Historical Hockey Memorabilia Winter 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/22/2012
There is a first time for everything, and boy, do we ever have a first for you! Offered here from Jacques Lemaire's personal collection is his stunning 2010 Olympic Team Canada gold medal champions gold and diamond ring, the first one ever offered for sale at auction! This breathtaking creation - we counted 154 diamonds in all! - was presented by Hockey Canada to every member of Canada's men's Olympic team, including the coaching staff, to commemorate the country's gold medal win in Vancouver capped by Sidney Crosby's overtime winner against the United States. Head coach Mike Babcock's staff included assistant coach Lemaire, who won more than a handful of Stanley Cup rings during his Hall of Fame career with the Montreal Canadiens. The tableau of this huge bauble is virtually filled with diamonds, literally inside and out of both the raised gold five Olympic rings and Canadian maple leaf displayed on the face. Five recessed red rubies are visible within the middle of the Olympic rings. "Olympic Champions" is spelled out in raised gold letters arching over the upper and the top of both sides of the bezel. "2010" appears in raised gold in the middle of the bottom of the bezel, surrounded on either side by two rows of diamonds stretching down from the outside edge of the Olympic rings and maple leaf and evoking the look of a pair of hockey sticks. As if the tableau leaves any doubt about what the ring represents, the right shank features the final score of the gold medal game, "Canada 3, USA 2" displayed around the official Vancouver 2010 logo with the motto "With Glowing Hearts" in raised gold letters at the bottom. "Lemaire" is spelled out in big raised gold letters along the top of the left shank. Eight diamonds, representing each of Canada's men's teams' Olympic gold medals, are arched over the Hockey Canada logo with a small image of the face of the 2010 Olympic gold medal rendered in raised gold at the bottom. "Intergold" and "10K" are stamped within the size 9 1/2 band. As we said, this is the first of these unique championship rings to be offered for sale and who knows when the next opportunity will present itself? Take your best shot at this Team Canada 2010 Olympic gold medal ring, which will be accompanied by Jacques Lemaire's signed letter of authenticity.
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