Over the course of his extraordinary career, the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was selected to 19 NBA All-Star Games, his last coming in 1989 at the age of 41. In that contest – held on February 12th in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas – Abdul-Jabbar played 13 minutes (finishing with four points, three rebounds, and two blocks) in a 143-134 West victory. Since the NBA’s inception in 1946, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the only player to be selected as an All-Star 19 times – despite playing all four years in college at UCLA. Kareem, who was then known as Lew Alcindor, was a three-time NCAA champion (NCAA did not allow freshman to play varsity) and was the National Collegiate Player of the Year in those three championship seasons of 1967, 1968 and 1969.

Presented here is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s historic 1989 NBA All-Star Game ring from his record-setting 19th and final All-Star Game appearance, which features a beautiful blue stone top with an image of a basketball in the center. Above the bezel setting is “NBA” with “ALL-STAR” reading below.  One shank of the ring displays an enamel-filled National Basketball Association logo with Abdul-Jabbar’s name at the top. The opposite shank shows that year’s NBA All-Star Weekend logo, reading “HOUSTON FEBRUARY 10-12, 1989” with the year “1989” also appearing above the logo. Marked inside the band of this approximate size 13 ring is “LGB CE” for the manufacturer Balfour and celestrium ring type. The weight of this ring is approximately 17.2 grams. This item comes directly from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and a personally hand-signed LOA from Kareem accompanies this item.

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