The great purge continues. Here’s an interesting piece from Jeff Pommier circa August, 1964. It was a letter to members of the TRADER. He had just finished school and was immeninently getting married so he decided to sell his OA collection. As he noted, he used the standard TRADER CODING SYSTEM:

• F=Flap
• S=Solid
• N=Neckerchief patch
• R=Round
• X=Odd-shape
• J=Jacket patch.

Oh was life so much more simple back then!

Here are his asking prices: jeffpommierlst.xls

Note such things as
306 F – $0.75
370S (must be Moswetuset) – $1.00
496F -$0.75
504F – $0.75

His most expensive patches were the 47R (Hanigus) at $3.00, the 51 Shawnee J1 at $3.50, the 67 Anicus chenille at $3.50, the Blue Heron purple water at $4, and the 373 Carcajou at $5.00.

It is also interesting to see the numbers that he was missing. Some you would expect such as merged lodges 154, 155, 219, 447, and 448. But the active lodges he was missing included 74, 89, 90, 96, etc.. Those were killers back then because they were highly restricted. Most in the hobby have lost sight of that if they even knew about it. Most collectors these days were not around when lodges had these restrictions.