Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 27, 2015

I had a very interesting chat through messaging last night with a local collector who has been very active on eBay and the SPC Facebook Group. We were talking about how he got burned by eBay when items he listed in his eBay store on a free listing day auto-renewed at .20 cent each. This stuck him with a $1,000...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 25, 2015

It looks like I might be getting a new gig as a merit badge counselor. At the charter school where I teach middle school social studies there are probably 10 Boy Scouts and a couple have dropped a hint about this idea. So after talking it over with one of the parents I'm going to pursue teaching Personal Management after...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 22, 2015

Since many tv shows and websites use this time of the year to do wrap up shows I want to remember one of our own who passed this year. I only got to met Deryl Radder a few times in person at TORs but his ideas almost twenty years ago became the genesis for today's Facebook Group. Deryl passed away...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 20, 2015

I am curious to see how much that Jamboree flag goes for. I've got one from 1981 that was for a VA Council that I've been sitting on for a while. The other cool auction here is the nice Alabama group that includes a Cherokee 50 Dance Team jacket patch. As I got to publish it is just over $100...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 18, 2015

Here is an update on my OA labeling project. I want to thank Dave Scocca for being my sounding board and giving me tips on how to organize historical information on the label. I reached out to Rob Higgins who has the excellent site on OA sections for help of figuring out the old twelve regions and how to group...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 15, 2015

One of the other really cool things about working at a charter school with 200 kids is that the family like atmosphere promotes kids bringing their teacher a Christmas present. So far today I've got a Starbucks gift card and a new headlamp flashlight. Ho Ho Ho! I do have a serious question to ask the readers which I'll also...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 13, 2015

I think my entire antique mall booth selling strategy is an attempt to deal with all the "stuff" that I would like to get rid of. In two separate booths about an hour away from each other along I-95 I've stocked the shelves with books, axes, ceramics, and hung lots of uniform shirts and jackets. I could probably fill another...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 11, 2015

I saw a post where a collector/scouter was looking for an Air Scout uniform to include in his display for Scouting Heritage merit badge. I've been out of the loop since that badge has been introduced and never been a counselor for it. Do any of you have any tips to pass on if you have done it successfully? There...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 8, 2015

The marquee item in today's issue has got to be the 1920 BSA medal from the first World Jamboree. As I'm publishing this issue it has over thirty bids and I can see where this might the type of item that someone with deep pockets might just blow up the auction at the close. Put that one on your watch...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 6, 2015

I have to give credit to the ISCA website and to OAimages for helping me pull the information together. I was able to read online copies of the Journal to see which lodges have recently merged and with a little fact checking on Facebook I think I've got a pretty accurate listing. I do have a collection of old conclave...Read More

Girl Scout Uniform History Display Teens – 2000s

At a Girl Scout memorabilia show held in Conover, NC there was a wonderful display of Girl Scout uniforms spanning almost a century of the program. The owner of the uniforms is Becky Byrns and she had the display set up in the lobby of the church hosting the event. This video takes you through all the uniforms from the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 17, 2015

I had one of those moments last night that I'm sure you can relate to. There was an eBay auction that I wanted to bid on and I had 36 minutes until it closed. I thought yeah I'll go downstairs and eat with the family and run back up and bid. I remembered about the auction about 3 hours later....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 15, 2015

The Girl Scout show was a lot of fun. The fellowship of collectors visiting with old friends seemed very familiar to that which you see at our shows. They even had a couple of seminars for young collectors - one of which I recorded and will be publishing this week on YouTube. Even though I was a newbie everyone was...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter November 13, 2015

There was some discussion on Facebook regarding the red arrow patch in the lot below. I believe the consensus was that it's a military unit patch. Of course those get mixed in quite a bit with old Boy Scout collections. As I was toasted on my Boy Scout bid this week I'm happy to report there wasn't as much competition...Read More

The History of Girl Scout Proficiency Badges

The seminar was given by Susan Dellay of the NC Coastal Pines Council at the Girl Scout Memorabilia Show organized by Becky Byrns. The show was held in Conover, NC the weekend of November 13-14, 2015. In this approximately 20 minute seminar Susan went through the history of the Girl Scout proficiency badges. She began with the white felts that...Read More

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