Scarce Ca.1910 Nickel Plated Boy Scout Bugle w/Engraved Scout Bugler is a "nickel-plated" unofficial Lyon and Healy BOY SCOUT bugle with a very ornate engraving of a Boy Scout holding a bugle that just sold for $322.99. I don't remember any Boy Scout bugle selling for more. This bugle almost certainly was sold in the 1910s before the BSA cracked...Read More
December 2012 Boy Scout Memorabilia Sales Catalog I've started publishing a monthly sales catalog as an eBay alternative. The idea actually came out of an episode of Scouting Hot Finds Radio and so far I'm having fun with it. This month's issue is 17 pages long and includes several hundred Order of the Arrow issues along with a large group...Read More
Brian Ives has just published a Boy Scout Collector's Business Directory and has decided to make it a free eBook to support the collecting community. This eBook is available exclusively on eJunkie and is a free downloadable PDF file. Brian spent many hours sorting through a stack of about 500 business cards he got during the project. After eliminating the...Read More
Click The Image To See All The Details on eBay eBay seller hta2 has stumbled across a big collection of Boy Scout items and he is throwing it all up on eBay to see what it will sell for. Imagine his surprise when he put up a lot of 29 felt patches and it ended...Read More
The Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter runs down some of the best live auctions in the Boy Scout category of eBay. With these weekly Top 10 posts I attempt to go back into the category and take score. In the end what were the big sellers that really shined? This Top 10 list counts down the weeks best finishers and shows...Read More
Check out what's the talk of the hobby in eBay's best selling items in the Boy Scout category. Some of these items were given emphasis in the Hot Finds Newsletter. Click on the title to see these great scouting items. If you bid on any of these big sellers I'd love for you to leave a comment on this...Read More
I want to inform you of the imminent retirement of the forum at Patchblanket.com. Since 2006 the website has been a neat place to post things about the hobby and engage in a little chatter. However, with the launch this year of the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group the forum concept on Patchblanket.com has now been supplanted and there is...Read More
Check out what's the talk of the hobby in last week's eBay's best selling items in the Boy Scout category. Some of these items were given emphasis in the Hot Finds Newsletter. Click on the title to see these great scouting items. If you bid on any of these big sellers I'd love for you to leave a comment...Read More
Here are the 10 best scouting auctions in the Boy Scout category completed by October 6, 2012. You will also find some of the items in our Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter. These are ranked from 10 on down to the #1 and the list also shows you how many bids came in for each item that made the countdown....Read More
Check out what's the talk of the town in last week's eBay's best selling items in the Boy Scout category. Some of these items were given emphasis in the Hot Finds Newsletter. Click on the title to see these great scouting items. Item Title - Click To See The Listing on eBay Bids Rank Grouping #3 Of OLD...Read More
I created a bit of buzz this week with my pronouncement that I was running a "Going Out of Business Sale". This message prompted multiple emails and at least three phone calls asking why I was abandoning my Boy Scout Memorabilia business. One collector told me he thought maybe I was going to sell out my cloth and open a...Read More
This run down shows you the best selling items in the Boy Scout category for the last half of August. Several of these were featured in the Hot Finds Newsletter. You can click on the title to see these best selling items. Item Title - Click To See The Listing on eBay Bids Rank OA - Lodge 503...Read More
The Fuji Scout is the highest rank in the Scout Association of Japan and is probably more rare than the BSA Quartermaster in terms of number earned each year. So it was interesting to see one on eBay that attracted a lot of attention and sold for $1025 on Aug 27. But what was even more unbelievable is that two...Read More
Collectors, there's one central question when trying to buy, sell, or trade Boy Scout memorabilia...What is it worth? But what if there was a Prices Realized Guide that contained thousands of images, descriptions, and all historical data? What if there was a guide written just for you that contained hundreds of the best items known to have sold in your...Read More
front back I have the above super rare RWS available for trade or sale. It is used but in great shape as you can see. I have only seen three in my life, all in the hands of local collectors. My guess is that it predates the San Mateo County Council/California RWS which dates from the 60's...Read More