AbdulJabbar auctioning championship rings for children’s charity

NEW YORK: Four championship rings of NBA legend Kareem AbdulJabbar (71) are to be auctioned for charity.

The league’s alltime leading scorer is selling the rings he won with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980, 1985, 1987 and 1988, plus other gameused and autographed memorabilia from his career.

The money will go towards

his Skyhook Foundation, a charity that helps children learn about science, technology, engineering and maths.

As of yesterday, the bidding on his ring from the 1985 NBA championship was up to $US85,000 ($NZ123,400), and the bidding on a signed basketball from his final NBA game in 1989 was up to $US75,000.

A sixtime NBA champion

and sixtime Most Valuable Player, AbdulJabbar scored 38,387 points and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995.

An extremely rare autographed rookie football card of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has sold for $US400,100 in an online auction.

The 2000 playoff contenders championship rookie ticket

card was just one of 100 produced and was in mint condition.

‘‘This sale was recordsetting but also largely predicted,’’ PWCC Marketplace CEO Brett Huigens said in a statement.

‘‘The trading card market is rapidly maturing among tangible asset investors and record prices are becoming increasingly frequent, especially among

the market’s most desired issues.’’

The card is believed to have been owned by former NFL lineman and card collector/ investor Evan Mathis, according to Sports Collectors Daily.

Brady’s card eclipsed the thenrecordsetting $US350,100 fetched for a 199697 Michael Jordan card just last week.