A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
” … he got off with a year.” – The Adventure of The Six Napoleons (SIXN) This post is being typed at 30,000 feet as I fly from Baltimore to Chicago to attend the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money. It was one year ago today that seven of us met at this very coin… Continue Reading
“It is a little souvenir …” – A Case of Identity (IDEN) The Fourth Garrideb will be giving away the above pictured wooden nickels at next week’s World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, Illinois. This event, sponsored by the American Numismatic Association, will be held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center from Tuesday, August… Continue Reading
” … put your trousers on.” – A Scandal in Belgravia The British Royal Mint has announced the second of their two-ounce silver £100 coins being sold for face value. The 2015 issue in the series features Buckingham Palace. While Buckingham Palace was never mentioned in any of the 60 stories from The Canon, it did feature… Continue Reading
August is almost here! Our story for August is The Adventure of The Dancing Men and we will have all of our regular features from Brad Keefauver, Denny Dobry and Frank Mentzel. The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez will be our story for September. We hope that everyone has been enjoying the summer months. Continue Reading
” … very energetic inquiries are being made …” – The Adventure of The Noble Bachelor (NOBL) A few weeks ago we posted about the January 5, 1973 dinner meeting of the Baker Street Irregulars and the silver Sherlock Holmes medal that was presented to honor the recent Holmesian stamp issued by Nicaragua. Peter E. Blau,… Continue Reading
“It’s more than a year since I left him …” – The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (ILLU) The Fourth Garrideb will celebrates its one year anniversary by holding its first annual meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money. This will be a dinner… Continue Reading
“… he took two tickets for the theatre …” – The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans (BRUC) Today was the day that the film Mr. Holmes opened in the United States and your faithful editor attended a matinee to view the film. I admit that I have not read Mitch Cullin’s A Slight Trick of the Mind, the… Continue Reading
On November 13, 1972, the country of Nicaragua issued 12 different stamps featuring the most famous fictional detectives. This series of stamps was issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Interpol, the International Police Organization. The highest value stamp, 2 Cordobas (C$2), featured Sherlock Holmes. For those that collect stamps,… Continue Reading
“If I were a sculptor …” – The Adventure of Thor Bridge (THOR) This is our third post featuring R. Tait McKenzie. Previously, we discussed his design of The Three Hour for Lunch Club medal and a biographical post that featured a few of his works. In this post, we will focus on the medallic… Continue Reading
“He had once been a skilful sculptor and had earned an honest living …” – The Adventure of The Six Napoleons (SIXN) Who is Robert Tait McKenzie, the Canadian born sculptor who created the Three Hours For Lunch Club medal? Here is the biographical summary that the University of Pennsylvania has for him in the introduction… Continue Reading