Ebay Auction

[Brother Joseph]

Morning all, here's hoping everyone had a great holiday season.

I was on Ebay last night and I saw this item:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Alpha-Ph...item3358d84bf5

Not sure if it was ever an official item or not but it still looks pretty cool. Though I placed a bid in for it I'm sure I won't win. However, I'd prefer something like this go to a brother and not simply a collector and so I'm posting the info here. Also if anyone knows maybe more about the history of items such as this I'd love to hear it.

[Senusret I]

Never seen anything like it before. Somebody told the seller that it is a chapter-level past president's key.... somehow that doesn't seem accurate to me, but what do I know?

[naraht]

I bid on it before I read that it was a fellow brother bidding on it. My max is $20 for now, but Brother Joseph, if you outbid me, I won't compete.

But it is an interesting item. I wouldn't be that surprised if the item was fraternity neutral before the metal coat of arms was added.

[emb021]

I plan on bidding for it. Will make a nice addition to my display of APO items.

It is a past president's key. AFAIK, it was an item made by our Official Jeweler. Will have to see if I can find a date for it, but think it would be the 50s or so. Am sure the surrounding gold area was generic, and the jeweler just added a group's COA.

[emb021]

FYI, if you are on Facebook, there is a group I started called "alpha phi omega history nutz". Many of the pictures there are of items I got off eBay, and a few I wasn't able to.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

I plan on bidding for it. Will make a nice addition to my display of APO items.

It is a past president's key. AFAIK, it was an item made by our Official Jeweler. Will have to see if I can find a date for it, but think it would be the 50s or so. Am sure the surrounding gold area was generic, and the jeweler just added a group's COA.

So we are bidding against each other?

[emb021]

I haven't bid yet.

Frankly, am a little annoyed about all the APO literature I've lost in bids on eBay. Who knows were they ended up. And I really hate eBays new system that hides the other bidders from you.

But I recently was chatting with some Brothers in Delta. Should be able to get with them and make scans of their materials. It seems their archieves have a lot of old items.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

I haven't bid yet.

Frankly, am a little annoyed about all the APO literature I've lost in bids on eBay. Who knows were they ended up. And I really hate eBays new system that hides the other bidders from you.

But I recently was chatting with some Brothers in Delta. Should be able to get with them and make scans of their materials. It seems their archieves have a lot of old items.

I agree with you on hating the new system. I'd love to know that I'm bidding against specific other bidders.

As far as I can tell, anything that Delta doesn't have, FRH probably did on his personal typewriter.

[emb021]

FWIW, I bid and won the item Sunday. When I checked back, I had no idea who was bidding, as there were about 8 bids vs 5 as of Friday, the price pushed up to $50 from $20 on Friday.

I'll be posting pictures of the item on the APO History group on Facebook.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

FWIW, I bid and won the item Sunday. When I checked back, I had no idea who was bidding, as there were about 8 bids vs 5 as of Friday, the price pushed up to $50 from $20 on Friday.

I'll be posting pictures of the item on the APO History group on Facebook.

emb021 is 4***4 below, no clue who c***4 is. (I'm Naraht ). Glad I didn't get into a bidding war with you.


Bid History

Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time

4***4( 682) US $52.60 Jan-10-10 16:33:53 PST
c***4( 804) US $51.60 Jan-10-10 11:47:40 PST
naraht( 61) US $42.00 Jan-08-10 19:17:09 PST
c***4( 804) US $36.30 Jan-10-10 11:47:21 PST
c***4( 804) US $24.60 Jan-10-10 11:47:04 PST
naraht( 61) US $20.00 Jan-02-10 09:09:33 PST
c***4( 804) US $19.60 Jan-05-10 07:03:18 PST
c***4( 804) US $14.60 Jan-04-10 08:08:27 PST
s***g( 24) US $11.00 Jan-01-10 12:25:43 PST
Starting Price US $9.99 Dec-31-09 17:25:30 PST

[emb021]

Well, I was on the fence about bidding on it, and only did so when it seemed someone else had tried to outbid it (this c***4) person. I placed a high bid about an hour before, because I was going out to eat, and wasn't sure if I'd win.