I am a collector of superbowl and world series rings. You have hit on the biggest challange ring collectors face - researching what happened or is happening when teams issue rings and awards.
We don't have a text book or comprehensive websites that we can refer to. So much knowledge is gained by research, talking to other collectors and speaking to teams and ring manufacturers. I try and assemble as much information as possible such as pictures, weights, descriptions for each ring that is created.
As an example of undocumented and rare items: I have a '55 brooklyn dodger player ring, as as far as I know, my ring is the only one that was modified (by the player) to include more diamonds than the original design. I have never seen another like this and I have no idea if others exist.
Calls to Balfour (who made all the Yankee rings) and Jostens (who makes many of the superbowl and other world series rings) usually results in being told that the rings were made so long ago, all notes and documentation has been lost. They can be a good resource for rings made in the last twenty years.
So it will be hard to determine how many other tea-sets are out there and sadly, as the price realized in the auction-link shows, such an item would have much less demand than an actual ring from that time period.
Good luck in your quest. Once resource you may want to try is the Yankee stadium museum curator. His name is Brian, I believe, and he has an amazing wealth of information and resources at his disposal.
He may even want to borrow the item and put it in the Yankee stadium museum.
Best of luck,
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