Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 11, 2015

This weekend I hope to find time to take my NOAC inventory and flip it over for fixed price sale on eBay. I've still got several boxes that never sold after running auctions for a month and so it's time to play the long game of putting them in my eBay store and seeing what can attract a B-I-N. I...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 8, 2015

I am handing out door prizes tonight at an adult leader meeting. It's time to put a smile on the faces of some volunteers. I've got a few things set aside that are going to be fun. What's the old saying "it's better to give than receive"? Well if you collect old Explorer stuff you can thank me later for...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 6, 2015

I hope you get a chance to go through today's issue and see all the unique auctions that I've featured. There is a great mix of the old and the new! The sash below includes one of the Air Scout Candidate patches so I'd say that dates it more to the 1940s. This block has some other cool patches from...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 4, 2015

I thought I had set this issue to go out early in the morning but I think I got so wrapped up in watching college football last night that I forgot to pull the trigger on it. So enjoy a rare afternoon issue of the Hot Finds. At some point my square merit badge collection may get sophisticated enough to...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 1, 2015

I must be doing something right. I got two boxes in over the weekend from people I've done business in the past looking to sell me stuff. It's always nice when people send stuff on preview. I am not buying huge collections these days but I'm always looking for new stuff. I am setting up an 8' table in the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 30, 2015

I hope you get a chance to go through today's issue and see all the unique auctions that I've featured. There is a great mix of the old and the new! I had a friend send me a Facebook message from an estate sale yesterday asking me if I thought the price was right on a group of Scouting stuff....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 28, 2015

The big news for this issue is that I've updated the TOR calendar with more than a dozen shows added over the last two weeks. I feature that list every Friday and the new ones are highlighted in orange text. There are some intriguing picks in this block. The infamous "nut" is featured here for merit badge collectors (that would...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 25, 2015

I hope some of you will appreciate getting this newsletter earlier in the day. I've about figured out that in order to keep on schedule I have to make sure its ready to roll when I go to bed rather than trying to find time in the morning. Hopefully this will become the new normal. I think I'm hitting my...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 9, 2015

Well that's a wrap! The NOAC is over and everybody is hopefully home or about to be from the big event. They announced that Indiana U will be the host of the 2018 NOAC so we get to return to Bloomington once again. Of course now the fun begins on eBay. People will be listing their dupes and trying to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 7, 2015

Every few years the Boy Scout category gets a summer thrill when a big national event ends and thousands of new patches hit eBay. I'm going to be riding that wave too as I've got 290 live 2015 NOAC auctions up and kicking right now. Your Hot Finds editor will have you covered during the patch tsunami that starts now....Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 4, 2015

NOAC has started! The contingents arrived yesterday and the opening show kicked things off. I'll try and use today's issue to report on the patch scene at the big event. The TOR wrapped up Monday and I have to say Chris Jensen put on a good show. One comment I heard someone make was that more contingents rolled in there...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 2, 2015

As I publish this issue from my table at the NOAC TOR there are contingents here from CA, MS and other states so that is very promising. I've been able to meet a bunch of my online friends and that has been the best treat. It feels like a family reunion. We even have some of the kookie uncles here...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 31, 2015

I will try not to write with too much excitement since I know that some of you are regretfully not able to make the trek to Michigan for the big event. However, I do have a lot of new details about the TOR that Chris Jensen shared in an email yesterday and I want to pass them on. The most...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 28, 2015

The SUV is mostly packed and it looks I might even have room for my hitchhiker. I am giving a staff member a ride up but hey it's not everyday that you have E. Urner Goodman along for the ride. Well at least that is his rather infamous Twitter handle where he tweets as only the founder would. Those coming...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 26, 2015

As I suspected there was not an unlimited buy what you want Centennial flap. Santee 116 has sorta settled on order sizes of 300 patches as being just about right considering many of our events draw less than 100 people. Obviously with that order size the leadership then has to put a cap on how many each person can get...Read More

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