awe inspiring GPA of 5.869. This featured set will also employ the same method of sale by being offered as both a complete set as well as singles with the contents being sold to the higher aggregate bids. A third offering utilizing this same process of sale is a 1911 M116 Sporting Life Master Set that ranks as the #2 All-Time Finest on the PSA Set Registry with GPA of 6.387. Pasteboards offered as single lots within the sale of note are the following: A stunning and exceptionally desirable 1909 T204 Ramly Eddie Collins PSA 8 NM/MT, as well as a imagination conjuring 1910 E98 Red Cy Young PSA 8; NM/MT from the recent Black Swamp Find; also offered in the auction is a terrific example of a 1933 Goudey #144 Babe Ruth that has been graded SGC 88 NM/MT 8, finishing up a small but strong presentation of single cards is a terrific example of a 1956 Topps #135 Mickey Mantle card that has been graded PSA 9 MINT.

The memorabilia portion of the January Premium auction is as strong as MHCC has ever offered within this format of sale and is highlighted by the following items. Clearly one of the overall highlights of the current auction is a captivating offering of a spectacular and incredibly rare Babe Ruth and Al Capone Signed OAL (Harridge) ball that to the best knowledge of the auction house is the only example extant. The ball is consigned to MHCC from the families of Hall Of Famer Eddie Collins and Hall Of Famer Herb Pennock who originally obtained the amazing sphere. Eddie Collins’ son Eddie Collins Jr., who also played in the Major Leagues for three seasons, married the daughter of Herb Pennock who had gotten the ball signed by the feared gangster and then asked his famed teammate Babe Ruth to sign the ball. The amazing orb has been a prized heirloom of the family and is being offered publicly for the very first time. The ball is supported by a great deal of amazing evidence that includes the following: A tremendous hand written account of the ball from Eddie Collins’ grandson Pete Collins in which he relates an account of Miller Huggins reprimanding Yankee players for interacting with such an unsavorable character such as Capone before a game. The ball is supported by LOA’s from JSA as well as John Reznikoff. Also of note on the memorabilia side is a Spectacular 1927 Babe Ruth Single-Signed Ball With Exceptional Provenance LOA PSA/DNA AND JSA, as well an impressive 1927 New York Yankees Reunion Team-Signed Ball Signed in the early 1940s with (11) Signatures Featuring Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Pennock, Bengough with a LOA from PSA/DNA and JSA that came from the Pennock family along with the Ruth/Capone ball is being offered, as well the sale includes an Exceptionally Scarce and Important 1967 Boston Red Sox American League Championship Ring that is being offered for the first time.

The above-mentioned lots are just a couple of the key lots in the prestigious sale and 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. All of the aforementioned highlights as well as the rest of the 800+ 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 January 31st. Mile High Card Company is currently accepting consignments for their Spring auction (as well as all 2013 auctions) with a consignment deadline of March 24th.