I passed on it for 2 reasons, neither having to do with the quality of the sculpture itself (it's nice):

1) I have the Chesapeake and the Huron (they're the two lightships I've actually visited in real life), and they fill the bill for me in terms of representation of lightships in my collection.

2) The lack of a display case bothers me. Breakage is an issue, but for me it's mainly the dust. Cleaning a ship sculpture---with its delicate rigging---is something I don;t want to take on. I see the amount of dust that accumulates on top of my Chesapeake and Huron, and I'm thankful to have the impermeable protection of the case.