So, will there be an arrest at the auction?
NFL Hall of Famer and Cleveland Browns great Jim Brown says his 1964 championship ring that is being auctioned was taken from him.
“It was stolen from me many years ago, in the late 1960s,” Brown told the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Monday. “I’m surprised to hear that it’s publicly for sale because whoever got it should know that I didn’t give it up.”
Here is the problem with Brown’s claim, the ring has been auctioned several times and he never mentioned it being stolen before.
Lelands.com had said the ring has actually been sold several times after it was passed down from Brown to a family member. The ring is currently owned by Josh Evans, the owner of the auction house, which first sold it to a bidder in 1998 before buying it back again.
In the auction listing, Lelands.com claims that Brown vouched for its authenticity when the ring was auctioned 16 years ago, a notion Brown now disputes.