Badge on EBAY
 

Is somebody here bidding on the badge currently listed on EBay? Appears to be very old and the bade of Eta Tau #8.

I think "exit-pupil" is on it
 

Brother John,

I think Jono is bidding on this one. I will have to go to eBay to verify. Jono almost always goes after the good ones!

Yours in ZAX,

Mike Raymond,
Zeta-Upsilon Zeta

Part 2: I just checked and Jono is bidding on it.

MJR

I'll leave it alone then. No sense bidding against a Brother

Yes, Jono is bidding on it!

I wish Him Well as I know where it might end up, right Mike?!:)

Yep. At 3/8" though, it's definitely a miniature. Super-tiny. Very odd to see a plain mini, but I always like the odd ones because I'm an oddball. :)

Appreciate your consideration.

ZAX,
Jono

just saw the auction...def old vintage pin! sweet!

what a dipshit. I put in my bid but was out-bidded...

better luck to another brother!

yours in ZAX,

Wayne Hsieh
Delta-theta 109

Would it really kill these people to go to Google and type in +"Greek Alphabet"? I guarantee in less then 30 seconds they could have the whole Greek alphabet in front of them, and not only figure out which way is up on the pin, but also determine which group it is from. I realize that's asking a lot, but come on.:p

haha good point. both of those two badges looks awesome. I personally like the emerald one. out of my budget for now though. good luck to whoever gets it.

yours in ZAX,

Wayne Hsieh
Delta-theta 109
Grand Valley State University

Perhaps one of us can ensure that these badges return to the fold.

I'd love to..since I never received a badge to begin with....

Emerald Badge is a Mini. Thank goodness I got out bid on it!

Dont Know who is bidding on the Ruby and Diamond Badge as is secret bid.

Keeping an eye on out on it!:D

Yes, badges have been made in three sizes, the miniature being the smallest and only about 3/8" in diameter - slightly larger than a pencil eraser - and more often than not with 9 pearls (or gems) in the Lambda instead of 11. They are often though of as "sweetheart pins", although I have seen quite a few engraved with a brother's zeta number. So tiny! It's amazing they can make one so small.

Don't, however, think only about eBay as a place to buy badges.

Our website, lambdachi.org, will take you to the website of Masters of Design/Legacy / Burr, Patterson and Auld / Herff Jones - whew! The badges currently depicted look to be of better quality than those which had been made by Masters of Design. Best of all, the prices have not gone up.

If you think the price of gasoline has been rising, you should see gold. A year ago it was $414 an ounce. At the beginning of this year it was $540 and today it hit $680.

And yet a brand new LCA badge with jewels is still reasonably priced. Yesterday I ordered one on line with all amethysts in the Lambda for $119. Considering the price of gold - and the inevitable future price increases - it's a bargain! And believe me, the price WILL go up.

Get 'em while they're hot.

In ZAX,
Jono

Yup

Watch all LXA Badges along with another Brother more in the know than me.

eli as far as having someone do it, it would cost a heck of a lot more.

A very nice pair of badges.

One wonders the stories they could tell . . .

Who could lxaz1 be? Well, let's see. lxa must mean Lambda Xi Alpha, but no, it's probably Lambda CHI Alpha, Zeta 1.

Zeta is Penn State and #1 would be the founder in 1912, so it's Paul S. Bingamon. Wow he must be around 113 years old by now! Incredible!

On the other hand, maybe it's just Tom. :eek:

I believe that this is another....I dont think anyone else has posted this one

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gold-Diamonds-Ru...QQcmdZViewItem

In ZAX

Trey McGovern

Pi-Iota 47

This is a pending auction. Came up a couple of days ago.

Wow, that last badge posted comes from my chapter, it is stamped ZT 110, we are the Zeta Tau zeta. We are now up to 997 initiates, and were locally founded in 1949, so that must be pretty old.

I can't tell from the pictures whether that's a "Tau" or an "Upsilon", but either way it's very cool you're about to hit 1,000. Congratulations!

ZAX,
Jono
Florida Tech

I am conducting research on this badge as we speak. Washington State?

ZT is Stetson University. I was initiated there this spring.

ZAX,

TP

Makes the search easier. I'm curious: Is the Stetson law school there on the same campus? Where IS the campus? I'm thinking about doing some post grad work there.

hey john - the stetson campus is located in Deland, FL ... the law school is over on the west coast of florida near tampa/ st. petersburg.

Stetson law has a program in elder law, which is the practice area that I am in right now. I am reaching a crossroad where I must decide if I want to stay on doing this for the next 25 years - 'till I'm 75 or so, or make a major change and look at something just totally off the wall.

I don't like the social service aspect of elder law and that is really becoming a drag on me. Stetson has a great elder law program, and that is what I should do if I stay in the field.

Decisions, decisions

john, clean out PM mail box!;)

Done

John, You also need to clean out Your sent mail part of the box!:)

You are full again and that is what I fugure is wrong.

I didn't know that they were saved. I zapped it

Cool!
 

Yep they are!:cool: