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Pioneer
02-20-07, 11:43 PM
Listed on ebay:

USS Indianapolis Officers Ring (http://cgi.ebay.com/USS-INDIANAPOLIS-CA-35-OFFICER-US-NAVY-WW-II-RING_W0QQitemZ6579742352QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4718QQt cZphotoQQcmdZViewItem)

Dang @ almost $10K I'd like to see a museum pick this up rather than go into the wild blue yonder.
NefariousKoel
02-21-07, 01:15 AM
:o

I don't know what to say other than that.
U-533
02-21-07, 06:28 AM
I'm kinda torn between what to do with stuff you would never use and stuff with historical value.

What do you do with something of this Value...?

What would prompt someone to sell something like this?

Does the individual know of the history of it?

Does the individual give a damn about the historical value?

I dont know .... maybe the individual selling it has a crack habit?:hmm:
kurtz
02-21-07, 06:40 AM
What's this ring about? does the US Navy hand out rings to it's officers?

Nice idea if they do.
The Avon Lady
02-21-07, 09:12 AM
I dont know .... maybe the individual selling it has a crack habit?:hmm:
Read the EBay entry. This appears to be an estate liquidation.
August
02-21-07, 11:07 AM
What's this ring about? does the US Navy hand out rings to it's officers?

Nice idea if they do.

More likely it was an unofficial "hey lets all chip in and get some ship rings made up" kinda thing. Military people do that kind of stuff all the time.
AVGWarhawk
02-21-07, 11:25 AM
It belongs in a museum but most just want the money. If it is an estate liquidation as Avon stated as seeing. Then perhaps to pay off some old bills or just a greedy person. How did they come to that value is the question?
dean_acheson
02-23-07, 01:42 PM
The ring has been on Ebay quite a few times, with no takers. It is way over priced IMHO, but I am not a militaria collector.

It is really cool, esp. since the fellow served on her during F.D.R.'s cruise, but I am not so sure that it is a 'musemn' piece. I know that the standards for what is and what isn't something to be set out in a building for public viewing due to its historical signifigance. That is something to be decided by the folks who control the purse-strings at the Smithsonian.

If it was the class ring of a Butch O'Hare or a Richard O'Kane, then I would feel very differently about it....

My worthless .02, which is kinda an oxymoron, huh?
dean_acheson
02-23-07, 01:45 PM
To my way of thinking, this is much more of a musemn piece:

http://cgi.ebay.com/JACKET-CONCENTRATION-CAMPS-GERMAN-BELGIAN-WW2-FJ_W0QQitemZ160087004643QQihZ006QQcategoryZ104001Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem