This ring over at ebay is causing all kinds of a ruckus in fandom. People think it belongs to Debra Tate. People think it is fake. People think it is tacky. People are running around like a chicken with their head cut off. Okay Paige Somebody is.
According to all known sources, Polanski left Sharon's estate to Col (not me) Paul Tate. He wanted nothing to do with any of it. Theoretically, this means that all tangible and intangible property that constituted Sharon's Estate went to her father.
[ Side note- the INTANGIBLE part is extremely important because this includes her name and likeness. If not for that aspect of the waiver by Polanski, POLANSKI would own Sharon's likeness for merchandise, not Debra. For those who care.]
However, this would NOT apply to any keepsakes or goods that Polanski personally distributed to friends or associates BEFORE because legally they were disposed of by him BEFORE the final disposition of the estate to the Tates. If Polanski gave the ring, as it seems, to his Polish producing buddy, then it belongs to him to do with as he wished.
In any case, calling France and shit makes NO sense. The Estate was executed in 1969/1970 and the time to calling into question missing property is LONG over. You can't know say "Oh shit I was looking for that ring for 35 years" especially if you weren't.
THE REAL PROBLEM as this Col sees it is that the ring clearly does have a value of anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000. If Gutowski gave it to his wife Judy, fine. But if Judy GAVE it to Suzanna Leigh for reasons unknown, that GIFT would have to be registered with the IRS because of the sheer size of the value. This would make the ring's provenance easy to trace, not some bullshit letters.
The ring, like the mega collection of documents, clearly will NOT sell.
Let's see what happens next.
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I finally got into the Sharon Tate discussion board..
Ok, here's the deal.. Paige called Debra, Debra has no knowledge of this ring. So, Debra called Roman in Paris.. Roman says he never gave Sharon an engagement ring. Sharon had a simple gold band wedding ring that she was buried with. Roman also has no knowledge of Sharon even owning a ring looking like that..
Debra and Roman seem to feel that it was just a piece of costume jewelry with no value at all. So, they're a tad bit upset that someone is passing a piece of junk off as Sharon's, with such a hefty pricetag just waiting for a sucker to come along and bid.
If you look closely at the letter she has posted in her auction, she can't even spell Roman right, she called him Rowan..
You can see Sharon wearing a ring like this in some pictures, but it was a pinky ring...
In my opinion, the ring is a fake and sellers like her should be bitch slapped.
Debra really REALLY needs to get on the Ebay VERO program and put an end to this fake bullshit..
It's one thing to have sellers lining their pockets with real items, but it's another when they're selling fake items...
I don't like it either, but sadly, it's a fact of life.
I will never understand why Lisa Marie sold off everything that belonged to Elvis, except Graceland. To me, that is just dicked up. She couldn't have been hard up for money cause she's one of the richest women in America...
My husband is a huge Dale Earnhardt fan, the man wasn't even dead 15 minutes before the vultures were out in full force on Ebay. Items that normally were sold for $50.00 now had a price tag of $800.00.. It's so sad when people cash in on the deaths of others..
I was just telling this to Paige, I am a huge Dorothy Stratten fan (if you don't know who she is, you can do an online search for her.. 20 year old Playmate Of The Year, shot in the head by her husband)
Anyway, I have a very rare picture of her, it's very hard to come by, took me years before I found it. But I did.. I could easily make copies of it and sell them, but I won't, out of respect.
But, others aren't as respectful. I have been in email contact with the seller of "Sharon's ring". She claims to have been a very close friend of Sharon's and that he respected her very deeply. I told her that if she respected her that much, she wouldn't be peddling something that, if were authentic, would be very precious.
Roman has said that Sharon never knew this woman at all. There's nothing worse then selling fake items.. It just really pisses me off..
Problem Child,
My post wasn't directed at you. It was just a general statement. Everyone has their own opinions and I respect yours...
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I assume they want to get the ring back so they can return it to Judy... But I don't know this for a fact...
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1,2,3,4,5,6,7,ALL GOOD CHILDREN GO TO HEAVEN
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