{"id":5267,"date":"2009-11-09T08:32:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2014-08-12T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T17:35:12","slug":"rws-chautauqua-county-rare-original-style-gauze-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/09\/rws-chautauqua-county-rare-original-style-gauze-back\/","title":{"rendered":"RWS: Chautauqua County, RARE-original style, gauze back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1422\" title=\"Knowledge is Power\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/knowledge.gif?resize=397%2C52\" alt=\"Knowledge is Power\" width=\"397\" height=\"52\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" title=\"chaut\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/chaut.jpg?resize=100%2C70\" alt=\"chaut\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" \/>An auction for a <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574851416&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336381953&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=110450526469&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_self\">Chautauqua County gauze back RWS<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574851416&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336381953&amp;customid=&amp;item=110450526469&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" alt=\"\" \/> strip recently ended on eBay, and it certainly caught my eye!<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the patch sold for over $ 2800.00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574851416&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336381953&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=110450526469&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5269\" title=\"chaut results\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/chaut-results.jpg?resize=450%2C243\" alt=\"chaut results\" width=\"450\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/chaut-results.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/chaut-results.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the auction, by clicking on the image.<\/p>\n<p>There were four unique bidders on this one, each bidding the above the $ 1850.00 minimum bid.<\/p>\n<p>Why was it worth so much?\u00c2\u00a0 From the auction text.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">According to the Council Shoulder Insignia guidebook, this is an <\/span><span style=\"color: red;\"><strong>&#8220;original style RWS&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> where the council name was embroidered onto a blank that already contained the word &#8220;COUNCIL&#8221;. \u00c2\u00a0Also, the word COUNCIL is wider than the 64 mm seen on most RWS &#8211; it&#8217;s closer to 70 mm. \u00c2\u00a0This is why the council name is in a more crude block-style lettering and is partially gauze-backed. \u00c2\u00a0All of the &#8220;original style&#8221; RWS are rare because they were made in extremely limited numbers. \u00c2\u00a0This issue must surely be among the rarest because it does not appear to be listed in the 2009 book as a known issue.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[phpbay]RWS,10[\/phpbay]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"355\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"base=http:\/\/togo.ebay.com\/togo\/&amp;lang=en-us&amp;mode=search&amp;query=RWS&amp;campid=5336381953\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/togo.ebay.com\/togo\/togo.swf?2008013100\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<dl>\n<dt>Food is an important part of a balanced diet.<\/dt>\n<dd><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quotationspage.com\/quotes\/Fran_Lebowitz\/\">Fran Lebowitz<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>US writer and humorist  (1950 &#8211;  )<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An auction for a Chautauqua County gauze back RWS strip recently ended on eBay, and it certainly caught my eye! As you can see, the patch sold for over $ 2800.00 You can see the auction, by clicking on the image. There were four unique bidders on this one, each bidding the above the $&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[200],"tags":[399],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rws","tag-rws","wpcat-200-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe0C4-1mX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19774,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions\/19774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}