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LoCastro claims the ring is legit, Bradshaw disagrees....

Auction Featuring Greene's Super Bowl Ring Pulledby John Shumway
CANONSBURG (KDKA) Related StoriesJoe Greene's Super Bowl Ring For Sale On E-Bay?
(6/7/2006)

It looked like an amazing auction.

A 1974 Steelers Super Bowl ring belonging to Mean Joe Greene for sale on E-Bay.

Now, the man selling the ring says it's not the exact ring and he says he never claimed it was.

KDKA's John Shumway reports the ring is big and looks a bit worn and it does say Greene on the side just like the E-Bay ad claimed.

"The listing is very specific and clear," said Vince LoCastro of Canonsburg, who placed the auction. "It does not say it's Joe's ring."

LoCastro bought the ring through the Dupont Registry as an investment for his son more than 20 years ago.

"I have no idea how these rings made their way into the market," said LoCastro.

While only the 74-75 Greene ring was listed on E-Bay, the LoCastros also have a 1978 Steelers' Super Bowl ring with Terry Bradshaw's name on its side.

For the record, Greene says he has all four of his rings and Terry Bradshaw recently donated all four of his rings to Louisiana Tech University.

So just what are these rings?

"I don't know what the word would be," said LoCastro. "If it's a copy? If it's a duplicate? If it's a run that somebody at the company was able to have made."

Whatever the case, these are now Joseph LoCastro's and they're on the market.

"I'm looking to go buy a house," said Joseph LoCastro. "I have a brand-new baby. It's two months old and we're looking to move."

So how much money could things can bring in?

"We're hoping to bring anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000 a ring," said Joseph.

After KDKA first aired our story last night, Joseph's e-mail was swamped.

"I believe I got about 150 every 20 minutes," said Joseph.

Some were prospective buyers while others blasted him for fraud.

Joseph quickly pulled the E-Bay auction.

"So that we can relist it and address any questions," said Vince LoCastro.

"We will be relisting that within the next 48 hours, then after that listing is finished, we will probably list the Terry Bradshaw ring within a couple weeks," said Joseph.

KDKA talked to the company that made these rings this afternoon.

They said it's not unusual that sometimes they'll have to make duplicate ring for a player if one is lost, or they'll make a copy, but then they'll split it down the back to make sure it's a copy.

Neither of the rings owned by the LoCastros were split.

Terry Bradshaw and Joe Greene both say they know exactly where their rings are.
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