This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 12/12/2012.
Hall of Famer Robert Parish played in more games than any other player in NBA history. A 7-foot-1 center who combined strength, agility, and remarkable endurance, Parish won his first NBA Championship with the Celtics in 1981, his first year in Boston. The 1986 Celtics cruised into the Finals; in the three series leading to the Finals, the Celtics lost just one game to the Atlanta Hawks, sweeping both the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks on their way to face the Houston Rockets. With the Celtics leading the series 2-1, Parish had a monster Game 4 in which he put up 22 points and hauled in 15 rebounds, helping his team edge out a three-point victory 106-103. A 17-point blowout in Game 6 secured a third ring for Parish and gave the Celtics their 16th NBA Championship. Parish was named one of the NBA’s Top 50 players in 1996 and enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. This size 13, 14k gold player’s ring weighs 39 grams. The top panel reads “BOSTON CELTICS WORLD CHAMPIONS” surrounding a green enameled shamrock logo and a diamond encrusted Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy. Fifteen smaller round-cut diamonds make up the base and a .33-carat round-cut diamond sits at the top. The ring has a total diamond weight of approximately .50 carats. The right panel reads “PARISH” in relief above a casted image of the Celtics leprechaun logo, “16 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS” and another banner that reads “PRIDE”. The left panel reads “1986” and features a laurelled and green enameled NBA logo along with another banner that reads “TEAMWORK”. The inside of the ring is stamped “LGB 14K”. The ring is in MINT condition and is accompanied by a LOA from Hall of Famer Robert Parish.
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