Problems with two championship rings in upcoming Heritage Auction

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Originally Posted by zachtruitt

Thanks for saving some people a lot of money!!
I know zero about rings but do you think the original owner had the ring totally fabricated from scratch or did he modify an existing ring? Thanks!

Heritage did a nice job showing the manufacturer's engraving on the inside band of the Superbowl XIII ring. I have pictures of a player's ring to compare, and I have found that the markings are identical. This means the Superbowl XIII ring was really made by Jostens and the ring is real. I believe is was modified with the name Edwards, a jersey number and position. The ring was probably originally a salesman sample.

Chris Ivy, in an email to me around a week ago, agreed with my opinion.

I believe the super bowl X ring was a real ring too, and my opinion is it was modified with the name "Edwards" added to it.

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I visited the Heritage site today and they still have not changed their listings. The rings are climbing in price and looks like a winning bidder will need to shell out close to or perhaps more than 5 figures per ring.

I noticed that Heritage has a feature that lets you blow up the items. These rings look much worse when blown up.

You will notice on the real superbowl X rings, (the rings with the yellow-gold background) how straight the letters are at the top of the last names. Now look at the Edwards name below:

If anyone feels the way I do, perhaps you can contact Chris Ivy or better yet visit their booth at the National and try to speak to them. Hopefully you won't get yelled at.