The blue-and-orange sign was one of only 30 installed along the Canyon of Heroes for the 2026 championship, celebrating the Knicks sweeping the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> to secure the title after a 53-year championship drought. The sign will be auctioned through<\/a> the City\u2019s online surplus auction website \u2014 a site where the City can offload items it no longer needs.<\/p>\n The bidding started July 29 at $100, and all proceeds will go towards New York. In just under 24 hours, the bid reached $7,100 with 10 people placing offers. The last day to try and grab the piece of history will be August 12 at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Knicks championship celebration was a once-in-a-generation moment for New York City, and these commemorative street signs capture the excitement, pride and history of that unforgettable day,\u201d said New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Yume Kitasei in a press release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThrough DCAS\u2019 surplus property auctions, we\u2019re thrilled to give fans the rare opportunity to own an authentic piece of New York City and Knicks history,\u201d Kitasei added.<\/p>\n The historic sign was created by New Yorkers at NYC DOT\u2019s Sign Shop in Maspeth, Queens who make over 70,000 street signs each year and maintain over one million, according to the city. The handcrafted sign is made of a tough aluminum and measures 36 inches by nine inches.<\/p>\n The the City of Dreams celebrated its long-awaited ticker-tape parade<\/a> on June 18, where massive amounts of confetti are thrown from the windows of skyscrapers. It was the largest the city has ever seen as roughly two million devotees to catch a glimpse of the praised team. <\/p>\n Excited fans took to the streets<\/a> of Lower Manhattan where loyal enthusiasts were scaling any available surface like traffic lights, scaffolding and lampposts just to get a look at the team and get that once-in-a-lifetime shot next to the blue and orange sign.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Knicks brought home a championship after a 53-year drought and now is your chance to own a unique piece of the festivities,\u201d said NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn. <\/p>\n \u201cNYC DOT was proud to join the celebration and bring an extra touch of civic pride to the Canyon of Heroes during this special day in the history of our city,\u201d Flynn added.<\/p>\n Recently, five lucky New Yorkers secured the Knick-themed trash cans<\/a> as part of the \u201cNo Need to Knick a Bin\u201d contest just weeks after\u00a0a JP Morgan executive lost her job<\/a>\u00a0for stealing one at the parade. The city\u2019s Sanitation Department received a remarkable 125,000 applicants, but only a few were given the bins in the DSNY\u2019s Upper West Side garage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It must be a sign. Get ready for another wave of Knicks mania as fans across the world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,7904,6,56381,1136,191,3810,3806,93436,66,89945,4486,12976],"class_list":["post-799615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-knicks","tag-basketball","tag-knicks","tag-metro","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs-2026","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkknicks","tag-parades","tag-sports","tag-superfans","tag-us-news","tag-viral-trends"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117009552802997201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Fans](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fans-climb-lamp-post-near-135979101.jpg\")
As of July 30, bids for the sign have reached $7,100 Getty Images<\/p>\n![\"New](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-new-york-city-new-135979102.jpg\")
The New York Knicks took home the championship for the first time in 53 years Getty Images<\/p>\n