Pretty AGD pin

[OleMissGlitter]

Thanks VandalSquirrel....so do y'all know for sure an AGD did not win this?

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Thanks VandalSquirrel....so do y'all know for sure an AGD did not win this?

Unless it is an AGD who also happens to be a collector and a VERY frequent bidder/winner on e_bay, then sadly I fear it was not.

30 day bidding history of the winning bidder

Note they also have a feedback rating of 900. I buy Theta items all the time on that site and my rating is only around 100.

[thetalady]

Very interesting and thorough research! Thanks so much for more of the story, VandalSquirrel!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Great thanks

You're welcome Dear Sister.

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

Thanks VandalSquirrel....so do y'all know for sure an AGD did not win this?

I didn't follow the auction that closely, and purposefully waited on publicly posting information until the auction closed as to not provide a reason to increase the value to a non-member.

Originally Posted by AzTheta

VandalSquirrel, you are amazing! I like "detective work" and you have a talent in that area, for sure.

As for dates on badges, here's what I did with my new onyx badge: I had "ABC" "BD" and 4-1-11 engraved on the back of it. None of those initials would make sense to anyone else. ABC=Advisory Board Chairman BD = Beta Delta (chapter at UofA) and the date is my official appointment date. I made provisions for the badge upon my demise so it should never end up on any auction site. Still, the explanation will accompany the badge and it may end up lost so someday, there might be another GCer researching the weird engraving on an onyx badge.

You'd think I would have had second thoughts, being appointed on April First. One day I'll tell the tale of my first year as an ABC (if I make it that long).

Both of my areas of employment (outdoors in the summer, indoors the rest of the year) lend themselves well to "detective work" as you call it. I'd also like to think my History degree and research areas provided me with a solid background for inquiry and the skills to bring it all together.

Originally Posted by thetalady

Very interesting and thorough research! Thanks so much for more of the story, VandalSquirrel!

Oh thetalady, there's more to the story. I found the daughter, her husband and at least one child they had. Since there are living people involved I'm going to keep some details vague to respect their privacy. I'll post again when I've either figured out how this badge ended up "estate fresh" on eBay or hit a wall. I find the generations of this family really interesting as they have roughly lived in two communities a few miles apart for so many years.