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Jamie Gold’s 2006 WSOP Main Event Bracelet Auctioned Off
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2013-05-19 12:15
Lately, it is apparently more and more fashionable for
WSOP champions to auction off the bracelets that had so painstakingly worked to win a few short years ago. Some of them part with their bling out of charity, while others – like Jerry Yang – have authorities auction their bracelets off for them, out of necessity obviously, under less than amiable circumstances.
Jamie Gold however has never been the player/businessman to go bankrupt. His auction is driven by a different sort of motivation: he has simply decided to get rid of it, offering another person the chance to own a little bit of WSOP history.
The auctioneer handling the transaction will be Heritage Auctions, and interested parties will be able to bid on the bracelet starting July 13, a carefully selected date, because that’s when the Main Event of the 2013 WSOP kicks off.
The bracelet – like all WSOP bracelets for that matter – is a true masterpiece indeed. It includes seven carats of diamonds not to mention the 120 grams of gold/white gold which constitutes its basis. The heart and diamond suits are made with inset rubies, while the spade is a sapphire and the club symbol is made with black diamonds. The bracelet features a total of 259 stones. Obviously, the value of the bracelet is much more than a sum of its parts. It was after all the bracelet awarded by the biggest ever WSOP Main Event and it was quite possibly one of the most controversial bracelets awarded as well, given the legal row that followed Gold’s 2006 victory. The bracelet came accompanied by a prize of $12 million, the largest ever awarded by a
WSOP Main Event.
Peter Eastgate, TJ Cloutier, Brad Daugherty and Paul Clark are the other players who have parted with their WSOP bling.
