A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“A printing press” – The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (3GAR) One of John Richard Flanagan’s three illustrations in The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, as published in the October 25, 1924 issue of Collier’s I was first introduced to the famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, in The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, in my fifth-grade… Continue Reading
“… they look upon these things in a different way.” – The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (NOBL) In addition to the numismatics of Sherlock Holmes, The Fourth Garrideb celebrates all things having to do with our namesake story – The Adventures of the Three Garridebs. The following video highlights scenes in Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Three… Continue Reading
“… an interesting story to tell…” – The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (VEIL) In addition to the numismatics of Sherlock Holmes, we do like to celebrate items that relate to our namesake story, The Adventure of the Three Garridebs. In this post, we will feature a transcription of The Final Problem, the third episode of… Continue Reading
“He is a man with a considerable artistic side to his nature.” – The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (ILLU) Illustrations for The Adventure of the Three Garridebs by John R. Flanagan in the October 25, 1924 issue of Collier’s John R. Flanagan provided illustrations for two Sherlock Holmes stories in Collier’s magazine – The Adventure of the Three Garridebs… Continue Reading
“… a highly sensational and flowery rendering of the whole incident.” – The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (SIXN) Usually, if you are looking to read The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, you’ll find it in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the collection of the last 12 stories of the Sherlock Holmes Canon to be published. Perhaps, in some other… Continue Reading
“He is a man with a considerable artistic side to his nature.” – The Adventure of the Illustrious Client (ILLU) When The Adventure of the Three Garridebs was published in January, 1925 issue of The Strand, the five illustrations that accompanied the story were drawn by Howard K. Elcock, including the one pictured above. Now, we celebrate… Continue Reading
Eye’s Deception of Mind Creates Real Television Problem Original Caption: A tense scene during the telecast of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Three Garridebs,” featuring Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Maitland as John Garrideb, Louis Hector as Sherlock Holmes If seeing were believing, the puzzles of television entertainment would be as simple as ABC, but since the… Continue Reading
“The story has, I believe, been told more than once in the newspapers …” – The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (ENGR) When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his stories published that would make up the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, the stories were first printed in the United States in Colliers Weekly and in the Strand Magazine for the United Kingdom.… Continue Reading
” I shall be the Hans Sloane of my age.” – The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (3GAR) Back in June, we reported on the release of a new biography of Hans Sloane by James Delbourgo. A few weeks later, the website Historyextra released a podcast where Delbourgo was interviewed and questioned on his new work, Collecting the World.… Continue Reading
“Saw through my game, I suppose …” – The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (3GAR) We like to celebrate all things about The Adventures of the Three Garridebs, the Sherlock Holmes story that our group takes our name from. Earlier today, the tag team of Scott Monty and the 47th Garrideb, Burt Wolder, released episode 26… Continue Reading