[sports-rings]

There were some surprises in the two auctions that ended this weekend - with regards to championship rings.

In REA, the two vintage Yankee rings did lower than I thought they would. This continues a trend we recently saw with vintage Yankee rings in the Heritage auction.

Perhaps collectors are not as enamored with the historic vintage rings as I thought, or perhaps this is the start of a downward trend in vintage championship rings.

The 1949 Yankee front office ring, same style and size as the players ring sold for $7,200 with the juice, and a rare 1953 Player ring, sold for $8,400.00

1953 Player Rings have gone for a lot of money in the past, as this was the only Yankee ring to change in the 50s and 60s. This is the iconic ring with the "5" and a diamond on top.

The only blemish on this ring was that Balfour re-stamped their name on the ring in the 80s when the ring went back to them to be resized.

The 2009 Yankee ring in REA went for 16,800 with the juice, around half of what REA sold a 2009 ring for around a year earlier.

It was not all gloom and doom - a Royals ring belonging to deceased Ken Brett (George Brett's brother) sold for $33,000 and a 1955 Dodger watch sold for $5,100.

In SCP, a Mets 2000 NL player ring, continued the trend where 2000 Met player rings do poorly. Bubba Trammell's ring sold for $5,711.00. The Mets ring is a very nice ring - their only winning or losing world series ring made with the modern bling that we have become used to. I am surprised that these rings sell for less than half of what a Yankee AL pennant player ring would sell for.

Also in the SCP auction, the first 1946 Red Sox AL ring I have ever seen, sold for $21,013. It belonged to player Joe Dobson.

Hall of famer, Rod Woodson sold two super bowl losing rings (AFC championship rings) that went for 17,126 and 18,840. His hall of fame ring went kind of low - selling for $20,897.