Scout Patch Collectors

Boy Scout Memorabilia Prices Realized Guide: The $1000+ Club

  Collectors there's one central question when trying to buy, sell, or trade Boy Scout memorabilia...What is it worth? But what if there were a Prices Realized Guide that contained thousands of images, descriptions, and all historical data? What if there were a guide written just for you that contained hundreds of the best items known to have sold in...Read More

Boy Scout Memorabilia Prices Realized Guide Video

Great Insignia From The Way Back Machine

I've got three terrific pieces of great insignia (ok 1 is a uniform) that sold recently on eBay. All of these ranked among the top selling items so far for February on the auction site.   1917-20 Boy Scout Shirt/Coat, Insignia, US Food Admin WW1 Patch, Merit Badges     BSA Adult Insignia - Troop Committee Patch TC-2 Armband  ...Read More

Crispy Mint Has A New Definition

Now taking into account that this patch is going on 75 years old it is incredibly mint. Its not often that having the original packaging helps make the sale but in the case of this old felt that is exactly what happened.   1935 Boy Scout Jamboree Patch Original Sleeve    

American Heritage Girls the BSA

  This is new news to me, even though the BSA signed a Memorandum of Mutual Support with the American Heritage Girls in 2009. They seem to be the evangelical Christian competition to the Girl Scouts/USA. Here is the FAQ. BSA-AHG FAQ   The AHQ members can attend BSA camps and trainings, including Wood Badge! They were also represented at...Read More

Girl Scout Centennial Stamp

  I don't know how I missed this announcement back in July 2011, but the design of the Girl Scout stamp celebrating their 100th Anniversary sure looks familiar! The stamp will be issued on June 9, 2012.      

Blacksmithing Merit Badge Reproduction with Pamphlet

  I got an email from one of my Scouting Hot Finds readers today asking about this item. His questions was, "I just spotted a reproduction Blacksmithing Sq. merit badge being offered by hokum1017 on eBay. The number is 150753438353. This is the first repro I've seen. Are others also being reproduced. How long has this been going on. "...Read More

Why is She Laying Down with Those Fleas?

Talk about the pick of the litter! I know many of you who are avid Dixie Fellowship and SR-5 collectors will have spotted this listing recently on eBay. I want to mention it because this particular patch holds a special significance for me. When I was assembling my Dixie collection back in the late 1990s-early 2000s this was the very...Read More

Funny Boy Scout Spoof Video

I've never posted something like this on the blog so let me tell you that this video is touching on a sensitive subject but it is hilarious if you have a sense of humor. The Onion News has made a business of doing satirical news shows and videos and this one just happens to feature two boys pretending to be...Read More

These Socks Are Made of Gold!

  I want to thank my friend Alan McDonald for sending me the link to this listing. I'm not even sure how to describe this head scratcher. I know you are not going to be tempted to click on the link just by see the picture but trust me you will want to see how high this auction went for....Read More

A Guide to Identifying Recent Chinese Fakes on eBay

In late 2011 many fake OA patches were popping up on eBay. There were a few sellers from China that were putting these fakes onto the market. At the time I put together a 24 page booklet with the images of the fakes so that collectors could spot them. Some time has past but every once in a while you...Read More

The First Flap I Remember

  I've written and talked about how I caught the "patch bug" the week that I got into the OA back in 1986. If you listened to my Scouting Hot Finds Radio show back on November 30th I had on my old friend Paul Gowder. In that show we talked about the patches there were being traded around Elk campsite...Read More

An Answer To The Question We All Have This Week

So if you are tuning into my blogs on ScoutingHotFinds.com or have watched this weeks YouTube Top 10 Video then you will likely know the #1 selling item on eBay was a Rowing Merit Badge. Huh!? Yes a Rowing Merit Badge sold for over $1k on eBay last week with lots of bids. I put this out as a question...Read More

2 Interesting Boy Scout Bugles each sell for over $250 on ebay

  I got this message from one of my contributors Bruce McCrea and I wanted to share it with everyone on the patchblanket community.   Two Boy Scout bugles have each sold for over $250 on eBay in the last two weeks. They have both added to my knowledge of the history of Boy Scout bugles.   1. Chrome plated...Read More

Wanted: World Rover Moot badges

I have decided to start collecting World Rover Moot badges, and since nobody in the US collects them, I thought I should post some pictures of my needs. Unless otherwise credited, all these pictures are taken from eBay auctions.   1931 Kandersteg, Switzerland     The first World Rover Moot was held at Kandersteg and is a pin. It differs...Read More