1975 AL Championship Ring--Salesman's Sample?

[sporhero]

I am a regular poster on the Collectors Universe (PSA) forum, and one of the members there told me that Net54 has some members that may be able to help me with this item. If anyone can help me learn more about this item and ascertain its value, I would appreciate it.

I have a ring that looks like it was made for the Red Sox AL Championship from 1975. It weighs 42 grams (1.5 ounces) and has no maker's marks on it. I had a jeweler nearby look at it a while back, and he took a quick look and said it didn't have any precious metal value, but I am going to show it to him again today and put an update later on this post.

I don't really have much knowledge of championship rings, so through my rudimentary online research I am guessing this is a salesman's sample. One website had this ring (Link) that looks a lot like mine but has a different setting for the gem and is made of gold.

The pictures I have of the ring are on the original post I made on the PSA board (I can't log into my picture host right now, otherwise I would put them here).

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=830477

[sports-rings]

the ring looks like a copy to me.

i doubt it is a real salesman sample as most are made of solid gold, usually 10K. some are gold filled but most are 10k and a few are 14K.

I have attached a copy of a real ring (taken from TJ's site) at www.tjscollectiblesinc.com (http://tjscollectiblesinc.com)

[drc]

I don't pretend to be an expert, but I would imagine the rings given to players and managers etc had genuine diamonds and the other rings do not. A jeweler can tell you if something is a real diamond.