A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
Sherlock Holmes as sketched by Sidney Paget, considered the master Holmes portraitist. We all know who Sherlock Holmes was, the greatest detective of Victorian England in all of literature. I’ll be willing to bet that most readers of this column have also read some, if not all. of the stories that are called by fans… Continue Reading
“It was not till after dinner …” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) As a companion to Colin Prestige’s report on the 1961 Garrideb Gathering of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London that we posted recently, we are happy to add this menu card and program from that dinner. Continue Reading
“Will you be at home this evening?” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) Proceedings of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London THE GARRIDEB GATHERING “The only one in the world” KILLER Evans would surely have been envious. At 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 1961, the stentorian voice of the head-waiter announced: “Mr.… Continue Reading
“… my agent there has sent me this advertisement from a local paper.” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) Several months back, we published a post about the Pobjoy Mint’s 1994 press release announcing the Return of Sherlock Holmes series of coins for Gibraltar. Recently, we came across the above Pobjoy Mint advertisement from… Continue Reading
“Syracusan – of the best period …” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) Heritage Auction’s January 3 – 4, 2016 NYINC World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction – New York #3044 – Lot 31005 – HA.com Every member of The Fourth Garrideb receives a Garrideb Decadrachm with their lifetime membership certificate, an homage… Continue Reading
A Stiff Examination upon “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs” Representing an Herculean effort to return to the style of the old “Boxer” quizzes by Steve Clarkson, “Torquemada” of Watson’s Tin Box We are proud to present the answers to this quiz we posted earlier this month on The Three Garridebs, one of the 69 quizzes to be found… Continue Reading
“… and had delivered his usual brilliant lecture to a crowded class.” – The Adventure of The Creeping Man (CREE) During the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) 100th Anniversary Convention (aka The World’s Fair of Money, the first ANA convention to use this marketing theme) in August, 1991, the then Vice President of the ANA, Edward C. Rochette,… Continue Reading
A Stiff Examination upon “The Adventure of the Three Garridebs” Representing an Herculean effort to return to the style of the old “Boxer” quizzes by Steve Clarkson, “Torquemada” of Watson’s Tin Box We are proud to present this quiz on The Three Garridebs, one of the 69 quizzes to be found in The Sherlockian Star Chamber by the late Steve… Continue Reading
” … every corner of the room was stacked with bundles of manuscript …” – The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual (MUSG) This story was originally published in the June 27, 1995 issue of Numismatic News. “It may have been a comedy, or it may have been a tragedy,” Dr. Watson, venerable biographer of the world’s greatest consulting… Continue Reading
“… for when I was in Siberia I had a letter from him …” – The Adventure of The Golden Pince-Nez (GOLD) In October 1993, the United Kingdom issued five different 24 pence stamps featuring Sherlock Holmes themes. In May 1995, a set of five different Philatelic – Numismatic Combination Covers (envelope with postal cancellation and a… Continue Reading