Yep. The scrolless DPhiE is sitting here on my desk in NJ. $567 is not expensive when you realize this pin will never be made again and it is dated and identifyable. I snipe bid at the end so that is why it jumped up so high.
There were 1560 members at the time we changed our badge in 1948 when we joined NPC. I started collecting in 1990 along with our then national president and we were in search of the dphie holy grail, a scrolless badge. . My collection has grown but more importantly. my relationships with other collectors has blossomed. All but one of approximately 100 serious collectors makes sure that these scrolless badges "go home" to me. I now have 8, 6 badges and 2 badges made into charms on a large gold disk. This one was only the 2nd one in my collection I had identify to one particular person and not just a chapter or not just initials, of which there are many the same. This lady was initiated at University of Denver in 1938. As my collector friends know, I like my pin owners dead. This lady past in the 1980s.
There is a lot of talk about greek letter pin collecting on greekchat. The collectors go for the rare and highly collectible. Wdd was mentioned earlier and is a great guy. If he got the pin or even the 2nd high bidder who is not a DPhiE, it would hopefully eventually get back to me. I go on ebay 20 times a day. It is sort of my default screen. I buy as many of our badges as I can.
The $46 pin was gold filled. I contacted the second high bidder and advised her that if she needs a replacement of that pin, it costs $15 through HQ.
If I can eduate as many deephers here as possibly it is that your initiation fee IS NOT the price of the pin. The pin is a part of it but not the whole cost. A couple of these gold filled pins have been on ebay and advertised as the $145 version. I have told them otherwise.
Anyhow, since greekchat is public, please PM with me with any comments or questions.
There is also a damaged dphie badge on ebay which is missing the center triangle (it has the pearls). I am planning to win that one and have it repaired through our current jeweler.
JSL,
Denise
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