Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter June 8, 2025
Yesterday I put in snipes on several of the Air Explorer items in the Noble Spirit auctions. I put my bids in at 100% of the historical best sold comp and in one case even higher. In all cases I was totally blown out of the water. On a Saturday afternoon! It’s great to see there is such interest in the old stuff that even with a flood of it all ending on one weekend these got good prices.
The reunion went off yesterday without a hitch. Thanks to Tripp Clark and all of his Scout elves they pulled off bridging the gap with two different camps post merger. For my old camp I saw many people there including some I had never met before. Hopefully the connections made will lead to some surge in alumni relations and connecting with our shared history.
Sitting at my lunch table was a guy from another council that shared in the last two years his camp had $1.5 million in investments. You can bet that came from reengaged alumni! So I think there is a clear patch forward to invite these people to stay connected with the council and to share their talents in any way they see fit.
On eBay I have 224 live auctions including more terrific Georgia OA. Maybe I’ll have some luck like Noble Spirit and find some energy in having so many good pieces together.
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Camp Director, Eagle Scout, Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor Member and past Chief, lifelong Scouter and patch collector.Jason Spangler
14039 Hwy 74 East
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Indian Trail, NC 28079
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I started collecting Boy Scout memorabilia when I was inducted into Santee Lodge 116, Order of the Arrow at Camp Coker in the summer of 1986. All the guys of ISWA chapter in Elk campsite seemed to be trading and since my dad sent me to camp with a small bag of patches, I jumped in and never looked back....
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