Sharon Tate’s Engagement Ring Sells For More Than $21,000

An engagement ring Roman Polanski gave to Sharon Tate before she was murdered by the Manson family in 1969 has been auctioned off and it sold for more than $21k. Honestly, who would buy it?

According to TMZ, the ring was surrounded in controversy with Tate's sister insisting it wasn't Sharon's "official" engagement ring but rather an "unofficial symbol of her relationship" with Polanski. The auction house later produced a letter signed by Polanski, contradicting Tate's sister. Apparently the controversy didn't seem to matter because the ring sold on GottaHaveRockandRoll.com for $21,260. The identity of the big winner has not been revealed. Honestly, why would someone buy it? Is it that important to have to a collection? To me, it’s a little creepy.

During the 1960s Tate was one of Hollywood's promising newcomers. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in “Valley of the Dolls” in 1967, and was a model and cover girl for several fashion magazines. She married to film director Roman Polanski in 1968. At the time of her death, she was eight and a half months pregnant when she and her unborn child were murdered in her home, along with four others, by followers of Charles Manson.

[TMZ]