A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“It is a little souvenir …” – A Case of Identity (IDEN) It wasn’t all that long ago that we wrote a post about the wooden nickels given out by the Junior Sherlockian Society at the 2018 BSI Annual Dinner. This January’s dinner featured another wooden nickel produced by the Junior Sherlockian Society. Sponsored by the Beacon Society, a scion… Continue Reading
“… had partaken of an excellent dinner.” – The Valley of Fear (VALL) The American Numismatic Association is bringing its National Money Show to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in late March. The Fourth Garrideb will also be in Pittsburgh and will hold its Numismatic Friends of Sherlock Holmes Dinner on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The Sharp… Continue Reading
“Look at the headlines …” – The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk (STOC) It’s time for another edition of Garridebs in the News! Be sure to check out our other post on the BSI Class of 2019! The Autumn 2018 issue of the Baker Street Journal featured the 49th Garrideb, Ira Brad Matetsky with his article More… Continue Reading
“If you have a fancy to see your name in the next honours list” – The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (BRUC) BSI’s Wiggins (Michael Whelan) presents BSI Membership Certificates to (clockwise, from top left): Ira Brad Matetsky, Monica M. Schmidt, Michael McSwiggin and Greg D. Ruby – Photos… Continue Reading
“‘Data! Data! Data!‘ he cried impatiently. ‘I can’t make bricks without clay.’” – The Adventures of The Copper Beeches (COPP) This column is composed of material (Data!) developed for a short course called Appreciating Sherlock Holmes that I teach twice a year in the Community Education Life Enrichment Program for a local community college. It is… Continue Reading
“I’d like two shillin’ better” – The Sign of the Four (SIGN) Some Sherlockians are puzzled by references to money in the Sherlock Holmes adventures – “a fifty-guinea watch” in The Sign of Four, a pipe that cost “seven-and sixpence” in “The Yellow Face.” The British monetary system was undoubtedly complicated. A pound was divided into 20 shillings,… Continue Reading
“… like all great artists…” – The Adventure of Black Peter (BLAC) We have had many posts here previously about Marika Somogyi, the sculptor of the 1987 art medal of Sherlock Holmes. On August 28, 1996, Somogyi sat for this video interview with the Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma… Continue Reading
” He handed them a shilling each…” – The Sign of the Four (SIGN) In 2007, the Cook Islands contracted with the Perth Mint of Australia to produce a set of four 1 ounce .999 silver $2 coins. All four coins featured color vignettes from the 1979 – 1986 Soviet television productions of The Adventures of… Continue Reading
Seventeen thoughts for further ponderance of the case at hand – The Sign of the Four (SIGN) WATSON’S FLAW The Sign of the Four begins by showing us a major flaw in our hero’s character, his cocaine usage. Watson, it would seem, does not make it through the tale without showing a flaw of… Continue Reading
“… a work which had been specially designed to please him.” – The Sign of the Four (SIGN) On January 1, 2019, the British Royal Mint released the designs of their 2019 dated coins and began selling the annual sets to collectors. As we predicted in our earlier post about the 2019 Sherlock Holmes 50… Continue Reading