Winter Auction 2015 closing February 7
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/8/2015
The New York Yankees christened a new Yankee Stadium on Opening Day 2009 and concluded the season with the team’s 27th World Series championship.
After failing to reach the World Series for five consecutive seasons from 2004-2008, a drought of epic proportions considering the New York Yankees dynastic run of success from 1996 to 2003, the team signed veteran right-handed pitcher A.J. Burnett to a five-year $82.5 million deal. Burnett paid immediate dividends, never missing his turn in the rotation while compiling a 13-9 record with 195 strikeouts in 207 innings spanning 33 starts and earned his first World Series victory with a sterling performance against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Two.
Burnett’s name is engraved above the Yankees bat in hat logo and the word “Tradition” on one shank with “World Champions 2009 Unity” on the opposite side of this sparkling 14K white gold Balfour ring that still looks brand new. The Yankee’s iconic interlocking NY logo is created in a cluster of diamonds surrounded by an infield diamond-shaped perimeter of with larger princess cut diamonds denoting the three bases and home plate superimposed over a shiny blue synthetic gemstone. The ring boasts a staggering NINETY-FIVE DIAMONDS:FOUR 2.2 X 2.2mm princess cut diamonds and THIRTY-NINE 2.2mm & FIFTY-TWO 1.3-2mm round brilliant cut diamonds giving this ring a total diamond weight of approx 2.50cttw. Size 11.5, 47-gram, ring has a “Yankee Stadium Inaugural Season 2009” logo and “Balfour© 14K are engraved on the band’s interior. Ring is contained in small black cardboard jeweler’s box. This is an additional player ring that was requested by Burnett.