Super Bowl LVII Preview: 5 Days to Another Lombardi Lift 🏈

Chiefs vs Eagles in Glendale on Sunday. By Monday morning, one team holds the 56-year-old Vince Lombardi Trophy. Worth understanding why that 3.2kg sterling silver football still anchors every NFL ceremony.

Hand-Made by Tiffany & Co. Since 1967

Every Lombardi is hand-spun from a flat sheet of sterling silver — no casting, no plating, no shortcuts. Production takes about four months. The cost (~$50,000) is a rounding error in NFL revenue, but the artisan process is the actual signal: 'this matters enough to make slowly'. Consider that the next time you brief a perpetual trophy.

Why Footballs Are Hard to Make in Silver

A football is an elongated ellipsoid — geometrically fussy for metal forming. Most trophies pick simpler shapes (cups, plates, columns) for good reason. The fact that NFL committed to the difficult shape signals discipline. For your own perpetual trophy, picking a slightly-harder-to-make form is itself a quality statement. RS Trophy hand-spins similar challenging forms in brass and pewter for local clients.