- Jewelry

Applause USA licensed for a series of rings and "glo" merchandise Ring of Barahir
Applause USA The One Ring Fellowship version
Applause USA Glo Gear One Ring lights up
Applause USA Glo Gear Rohan emblem lights up
Applause USA ROTK Mt. Doom One Ring
Applause USA Vilya Ring
Applause USA Nenya Ring
Applause USA Witchking Ring
Applause FOTR Ring trio
Applause USA TTT One Ring
Japan theatre catalogue Ring of Barahir
Japan Theatre catalogue Evenstar necklace
Japan Theatre catalogue Mallorn pin
Japan Theatre Catalogue Gondor dogtag style necklace with Anduril sword
Japan Theatre Catalogue Mallorn hairclip
Japan theatre catalogue minisword letter opener
Japan Theatre Catalogue moneyclip with One Ring
Japan Theatre Catalogue Mount Doom pin with One Ring butterfly clasp
Japan Theatre Catalogue The One Ring
Japan Theatre Catalogue One Ring on chain
Japan Theatre Catalogue One Ring Pin butterfly clasp
Japan Pre-order pins Fans who preordered tickets for The Two Towers received a random pin with the order of two tickets. When assembled, the set of six complete pins form a One Ring. (See diagram on back of card, shown)
Japan Theatre Catalogue Mallorn Leaf pin
Japan Theatre Catalogue Mallorn leaf zipper pull
UK NCH children's charity pins. Little baubles like this are often sold at the counter in UK shops for a Pound apiece, with proceeds going to charity. Quality on these cloisonne enamel pins was outstanding. Each pin came with a card insert describing the character protrayed.
Australia Sydney Sunday Mail and Advertiser newspapers pin collection. Pins cost $2AU apiece. Came with folder which included map, character info, and a place to mount your pins, if you wished. Note the nice distribution of good and evil characters. The bezel of each pin is the One Ring, complete with text.
Weta Workshop Gift To thank the staff a Weta, Richard Taylor had special presentation rings made of acid etched brass. The elvish writing was mirror imaged by accident, so the writing appears backwards on the rings, which were presented in handmade giftbags. Only about 180 of these rings were made.
UK Carded prerelease promo watch, issued in 2001, prioir to release of FOTR
UK Two Towers watch I think this was a prize in a newspaper contest Comes in nice tin
UK promo watch
One Ring source unknown could be a Medioeve ring
UK Downpace Ltd One Ring on chain with bonus keychain
Thailand sterling silver One Ring may not be licensed
Taiwan Go-Licensing "Heraldry" Set of mini swords. Beautifully detailed, and very unusual!
Spain Grupo Midas Grupo Midas was licensed for a series of movie related jewelry in Spain. The jewelry was beautifully packaged, in boxes with artwork that matched the character the jewel belonged to. Inside was a faux suede pouch stamped in gilt. I pictured the catalogue, because it shows they offered several versions of some items.
Singapore series of licensed, highly detailed pewter charms hung on cords. This was a stunning series, with beautiful detailing, depicting helmets and shields not seen in any other licensed line, and with many evil character's paraphernalia, instead of just the good guys. Apologies to the Ebayer I stole the photos from years ago. His were much better than the ones I was able to take, so I took liberties. This series was only available for a brief period of time, and was highly sought after by collectors.
Singapore or Hong Kong Unusual One Ring version, made of aluminum, very high quality
Argentina Pin Series
Eye of Sauron gift pin from Peter Jackson, with autographed card
USA Rubie's Costumes costume jewelry, sold at Halloween costuming stores
Malaysia Royal Selangor pewterworks chokers Royal Selangor obtained a license to produce elaborate pewter goblets around the time the movies were released, but their sculpting was more a throwback to the sixties and seventies Tolkien fan art than anything movie related. I include them here because they look vaguely like the actors.
USA / Canada lightup One Ring necklaces distributed at some movie premieres
Singapore Powerhouse Museum props exhibition orc sheild necklace on thong
Australia Playworks Wall Clock
Pin Set probably bootleg, at a guess, from France or Quebec. Many bootleg Olympic pins come from there and the make is very similar
USA enamelled pewter Mallorn Leaf brooch with Two Towers charm
USA Enamelled Pewter Ornaments on ribbons These seem to have been a high end executive gift, and are rare The blue ROTK ornament spins.
USA Noble Collection the Noble Collection is a mail order catalogue specializing in expensive trinkets from various movies, including LOTR, Harry Potter, and others. Items shown here are from their sterling silver jewelry collection.
New Zealand Wellington Premiere 2008 The Film Unit promo One Ring in pouch instead of the usual ring text, this licensed One Ring version has the toll free number for the company as well as their name.
New Line Home Entertainment executive desk clock glass glove spins very rare
New Line Executive enamelled pewter cufflink set Licensed and extremely rare not to be confused with the bootleg sets that were briefly available
Netherlands licensed sterling silver Gollum necklace gift of a friend, who had the only two of these I ever saw, and shared one with me. These might possibly be something that never made it to market? They did have inventory labels on them, so not likely to have been prototypes.
Italy Medioeveo Acacia Giuseppe Licensed series of LOTR related jewelry, including a very unusual Theoden's sheild. If I could have my pick of any props from the movie trilogy, it would be Theoden's collar and shield. I fell in love with his armor after seeing it on exhibition at the FIDM in LA during the 2003 (Two Towers) Oscar presentations. The guard let me get as close as I could as long as I didn't touch. Even the backside of the sheild is decorated, as are most the fish scales on his armor. This was as close as I could get to the real thing.
More Medioeve Acacia Giuseppi These were too expensive to obtain the whole set, although I would have liked to have had them. I was only able to afford the ring and (of course!) Theoden's Shield.
Mardi Gras Bacchus Ring, New Orleans, USA Thrown from float ridden by honorary marshall, Elijah Wood. Ring has the Bacchus logo rather than the ring text
Malaysia Hotlink licensed watch
Italy promo watch very rare with certificate
China (?) One Ring version by Idol No licensing info, may be bootleg
USA (?) Licensed One Ring in slipcovered wooden box Might be produced by Noble for Hot Topic stores?
Germany Handmade oversized cast brass One Ring version, worn by Sauron in opening ceremonies of RingCon 1, in Bonn Germany, and auctioned to benefit a German childrens' charity. RingCon1 had little support from New Line, but they were authorized to use the movie name and characters for various purposes, including the opening ceremony. The Sauron costume was professionally made. After realizing the success of the first RingCon, NLC provided extensive support, including permitting upper echelon actors to appear, for the next two RingCons.
Germany Licensed One Ring version, sold at fine jewelers. I bought this one at a jewelry store in Frankfurt aum Mainz. I couldn't resist the easel they had out on the sidewalk, and only wish I'd though to take a picture of it! Ring came in tiny velvet drawstring bag, as pictured
Germany Licensed Sting sword and Gimli's axe. Sterling Silver. Sting measures about 2.5" long. I nearly missed a flight after Frankfurt airport security deemed this necklace a hazardous weapon. No joke! Fortunately I was travelling with a small child, they felt sorry for me, and they sent a guard with me, who handed my "weapon" to the stewardess, who held it til the end of the flight. Wow.......
Germany Tree of Gondor desk clock. Licensed chrome desk clock, packed in brushed tin container. Does not seem to have been widely distributed. Exquisite quality.
Germany licensed wristwatches I think these were sold by the Elbenwald (elf woods) catalogue. There was a series of about half a dozen versions, but sadly, they were too expensive to complete my set.
USA Fossil Watch Company Fossil created a series of elaborately packaged watches. I think this is the whole series, except for an Elven watch that had charms on it, and which I found singularly unattractive. The Eye of Sauron watch is holographic, and when placed in the Bara'dur cradle, appears to be looking around. The Aragorn watch came in a wooden shaker style box with wood-burning touches on it. The Gollum watch came with a figure of Gollum kneeling over a pool, looking at himself. The figure was extremely well done, and I would not be surprised if Sideshow had a hand in the production of both it and the Bara'dur statue.
Taiwan or Singapore? Evita brand pewter jewelry Evita did an extensive series of licensed dogtag style necklaces. Solid, and nicely detailed, with nice packaging.
Thailand sterling silver Evenstar necklace with glass stone probably bootleg
Netherlands Prototype stick on clock I bought this on a whim from a Dutch eBayer, not knowing what it was, til one day a couple of years later, I was in a gift shop in Amsterdam, and realized the shop had a whole line of these stick on clocks. The clerk was a fan of these Dutch clocks, and collected them. I asked him if he knew anything about the LOTR version. He insisted there was no such thing, and even pulled out his catalogues to prove it to me, hence I'm guessing this is a prototype that may have been submitted to NLC for licensing, and declined, or the small company had a heart attack when they were presented with the licensing fees.
USA Decipher Champion Pins for winners of Decipher champtionship card tournaments. beautifully designed, and they come in gold, silver, bronze, and copper tones, presumably for first through fourth places. The ones pictured here are (clockwise from top left) Nazgul, Orc, Sauron, and Elves, with the Rangers of Gondor star underneath. The Sauron one is particularly nice. If you look closely, it's a large eye, on a small tower of Bara'dur.
USA Handmade boxes and necklaces, gift of Cynthia Soviak of Valdosta, GA. I don't picture fan items, since they're not licensed, but these are so beautifully done, I couldn't help myself.
New Zealand burnished brass "Riders of Rohan cloak pin buckle", supposedly cast from same molds as those used in filming, only.... I don't remember seeing anything like this in the films, nor does this look anything like the Rohan costumes I saw close up in L.A. And these look an awful lot like dragons, no horses. May or may not be legit, but, if bootleg, a whole lot of serious collectors got taken for a ride. Seller was only going to produce a few, but later made more, and in other metals.
China China Film Group One Ring version may be bootleg?
China Cheng Chin-Chiang Catalogue Rare catalogue depicting an eyepopping series of jewelry, which I have never been able to find, including gold and silver Galadriel swan, Tower of Bara'dur, Saruman Lizard, Evenstar, Elven ring, Argonath, statues, Fellowship logos, and various versions of the Mallorn leaf. There is also a beautiful Legolas emblem depicted in gold. I would give my eye teeth to land hands on some of these items. Catalogue is gorgeously printed. These were not trinkets, by any stretch of the imagination, but the question is, were they ever made?
New Zealand Air New Zealand cloisonne pin
Australia Playworks Gollum alarm clock
USA Badali Jewelry Co sterling silver enamelled pins given to cast and crew by staff of TheOneRing.net website as good luck pins to wear at the Oscars, and visible in numerous photos of Oscar ceremonies. They made a limited number available to the general public as well.
Germany Berlin Premiere card and motorcycle pin inserted in goody bags given out at the ROTK premiere in Berlin. Motorcycle was part of a contest, and was airbrushed with LOTR movie images.
Germany Berlin Premiere One Ring version inserted in Goody Bags at the Berlin premiere of ROTK
Mallorn Leaf very probably bootleg marked sterling silver, terrible quality enamel all came off after a wearing or two. Looks much better without the enamel than with.
Canada Alliance-Atlantis (Canadian distributor of LOTR) Promo One Ring given out with ROTK DVD preorder.
Germany Decipher (card game)
RingCon Bonn, Germany Fan convention 2004