Tom Seaver’s 1969 Mets World Series ring sells for over $850,000 at auction

The 1969 World Series ring that once belonged to Mets legend Tom Seaver sold for more than $800,000 at an auction last weekend.

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions sold the piece of baseball memorabilia for $854,122, Newsday reported Tuesday evening.

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The Post first reported in February that the World Series ring, along with nearly 200 items from Seaver’s personal collection, was being sold at auction at Heritage Auctions’ Winter Platinum Sports Catalog auction, which ran through March 1.

Among the other items that had belonged to Seaver that were put up for auction were his 1992 Baseball Hall of Fame induction plaque.

Newsday reported that the plaque sold for $170,800, while Seaver’s 1973 Mets National League championship ring went for $201,300.

Seaver’s daughter Anne previously told The Post that his “’69 ring was very hard to part with.”

“We had trouble deciding on that,” she said.

The items ended up being auctioned off after Anne and her mom, Nancy, went through Seaver’s office and storage area in their California home.

Former New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver waves during a celebration of the 40th anniversary of their 1969 World Championship before the Mets played the Philadelphia Phillies in their MLB National League baseball game in New York August 22, 2009. REUTERS

And it wasn’t until the three-time Cy Young Award winner’s death in 2020 that Anne realized how much her dad meant to Mets fans.

“I never realized how much they loved him until I felt that love directed to me when he died. The support and kindness I got from these strangers made me realize that he is a huge part of these people’s lives,” she said.

“So that’s my personal reason for wanting to share something like the ’69 ring. His fans loved him, truly. And that makes me love them.”