EBay Inc. had 60,092 Packers items
offered for sale a day after Green Bay defeated the Pittsburgh
Steelers 31-25 in the Super Bowl.
The highest-priced piece on the online auction site was
Willie Wood’s 1989 National Football League Hall of Fame
induction ring, listed at $2.75 million. Wood, 74, was a free
safety for the Packers in 1960-1971, playing in six NFL
Championship games and two Super Bowls.
As of 4:40 p.m. New York time today, no bids had been
placed on the ring. The seller, Championship Sports Rings, said
in the listing that 70 percent of the sale price would support
the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund that provides financial
assistance to retired NFL players in need.
Also for sale was a diamond-studded 1996 Packers player’s
wife’s Super Bowl ring, offered for a starting bid of $22,000. A
Packers Super Bowl championship ring from the same season is
available for $13,000. A 1966 Super Bowl football with certified
signatures from 50 Packers team members, including coach Vince Lombardi, was listed at $12,000.
Football cards featuring individual Packers team members
were listed with a starting price of 1 cent.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Victoria Slind-Flor in San Francisco at
vslindflor@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
David Rovella at drovella@bloomberg.net;
Michael Sillup at msillup@bloomberg.net
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