1961 New York Yankees World Championship Ring Presented to First Baseman Bill "Moose" Skowron....

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With letter of provenance from Skowron's daughter...

1961 New York Yankees World Championship Ring Presented to First Baseman Bill "Moose" Skowron. Featuring a hard-slugging duo as sweet as the candy that shared its nickname, the 1961 Yankees and their fabled M&M boys stand in baseball history among the greatest of pinstriped editions. The Mick himself put it best when he told a reporter, "The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees. I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever, but I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them."

Like the iconic Murderer's Row edition, this 1961 Yankees team made short work of their National League competition in the World Series, downing the Cincinnati Reds in a four-game sweep. Awaiting the victors were Championship rings in the time-tested style utilized throughout that unequalled era of Bronx glory. This is first baseman Moose Skowron's personal example.

It entered the hobby as part of The Bill "Moose" Skowron Collection in 2014, and we welcome its return to the auction block here. "New York Yankees World Champions" commands the face of this historic fourteen karat (14k) gold artifact in raised lettering, surrounding a genuine thirty-five-point diamond inside of a baseball diamond, while each shank provides the classic hat and bat team logo and the year "1961." The interior band is engraved "William J. Skowron Jr." in script and stamped "Balfour 14k." Size ten and a half (10.5). Weight thirty-one grams (31 g.). Proud wear evident. Letter of provenance from daughter of Moose Skowron.