Alphagold, good call. They have the exact necklace I want! Thank you!!!

Mom's Pin
 

Check with IO. I think you can order a new one from there. I remember as a collegiate there was a form that we filled out for them, but it has been years.....

ZLAM!

childofthehorn, the secretary of your chapter should have a form in her notebook that is a list of the items that a member can order from i.o. the mother's pin in among those items.

Another Mom's Pin on Ebay
 

Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-ZTA-Zeta...QQcmdZViewItem

I know my mom loved hers for Christmas!!

ZLAM

And another one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ZETA-TAU-ALPHA-P...QQcmdZViewItem

I think what we should do is make an addition onto the Themis magazine where sisters wanting to sell items related to ZTA can do that, so that they stay within the sorority. I know my mom is a member of the P.E.O. sisterhood and they have a section in their magazine for that.

that's a great idea, but lets take it one step further and hope that they would add this to the website-the sisters only section.

This Seller admits that she's selling her own badge on Ebay!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Zeta-Tau-Alpha-1...QQcmdZViewItem

I had the 2nd highest bid the last time she listed but she didn't offer it to me when the top bidder didn't pay. :confused:

I did just snag a silver badge with pearls & 6 amethysts on the points. I love amethyst so I am super excited about that. I am almost embarrassed to admit how many badges I have now but only 2 have come from I/O. The rest are Ebay or antique store buys.

Was it a badge she listed last time?? And why is she selling all these things? I guess Zeta isn't a lifetime for her... :(

That amethyst badge sounds beautiful!!! I rescued a gold badge with pearls off Ebay while I was still a collegiate but I would love to get a white gold one with emeralds and pearls.... Thanks radio, I now feel a lot better about my 3 badges ;) I guess when you die, you can be buried with your favorite and give the rest to IO?!

Yes, it was the same one. Grr.

I/O just turns around and re-sells them so I doubt if I would ever send them there. I've heard a rumor that TLC's purchase most often because they lose them during their travels. ;)

I have a handwritten note tucked in a corner of my Zeta curio cabinet that asks for all my Zeta things/badges be given to my daughter to be kept for herself or distributed "TO OTHER ZETA SISTERS". This is very similar to what was written in the ZTA history book about badge distribution options after death...retuned to I/O, buried with the member, given to another sister in good standing OR kept by a family member "who will cherish it".

My daughter already has her eye on a gold one that has sapphires all around with diamonds on the points. The Omega (SMU) guard with it is also sapphires. It dates from 1944. Hopefully she will be able to wear it one day.

There are some badges that definately look better in the catalougue.

I had friends get the white gold with tradiotional blue or pink sapphires around it and they said it looked like someone took a sharpie marker to the edge of their badge. I even had a friend get the white gold with the alternating diamonds/sapphires and wished she had gotten something more similar to mine. Another girl got the all diamond in white gold and it just looks like the silver badge from a distance.

A lot of people have said that these combos seem to look the best:
- rubies/emeralds with diamond points in yellow gold
- alternating diamonds with rubies/emralds/sapphires in yellow gold
- crown pearl in yellow gold
- pearl with rubies/emeralds in points *yellow gold*
- *any gem (not pearl)* with diamond points in white gold

Personally, I have the 10K Emeralds with Diamond Points badge. It looks fantastic and I always get compliments on it.

I've got the yellow gold with pink sapphires... it's beautiful!

There is currently a pledge pin and a badge up on Ebay. The pledge pin appears to have a Zeta high bidder (this person also purshed a ZTA sweatshirt) but the badge is definitely being bid on by a collector judging from their bidding history (all greek items, not one specific org). Please help, it's over $60 so I can't afford it now! It's gold with all rubies and appears to be from 1941!

Ok, so I'm bidding on a pledge pin and if I win it, I kinda wanna keep it - is that wrong? Or should I send it to IO? Also there were two badges on ebay yesterday, one with all sapphires and one with all rubies - pretty sure a Zeta was bidding on one of them...