The Tremendous Bowl ring Plaxico Burress gained as a member of the Giants’ 2007 squad that toppled the then-undefeated Patriots in Tremendous Bowl XLII was auctioned off on Sunday for a whopping $280,600 by Heritage Auctions.
Burress holds a particular place in Giants lore because the receiver who caught the game-winning landing towards the Patriots within the Tremendous Bowl to finish New England’s hopes of an undefeated season.
The ring had been put up for public sale earlier this month across the time of the Tremendous Bowl and had been authenticated on Nov. 16 by the previous Giants large receiver in a letter.
“I received this actual ring as a member of the New York Giants who won Super Bowl XLII held February 3, 2008 against the New England Patriots in Phoenix, AZ. I further certify this ring is the one and only ring and that no duplicate copies were produced,” a part of the letter Burress signed learn.
The Put up beforehand reported that the ring had been put up for public sale by an nameless proprietor and the November date of the authentication letter prompt that Burress had offered the ring himself months earlier than when it was put up for public sale.
“I would assume it’s in 2024 — that’s the assumption we have to take,” HA’s Sports activities Director Chris Ivy advised The Put up.
The greater than $280,000 worth the bling went for grew to become the second-most costly Tremendous Bowl ring ever offered, solely trailing Baltimore Colts head coach Don McCafferty’s Tremendous Bowl V ring that was auctioned in 2022 for $300,000.
Burress had handled a collection of authorized and monetary points following his Tremendous Bowl catch in 2008, along with his best-known infraction coming when he shot himself within the leg with an unlicensed firearm in November of that very same 12 months whereas attempting to get right into a Manhattan nightclub.
The receiver finally pled responsible to tried weapon possession and spent 20 months in jail.
Burress was drafted eighth total in 2000 by the Steelers and spent 4 seasons with the Giants, and one 12 months with the Jets in 2011.
