New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor has put his Super Bowl XXV ring up for auction.
According to a news release for SCP Auctions, Taylor’s ring received 12 bids, with the highest bid at $37,982 as of 10:20 a.m. ET Thursday. The auction will end Saturday, with the estimated value of the ring between $75,000 and $100,000, according to the news release.
The release comes the morning after Giants players received their Super Bowl XLVI championship rings at a ceremony at Tiffany & Co.
Taylor’s ring is described as showing “considerable wear, that in some eyes, only enhances its aura.”
The ring features two football-shaped diamonds on a background of blue enamel and surrounded by 17 smaller diamonds. On one side of the ring, “TAYLOR” is engraved above a Giants helmet with the number “56” underneath it.
The ring also comes with a notarized letter of authenticity from Taylor, whose name also is engraved on the interior band.
Taylor was sentenced in March 2011 to six years’ probation in a deal where he agreed to plead guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute. Taylor initially was charged with third-degree rape, among other counts, stemming from an incident that occurred in May 2010.
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