Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 18, 2015

It's hard to decide what to tell you about in this block. The gold Heroism medal is one you don't want to miss. There are also some really nice activity patches that are 60+ years old doing well at auction. There are some really cool classic OA pieces in today's issue. If you are into VA OA I know I've...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 16, 2015

You can tell by those 1947 WJ patches there are some heavy hitters in today's issue of the Hot Finds. This has been a really good time for vintage pieces and I've been plugging them away in the newsletter. I have a bit of a dilemma that many of you have faced. I want to organize my OA flap collection...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 13, 2015

If you are a Philmont collector there are some really nice pieces in today's issue including a staff segment, buckle and some nice rounds with rockers. A lot of the OA in this block is newer stuff - sometimes the vintage stuff bubbles to the top but that's not it today. This weekend when I set up my Girl Scout...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 11, 2015

I logged into Facebook this morning and saw there were 86 people awaiting approval to join the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group. Before his passing Deryl Radder foretold that he saw the group growing to 10,000 members. It looks like he was right as usual. Just for a quick history lesson Deryl created the first really successful online community for...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 9, 2015

I don't know if its a purely local phenomenon but I've noticed a lot of Scouts and Scouters in my area interested in putting together a vintage khaki green uniform. When I was on camp staff in the 1980s that was cool but that was in a time when the tan shirts were pretty new. Now those green shirts are...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 6, 2015

Lately I've been trying the store sale strategy to drive some extra traffic to my eBay store. This week I've got a 20% off sale running in the OA conclave section of the store. I've got over 300 items in that section mostly from the Carolinas. We have a good old fashioned county fair that "officially" started Friday although with...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 4, 2015

I survived the East Coast monsoon this weekend although by my count its really on about week #2 of rain over here. I can't say the same for my favorite college football team. But the good news is that while I was listening to the radio broadcast of the play-by-play I got about 100 new patches listed in my story....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 2, 2015

I went by today to pay what will probably be my last month's rent at my Lumberton antique mall booth. I anticipate pulling the stuff by the end of October. Until then I've got a 50% off sale trying to clean the shelves a bit. Now that I'm teaching school again I simply don't have the time needed to devote...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 29, 2015

Today I've got a new Hot Finds Partner in the email. Nick Wolf was on my podcast a while back and I've been meaning to give him some recognition for supporting my brand. If any other eBay powersellers are looking to get some advertising in the Hot Finds shoot me an email. That must be one of the more common...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 27, 2015

I love the old vintage stuff and that is what always leads off the top of the Hot Finds. I haven't focused on segregated Scout camp patches in a while but some of you will enjoy seeing what's the bidding up to on that Camp Panther Landing patch. I got some good feedback from my soapbox about why we collect...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 25, 2015

There was a really interesting article in the ISCA Journal that just arrived in my mailbox by Fred Duersch regarding merit badge collecting. He was focused on values which I think is a very interesting topic for collectors. Essentially Fred has written about merit badges for more than a decade and some of his early work was probably responsible for...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 22, 2015

This weekend the Scout troop has a camping trip to kick off the year in the grassy lot beside the church. This is a joint one-nighter with all the Scouts age K-12 in our program. We are looking at upwards of forty girls spending the night. Talk about a slumber party! My troop is responsible for the campfire program so...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 20, 2015

I am a little surprised to see that the sash pictured below is over $500 in bidding. Not that there aren't some great 1940s era merit badges on there but from the not so great pictures it appears that everything is trimmed. As some of you know when you trim a crimped edge MB it sometimes makes it impossible to...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 15, 2015

I know the majority of them are activity patches but I feel certain is going to jump all over that lot of Occneechee pieces. The wide crimped mb sash caught my eye but it's got some of the really common issues. Weeks if not months after sending an email to my lodge leadership about getting the red sash I was...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 13, 2015

One of the really good local TORs in my area is put on by a collector from the Old Hickory Council in NC. They have a great historical association and really appreciate their cloth and paper. I'll be watching to see what that felt event patch goes for when the gavel falls. I could be wrong but that "1990 Sash"...Read More

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