The Pecan Park Eagle

1946 Newark Eagles
World Championship Ring
Owned by Player, Cecil Cole
Sold at Auction in 2010

We are hoping that someone asked Monte Irvin these questions prior to this sad week of his passing: “Did you ever own a 1946 Newark Eagles World Championship ring? If so, what happened to it, Monte? If not, how do you explain the Cecil Cole ’46 ring that surfaced for a 2010 auction by his family? It reportedly sold for $11,750.

The auction site claims that the Cole 1946 ring “is the only Negro League World Championship ring we have ever seen. We have no idea if others have survived, or if all players on the team even received one.”

Monte Irvin was living in a Houston retirement community by the time of the 1910 ring auction. Did anyone from the auction site try to contact Monte to see what he knew about the Cecil Cole ring?

Maybe someone among you knows the answers here. If not, here’s the auction site link for anyone else interested in getting to the truth about the rarity of the Cecil Cole 1946 Negro League World Championship ring. It’s hard to imagine only one of these precious artifacts as the sole survivor of rings ever awarded – not merely to the 1946 Newark Eagles, but to all Negro League championship teams for all time.

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2010/1723.html#photos

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Same Cecil Cole Ring
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