Hey girls! ANOTHER pin is on ebay. the url is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=752814109 i am unable to purchase or big on any pins at this time, but i hope i will be able to help in the search and everything soon! i am behind y'all 100%!!

Quills on Ebay...
 

Hey girls
Thought I'd let you know that if you want to find out whether or not someone bidding on a quill is an Alpha Xi, send your AOL/Yahoo ID's to areinhardt@alphaxidelta.org. She's keeping a list so that we don't bid against another Alpha Xi. I've personally rescued 4 so far...

Good luck!

Hi ladies,

I'm new here (though fuzziealum knows me from way back!)

In any event, here's another pin on eBay, but never fear... I'm already bidding on it. ;)

2159056972

I'll have to get to know you all better soon. :)

Hee hee, hi there, Jaya, and welcome to GC!

Are you on Amy Reinhardt's list?

I have a question - and it may be a dumb one, but I am sleepy so forgive me :)

I always see pins up for bid, and people who are on the ebay list bidding against each other. So pins that could be purchased for $20 are being sold for hundreds of dollars - which of course gives the seller lots of cash for these pins that have been stolen or purchased at estate sales or whatever. Wouldnt it be more logical to look at who the high bidder is, and if it is a fellow sister, not bid against her....so that the seller doesnt cash in??

I'm with you ... if I can identify the current high bidder as a sister I won't bid against her. Unfortunatly not everyone seems to feel that way. I hate being outbid by someone I know is an Alpha Xi. I lost out on a closed crown quill on Monday I really wanted (they aren't made anymore) when outbid by an Alpha Xi at the last minute.

Actually, if you are worried about being outbid by another sister or don't want to out bid because you think they might be a sister, you can send your aol/yahoo messenger ID's to Amy Reinhardt at national headquarters. She's compiling a list of AZD's and sending them out to anyone on the list so we know who's a confirmed sister and who's not. She makes sure anyone on the list is an actual registered Alpha Xi. Her email is:

areinhardt@alphaxidelta.org

She'll be glad you emailed!

Hope that helps!!

I forgot to mention, the people that often times drive up the price of pins are not actually sisters, but fraternity pin collectors whose sole purpose is to own one pin from every organization. So most of what you see out there are pin collectors trying to "add" to the collection...most have no clue as to the true value.

Is she still composing the list of eBayers? I always see "okcatsmeow" bidding on Alpha Xi items and was wondering if she is a sister.

Anyways, bumping this thread, b/c I found this beautiful Quill from 1928. I've never seen one like it - it has 20 pearls. Looks like an Alpha Xi is the high bidder.

What's the difference b/w the regular Quills and the closed crown ones?

The current high bidder on http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...921166008&rd=1 would be me (I'm alphaxi4me on ebay) ... but I usually get beat out at the last minute :(

I don't know if okcatsmeow is an Alpha Xi or not ... she's been bidding on every quill for quite a while and will almost always over bid me.

Yes, I think that HQ is still collecting ebay names ... but a new list hasn't be published in a while.

The difference between a close crown quill (and I finally did get one off of ebay) and the regular quills are the top of the quill is filled in over the pearls making a smooth "top" with the pearls channel set instead of the open crown pearl settings which are "bumpy".... does that help explain it?

okcatsmeow is an A Xi D. She's on the list from Amy.

Yes. I was a bit disappointed when I got my pearled one and it was bumpy. I will have to keep my eyes open.

I think I may have bid against you on some things! Sorry!

Yes, I have bid against okcatsmeow a few times, and she does always win. Finally, I started looking through her past auctions and realized she was also purchasing other AZD items, such as notepads, blankets, etc. So I thought she might have been a sister.

I'm bubbles246 on eBay by the way. I'll be sure to e-mail Amy so she can add me to the list.

So, if I register on Ebay and then let Amy at headquarters know, she'll send me a list of other people also on Ebay so I won't be bidding against them? Is that how it works?

But what happens when there's something I really want? I'll have to bid against a sister to get it.

Such is life, I guess.

Of course more than one person is going to want the same thing! As long as you're not rude about it, I don't see why there would be a problem.

Here's another pin.

And yet another pin, only this time it's part of a lot of several.

The best thing to do when you see a quill for sale on eBay is to contact Alpha Xi Delta Headquarters. They have procedures for attempting to acquire these quills.

Take a look at this very old quill.... I've never seen anything like it..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...923963294&rd=1

I'm currently high bidder .....

I was coming over here to post a link...I just saw it. It's beautiful! I hope you or another Alpha Xi wins this auction. It's very unique. Wouldn't it be awesome to replace those top pearls with diamonds?

Was just checking out the auction of the 1912 quill and got
around to reading the description ...

quote:

THIS LOVELY SORORITY PIN IS SOLID 14K GOLD AND TINY REAL SEED PEARLS. THIS PIN IS PROBABLY CUSTOM ORDERED AND THUS UNIQUE, IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE GREEK LETTERS, I BELIEVE, STAND FOR ALPHA EPSILOM DELTA. I’VE SOLD SEVERAL OF LILLIAN SMITH’S PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY PINS AND THIS IS HER PERSONAL SORORITY PIN. SINCE SHE WAS A PAST MASTER IN P OF H THIS SORORITY MUST BE CONNECTED TO HUSBANDRY IN SOME FORM. NOTE THE SHAPE OF THE PIN IS A PLOW OR OTHER FARMING TOOL. MARKED ON BACK “LILLIAN SMITH” AND “V’12”. MEASURES 1” X ¼”. .

end-quote...


Now, I've had my quill mistaken for a toothbrush but never, ever,
has it been likened to "a plow or other farming tool" !!!

just shows to go ya that if something MUST be something it probably aint....

Sorry to crash your boards but I thought this pin might belong you.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...925906907&rd=1

It sure does! It's our pledge pin. Thanks for letting us know!

Isn't it kind of ironic when people sell things like pledge pins on eBay for $10 or more when they're available from the National website for $5?

A pledge pin is up on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...929384732&rd=1

The original listing of the pin is mispelled but it is definitely an Alpha Xi Delta badge. Diamond and pearl mix.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...930361596&rd=1

Wrigley,

Thanks so much for giving us a head's up! :)

An alleged 1931 badge is up on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...933787704&rd=1

Ummm, right. I'd like to know where she gets the 1931 from. I see 1993!

Thanks Wrigley!

:confused:
I see 3 - 29 - 193X (can't tell what the last number is). Plus we don't engrave our badges like that any more, do we? Isn't it done with the chapter/member number?

Thanks Wrigley for posting all of these pin links!

ETA -- I wish I had enough money to rescue pins off Ebay. Maybe one day.... At least when I have some money I will try to rescue one of the old pearled ones to use for myself!

No, they don't get engraved like that anymore at all.

From that angle, it looks to me like it's 3-29-93. But if you look HARD you can kind of see a 1 and a something (maybe 5?) before & after the 93.

Oh well, either way, it's a pretty pin!

This badge is mislabeled on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...936423628&rd=1

another quill on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...952018328&rd=1

Oooh! I want that one! It's a closed-pearl one! (Or whatever it's called.)

Another Quill on Ebay
 

Another Quill on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...960469213&rd=1

Another Quill on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...962686274&rd=1

It is not "advertised" as an Alpha Xi Delta pin in the title.

It's not a quill, but look at this neat post card. It's of an AXiD Tug of War in 1911.

This is not a quill, but it is another interesting pin. Check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...963139439&rd=1

Thanks for posting that, Sister Havana! That is our Order of the Rose pin, which honors members who have been initiated for 50+ years.