Secret Society My Ass

By James Melzer on January 11th, 2010

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Growing up, my family was pretty broke-ass, so I never had dreams of attending prestigious schools like Harvard or Yale, but I always wanted to be in a secret society like them college boys. While my treehouse did have a special knock (best believe you weren’t getting in without it, and NO girls allowed), it just wasn’t the same. Something about putting on a black robe and drinking wine that was supposed to be blood from a human skull just seemed so friggin’ cool. I had a hard time convincing my mom of that one, though.

Well damn you mom!

A human skull that was turned in to a ballot box for the mysterious Skull & Bones Society is going up for auction, and I intend to get me a piece of that action. Fitted with a hinge flap, the skull was used during voting time at Skull & Bones meetings. My friends and I just raised our hands, but this is way cooler. It’s been around since the 1800s and Christie’s Auction House in New York now has it in their possession. On January 22, that baby goes on the market, and they estimate it’s going to fetch a cool 20 grand, or close to.

Oh, and the kicker? It’s being sold with a black book that’s inscribed with the year 1872 and the number 322, the year of the society’s inception. Not only that, but the book has the names and photographs of about 50 Bonesmen in it, including Taft. You may know him as the 27th president, or not, depending on how well you did in school.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to New York. Dust off the treehouse, ma. I’ll be home soon.