A game-used, team-signed Bill Barilko hockey stick from the Toronto Maple Leafs 1950-51 Stanley Cup championship season soared to $70,800, and a 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle holy grail baseball card finished at $59,000, in Miller & Miller Auctions online-only Pre-1980 Sports Cards & Memorabilia auction held June 22. All prices in this report are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyers premium. The Barilko hockey stick was the undisputed sleeper item of the sale, easily blasting through its $5,000 high estimate on its way to top lot honors. In all, 235 lots came up for bid in an auction that grossed $386,952. The Bill Barilko stick was an absolute thrill to bring to market and see a Canadian icons name live on in the sale of a historic piece of memorabilia, said Ben Pernfuss, consignment director for the sale, adding, Card results remained strong, as two 1952 Mantles highlighted an exciting offering of pre-1980 cards. Sold was a range of cards, sports memorabilia and historic objects. The game-used, team-signed Bill Barilko hockey stick from the Toronto Maple Leafs 1950-51 Stanley Cup season offered a significant piece of hockey history. The stick was made by the Love & Bennett sporting goods store, located on the same block as the Maple Leaf Garden. It was stamped with Barilkos number 5 and signed by the members of that championship team. The 1952 Mantle card that realized $59,000 wasnt perfect. It was graded 2 Good from PSA, with imperfect corners and an off-center image area. But it also boasted an excellent surface and strong edges. Ultimately, bidders saw the card for what it was: a rare 52 Mantle card in a category of its own. The sale had two portions, one with no live webcast and one where lots closed online in sequential order on auction day. A total of 221 registered bidders placed a combined 4,732 bids. 99 percent of all lots offered were sold, while 54 percent of the top 50 lots topped estimates. Online bidding was via www.LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller website. A complete high-grade set (60 of 60) 1964 Topps Giants series cards, marking the companys first postcard-size release, with each 4-by-7 inch card showcasing a large color photograph framed by a white border, sold for $8,260 against a high estimate of $3,000. A few of the stars included Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. The average PSA grade was 8.4. A 1952 Topps #312 Jackie Robinson baseball card, graded PSA 1 PR, bested the $3,000 high estimate by finishing at $5,900. The card was from Topps fabled 1952 6th series, running from #311 Mickey Mantle to #407, considered the rarest series of the 407-card set, and the Jackie Robinson card is one of the most sought-after, owing to his legendary career on and off the field. A 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee uncut sheet of 226 hockey cards in excellent condition (and boasting a #18 Wayne Gretzky mint rookie card) showed some minor edge wear, but that seasons O-Pee-Chee set remains one of the most iconic groupings of cards in the world of sports card collecting. The sheet was blank-backed (no printing on the reverse side). It sold within estimate for $4,130. Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. will take the summer months off but will be back in September with a busy line-up of sale. To learn more, visit www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com.