{"id":7003,"date":"2010-09-18T07:36:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T11:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=7003"},"modified":"2010-09-17T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T19:59:07","slug":"nick-stoner-lodge-418-a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/18\/nick-stoner-lodge-418-a1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Stoner Lodge #418 A1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/logoebay_x45.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1324\" title=\"Ebay Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/logoebay_x45.gif?resize=110%2C45\" alt=\"\" width=\"110\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a> An auction recently ended on <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=320587307438&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_self\">eBay<\/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=320587307438&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" alt=\"\" \/> for a Nick Stoner Lodge #418 A1.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the only issue from the long merged NY OA Lodge.\u00c2\u00a0 The auction began at only $ 9.99 and ended 13 bids later at $ 950.00.  While this is a respectable amount, it is probably only half or 2\/3&#8217;s of what it might have gone for a couple of years ago.  A sign of these economic times? O=r have all of the deep pocket collectors who were willing to pay $ 1,500+ now have one and it moves down to the next tier who are willing to pay circa $ 1,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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=320587307438&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-7004\" title=\"418A1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/418A1.jpg?resize=450%2C171\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/418A1.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/418A1.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Clicking on the image will bring you to the auction results for the next few months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over the years, I have hear rumors that the Nick Stoner Arrowhead was not issued until after the 1953 name change to Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea Lodge#418.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone know the real story after all this time?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script charset=\"utf-8\" src='http:\/\/adn.ebay.com\/files\/js\/min\/ebay_activeContent-min.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type='text\/javascript'>\ndocument.write('<scr' + 'ipt charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/adn.ebay.com\/cb?programId=1&#038;campId=5336381953&#038;toolId=10026&#038;keyword=%22Thay-en-da-ne-gea%2C418%2Cnick+stoner%22&#038;width=450&#038;height=250&#038;font=1&#038;textColor=000000&#038;linkColor=0000AA&#038;arrowColor=8BBC01&#038;color1=4D4DA1&#038;color2=FFFFFF&#038;format=Flash&#038;contentType=TEXT_AND_IMAGE&#038;enableSearch=y&#038;useeBayT=n&#038;usePopularSearches=n&#038;freeShipping=n&#038;topRatedSeller=n&#038;showKwCatLink=n&#038;excludeCatId=&#038;excludeKeyword=&#038;catId=13885&#038;ctx=n&#038;flashEnabled=' + isFlashEnabled + '&#038;pageTitle=' + _epn__pageTitle + '\"><\/scr' + 'ipt>' );\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of  fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is  perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the  germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed  debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known  instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. The  loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against  danger, real or imagined, from abroad.&#8221; &#8211; James Madison<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An auction recently ended on eBay for a Nick Stoner Lodge #418 A1.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the only issue from the long merged NY OA Lodge.\u00c2\u00a0 The auction began at only $ 9.99 and ended 13 bids later at $ 950.00. 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