A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“… the world’s most civilized club …” – The Baltimore Sun In early May, I was attending the annual meeting of the Grillparzer Club of the Hoboken Free State, a BSI scion organized by fellow Garrideb Terry Hunt that honors Christopher Morley. During the course of the three hours that we were enjoying lunch, I… Continue Reading
“It is a nice household …” – The Adventure of The Speckled Band (SPEC) Photos by Richard Olken The Speckled Band of Boston, one of the oldest scions of the Baker Street Irregulars, issued medals at each of their annual meetings in April 2009, 2010 and 2011. Stadri Emblems made the three medals for the SBB,… Continue Reading
“In my profession all sorts of odd knowledge comes useful…” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) Bob Fritsch, the 7th Garrideb, will be giving a presentation – The Tools of Numismatics: Presenting Your Collections in the Money Talks Theater during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money on Tuesday, August 11 at 2P.… Continue Reading
“… we have lots of Government detectives…” – A Study In Scarlet (STUD) Earlier this year, we reported that the Anchorage Police Department had issued two different challenge coins that featured Sherlock Holmes in the designs. The Anchorage Police Department has now issued a third challenge coin that features Holmes, with a mintage of 500 coins. OBVERSE:… Continue Reading
“It was the band! The speckled band!” – The Adventure of The Speckled Band (SPEC) On May 17, 1945, the British Broadcasting Company broadcast a dramatization of The Adventure of The Speckled Band featuring Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sherlock Holmes. If the Hardwicke names sounds familiar to you, his son Edward took over the role of… Continue Reading
“He was clad only in a pink dressing-gown …” – The Valley of Fear (VALL) One of my fondest memories of my childhood was watching cartoons on Saturday morning. My personal favorites were the old Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and the Pink Panther cartoons. On June 29, 1976 the 90th Pink Panther cartoon was… Continue Reading
“If you have a fancy to see your name in the next honours list….” – The Adventure of The Bruce Partington Plans (BRUC) Martin Clunes, the actor who portrayed Arthur Conan Doyle in the British television mini-series Arthur & George earlier this year, was also named on the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honour List. Clunes will be… Continue Reading
July is almost here! Our story for July is The Adventure of The Speckled Band and we will have all of our regular features from Brad Keefauver, Bob Stek, Denny Dobry and Frank Mentzel. In addition, we will be discussing the Boston scion of the same name and hopefully will have a post by Samuel… Continue Reading
“If you have a fancy to see your name in the next honours list….” – The Adventure of The Bruce Partington Plans (BRUC) We had earlier reported that Benedict Cumberbatch was named in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours as being awarded with a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. I neglected… Continue Reading
“You perceive that we have taken you into our confidence over some very private business.” – The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter (GREE) In 1954, Ronald Howard and H. Marion Crawford would star as Holmes and Watson in 39 episodes of a syndicated Sherlock Holmes television series. The 30 minute episodes were produced by Sheldon… Continue Reading