Ebay
 

Not only is there a question of how they got those Greek letters out of this pin, but you'd think USD colony members or alums would snap this thing up. It seems a shame that this sort of stuff winds up online.

Bill Foltz
BOZ 130
Illinois State '77

badges
 

it really is a shame that some of these nonmembers acquire badges and don't know what the heck they're talking about...they should at least do a little research

Right Matt. They don't do reasearch, so it's up to us to sniff them out.

XA DPI
Lambda Pi
DELTA PI LAMBDA
Alfa Kappa (?)
Lamda Delta Pi
Delta Pi

and...last but not least.

Beta Gamma Tau!

All the above seven pins were LCA badges and I bought them all. Average price: $56.41 plus S/H each.

Ebay's a hoot, but I'm a bit discouraged that our guys aren't out there bidding, as was mentioned.

This last says San Diego Colony on the back, and actually it was the least. I bid $86.00 but got it for $33.25 since there was no competition, and tk1507 never wrote back.

Kinda sad.

Now there's one with OPALS coming up and I think lxaz1 has it locked up and I will not bid against a brother. It's a beautiful and unique badge and no one deserves it more than Tom Earp. Good luck Bro!!! Check eBay under Frat Pins.

In closing, I like it when sellers don't know their ass from a hole in the ground and it can be funny. My favorite listing was for an ATO item. The seller, who apparently was a GDI but excelled in electrical engineering , called it an "Alfa Theta Ohm".

Dudes, I roared when I read that one!

You gotta look at them all because you just never know, and I'd like to see all brothers who need them to have them.

ZAX,
Jono

Ebay
 

Alfa Theta Ohm is the funniest one yet!!

Congratulations to lxaz1 for getting the badge. Nice job sweetly executed. I count the days til I see it and it's new owner, and all the other Lambda Chis at Pitt State.

Tom, you're in the big leagues for sure! (As if we didn't know that already).

ZAX,
Jono

Just to make sure you know, I did win the Badge!:)

I thank Brother Jono for helping me in the bidding! It is unique as I and he and a Badge Collector have never seen one like this before!!!!

Brother Jono was concerned that if I got it that I would try to sell it! Not to worry!

While I have won some Badges on ebay, I am offering them to Members of LX Z for what I have in them and nothing more.

Jono has seen all ov the Badges that I have an vice versa!

I will Keep 3!

1. My original Badge, white gold with saphires.

2. Yellow Gold with Rubys and Diamonds from Brother Pickney, Zeta (?). and bought the Guard to match, from International.

3. This one as is different as cannot spell uniqe or what ever!

I will wear these Badges in honor of the Brothers that were before and after me. I will rotate wearing these so Brothers can ask, where did you get that Badge!

But if I can get Badges in the hands of My Brothers at a less price than buying new, I am for it!

Some may be donated to members to be passed along to their Newer Brothers!

I am in a wait and see mode, as many of the older Brothers know, that showing Letters, Colors, and Badges is not in Vouge now! What a shame for us and them!

God Bless, and Happy New Year!:D

Hi Steve,

I didn't know you were tk1507, otherwise I wouldn't have had to send the message below. I sent it only about 2 hours before the end of auction, so you may not have seen it til the next day anyway.


To member: tk1507
From member: exit-pupil

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If you're a Lambda Chi, I won't bid on this. Time is short; let me know somehow.

Jono
BN41

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This email was sent by an eBay member via eBay's email forwarding system.
If you reply to the email, your response will go directly to the member and
not through eBay.

----Also, the badge now on eBay was originally horribly listed as "Delta Gamma Sigma Epsilon Frat Sorority Pin" and described as " a vintage rhinestone and pearl Delta Gamma Sorority pin that has been married to a Sigma Epsilon Fraternity pin".

And the picture was upside down.

The seller relisted it as Lambda Chi Sorority, and on the third try finally got it right!

I hope someone who needs a badge will get it at a reasonable price.

Jono

Sorry to crash, but.....
 

Jono......since you're concerned about you or your brothers being able to get your badges on eBay, can't you understand when those of us from other grops are unhappy with you bidding on ours?? I don't bid on any other than my own and wish that everyone else would show the same consideration. It's nasty to bid the price up to force a member to pay too much to keep it within the group.

Of course I can, who said I couldn't? I'm unhappy when I get outbid too.

I'm a collector and my goal is to eventually have a display representing virtually every GLO (badge, pledge pin, coat of arms, history, etc.) because every one has value and I have respect for them all. I don't know anyone else who is specifically doing this, but my winning one or two badges from each org. is a drop in the bucket.

BTW, if another bidder's eBay ID suggests he/she is a member of that organization (unless it's followed by a (0) and sunglasses), I'll generally refrain from bidding. Some collectors think I'm way too considerate; you think I'm inconsiderate. You can't please everyone. So I'll be a shallow like a character on Seinfeld and carry on blissfully.

What I find interesting is that you only bid on your own badges. Doesn't that mean you're constantly competing against your own brothers?

I don't often write to a seller, because I spend alot of time searching in different ways and like finding something misidentified. This time I did. I don't need any more LCA badges unless they're special in some way, and this one wouldn't have shown up on a search for Lambda Chi Alpha.

Last, how can it be "nasty" to bid on an item on eBay? Do you think that once someone places a bid, everyone else should go home? It's an auction site. Stop worrying about it and have some fun.

Jono

My national organization keeps a running list of members that bid on eBay that is available to all of us. Therefore, even if our user ID isn't "greek" enough, we still know our fellow members.

Yes, I only bid on my own badges. If I see a fellow member bidding, I don't bid against them. I wish I could say the same for all of them. Unfortunately, many times we are sniped at the last moment by one of the pin collectors---how fraternal!

I didn't say it was nasty to bid on eBay, I said it was nasty to drive up the prices deliberately. And no, I'm not a Kappa, although I've seen that happen quite frequently to their pins since that stupid article on pin collecting came out.

I am sure I'll be bidding against you again. One thing you won't have to worry about----I WON'T be e-mailing you any rude comments. I wish that everyone realized that it makes a pin collector more determined to outbid them!

my two cents
 

I think if someone is a collector and they want something bad enough--that they'll pay the high price to get the item and if that offends you then that's life....we don't always get what we want in life. This is an auction site and people shouldn't take things so personally if they don't win an item that they bid on. You can always be sure that as long as Ebay is around that there will always be another listing!!

an interesting question...
 

I've always wondered...has anyone ever come across a Theta Kappa Nu badge? I would love to have one of them just to save for posterity.

In ZAX,
Matt

Yep Matt, I have one! N Jono has one! Mine is better that his, hehe! Iwas biddingone won and lost it. Not the next one!

I have AA pearls with 7 diamonds! Alabama Alpha! Cost me a Pot full! Is It for Sale, Not!!! Going to the Zeta, LX Z for Historicall stuff! In my Wiil, as getting old. Damn!:( :) :D :cool:

Jono I have to see that collection when you're done. So far I've lost every thing I've bid for on Ebay. My name is airpear, btw...goodluck and happy bidding...

Matt,

Thanks for the good words. Actually the badges are the easy part, although the most expensive. The hard part is putting it all together in a secure display and getting the histories and other paraphernalia together for a coherent and consistent presentation. That's the part that's driving me crazy. How do you do that? I don't know.

When I started this I had no idea how many GLOs there actually are, or were. I have about 150 and still don't have the 'good ones'.

I lost a Paedagogus tonight but that's okay. Another will come along. I'd like to get a complete set of those, the older ones are way cool - lots of writing those guys had to do! In fountain pen or pencil. There are also pledge manuals of other fraternities I'll pick up, but only if one of theirs isn't bidding on it.

I like meeting all kinds of people on eBay and everyone has his own goals. If you're cordial, you can get to know alot of guys from all over the country. I've never met anyone who wasn't sincere - whether Lambda Chi, TKE, Sig Ep, Sigma Pi, KA....you name it.

We understand each other, recognize the value of each other's organizations, respect them, and come to the realization that rivalries have a certain half-life.

It's all good with fraternities. Sororities are a whole different story, and I really don't want to get into that because some of them can be absolute witches. (Oops, should I have said that?)

Ebay is like football. If you're not prepared to get beaten and possibly lose, don't play.

Jono

i hear ya jono, i hope i'll be able to go with my bro matt and see your collection.
i, like matt, have lost out on my bids too, lol but don't mind if they go to bros
btw my ebay name is em1840 also

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I just wanted to put the offer out there...If anyone has a second Theta Kappa Nu badge that they're willing to part with, I would willing to pay at least what the person paid for it.

In ZAX,
Matt

does anyone know a dbrasco13? They are currently outbidding me on a Paedegogus.

I hate to put it this way and wish I could supply a TKN badge to every brother I know, but that's not possible. They really are very rare and hard to find, but I listed one tonight anyway. They have previously sold for $400 - $600 so you might find a bargain here. I'm telling you guys first in hopes it stays with a Lambda Chi.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...201857208&rd=1

I'm not looking forward to saying goodbye to this one, but...you know...

ZAX,
Jono

the TKN badge on Ebay
 

Well, the price on that auction now is getting too rich for my blood. Jono was right on the money when he said those pieces run up to $400-$600. It was nice to at least bid on such a rare, beautiful piece.

In ZAX,
Matt

Matt, could you expect any less? I paid 468.00 for mine with 7 diamonds and Alabama Alpha guard with pearls! This had to cost someone a lot of money with all Diamonds. The one Jono is selling is very nice with the pearls. I would like to get more info on who had mine and who he was.

It looks like this will go higher yet! I now the bidder who bid next the the high bidder!

If you want a TKN, you had better have deep pockets and dig into them! I hope this bidder is a LXA Brother.

I know mine is pre merger Da, and Alabama Alpha is old. I got at the rigth time and right place. I was not going to lose the one I bought as was going to the wall for it.

Matt if you havent, look at the last bid! 408.00

TKN is few and far between, so if you want one save your pennies a alot!:D

If I had more money right now, I'd be digging real deep for it!! Now I know for future reference how much these little treasures go for. Next time I see a TKN badge on EBAY, it'll be mine!! I certainly hope that a Lambda Chi wins the auction--something like this I would hope doesn't go to a random collector.

In ZAX,
Matt

Actually these little treasure aren't as little as one might think. Even though the am pin is designed after it, it's really a bit larger than most LCA badges.

Wow, even bigger than most Lambda Chi badges? My badge that I had before the one that you sent to me, is bigger and I figured fraternity badges didn't get any bigger.

$1000 TKN badge
 

So was the person who paid $1000 for the TKN badge
on Ebay a Lambda Chi???

I'm editor of an alumni newsletter for our TKN alums
(a couple of dozen still alive)...I'll have to let them
know not to throw away their badges if they still
have one.

Even rarer, a TKN pledge pin...hard to identify,
because there are no letters/writings on them.
Have never seen one on Ebay.

Just to let you know, I'm JOINERLXA on Ebay, and
I usually bid on TKN stuff (but $1000 for a badge
is too rich for me!).

So if you're worried about a "non-member" getting
something, don't outbid me! Of course, you'll
probably outbid me since you want it for yourself,
and that's fine ;)

Kevin Joiner
Kappa-Omega 958

Kevin, any way I could get on that mailing list? I knew Doc Feist from Drury but was many years back when had a small Alum Group in KC! Was meeting at the House of one of the then GR H Z, Bill Hill , the then GH Pi!

As you know I have the AA TKN Badge that you and I discussed many sometimes back! I was is error, it only has 7 Diamonds and the rest pearls with pearled AA guard!

Dang, I would love to have a TKN Pledge pin!

My major collection consists of:

APO, BX (local I Founded), LXA, and TKN!!!!!

I am a member of all of these.

All will be going to the Chapter!