REGR: `styler.highlight_min/max` did not ignore `pd.NA` and caused error
- [x] closes #42750 
- [x] tests added / passed
- [x] whatsnew entry

thanks @attack68  @meeseeksdev backport 1.3.x Owee, I'm MrMeeseeks, Look at me.

There seem to be a conflict, please backport manually. Here are approximate instructions:

1. Checkout backport branch and update it.

```
$ git checkout 1.3.x
$ git pull
```

2. Cherry pick the first parent branch of the this PR on top of the older branch:
```
$ git cherry-pick -m1 b9edc9a2a3e9cb3251b55e42a87cff2ded2ae6cb
```

3. You will likely have some merge/cherry-pick conflict here, fix them and commit:

```
$ git commit -am 'Backport PR #42861: REGR: `styler.highlight_min/max` did not ignore `pd.NA` and caused error'
```

4. Push to a named branch :

```
git push YOURFORK 1.3.x:auto-backport-of-pr-42861-on-1.3.x
```

5. Create a PR against branch 1.3.x, I would have named this PR:

> "Backport PR #42861 on branch 1.3.x"

And apply the correct labels and milestones.

Congratulation you did some good work ! Hopefully your backport PR will be tested by the continuous integration and merged soon!

If these instruction are inaccurate, feel free to [suggest an improvement](https://github.com/MeeseeksBox/MeeseeksDev).
                 Owee, I'm MrMeeseeks, Look at me.

There seem to be a conflict, please backport manually. Here are approximate instructions:

1. Checkout backport branch and update it.

```
$ git checkout 1.3.x
$ git pull
```

2. Cherry pick the first parent branch of the this PR on top of the older branch:
```
$ git cherry-pick -m1 b9edc9a2a3e9cb3251b55e42a87cff2ded2ae6cb
```

3. You will likely have some merge/cherry-pick conflict here, fix them and commit:

```
$ git commit -am 'Backport PR #42861: REGR: `styler.highlight_min/max` did not ignore `pd.NA` and caused error'
```

4. Push to a named branch :

```
git push YOURFORK 1.3.x:auto-backport-of-pr-42861-on-1.3.x
```

5. Create a PR against branch 1.3.x, I would have named this PR:

> "Backport PR #42861 on branch 1.3.x"

And apply the correct labels and milestones.

Congratulation you did some good work ! Hopefully your backport PR will be tested by the continuous integration and merged soon!

If these instruction are inaccurate, feel free to [suggest an improvement](https://github.com/MeeseeksBox/MeeseeksDev).
                 linking #42879 