Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 6, 2015

About once a year I screw up and send out a newsletter to those of you one this list who have no interest in military collectibles. I apologize for the mistake yesterday and I tried to respond individually to those of you who contacted me. Now on with some good old Scouting picks! I made sure to include these Explorer...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 4, 2015

For weeks if not months you've heard me talking about the TOR that my home lodge was putting on this weekend and it's finally a wrap. I am happy to report that things went off without a hitch. We had thirty tables rented and just about all of those guys reported that they sold enough to make them want to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 2, 2015

I've been talking about it for a while now and the weekend is here. My lodge will be hosting a Scout Memorabilia Show (TOR) for the first time this Saturday in Florence, SC. We have over 30 tables rented with dealers coming from 4 states. I'm going to launch a Facebook ad this morning and that's about all the trumpeting...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 30, 2014

I got an email from the lodge adviser of Santee #116 confirming that the lodge store will be open during the Pee Dee Area Council Scout Memorabilia Show. Since we were the host lodge for the 2014 Dixie Fellowship we ended up with all the leftover memorabilia including hundreds of patches, neckerchiefs etc. I hope some of you will make...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 28, 2014

I am visiting with my family this weekend and I want to share an exchange between my 5 year old son and his 74 year old grandfather. My dad asked Patrick if he wanted a train set on the condition that I would have to help him set it up. My dad's big hobby has always been model trains. Patrick...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 26, 2014

I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are counting down to the new year. There is a lot of college football to watch between now and then including a bowl game tomorrow that my favorite team is in. Have fun flipping through these picks in today's newsletter. I guess even with the photo reversed there will be some bids coming...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 23, 2014

I want to take this opportunity to wish all the readers a happy holidays. Here at my house we will be celebrating Christmas with a church service tomorrow along with an overnight visit from my in-laws. It seems that when you have the grandchildren you control where holidays get celebrated. :) I have been working on a checklist of Senior...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 21, 2014

Hank Birdsong and I have a new episode of our quick hitting video series Cloth Talk 2.0 published today. In this show we are sharing some ideas for how to organize your patch collection. While the series is built for the audience at CarolinaOA.com this video would appeal to any collector. I've got a link to watch it later in...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 19, 2014

I got a call from someone yesterday asking me to about some old issues of Boy's Life Magazine. I should have known this but there is a searchable archive of every copy over on the website. You can search people's names or like me things you are interested in collecting and pull up the old articles. Very cool! I talked...Read More

Boy Scout Handbooks from the Teens and Twenties First Come First Sold

Russell Smart is a well known Scouter and collector in the hobby. I am helping him promote a group of Scout handbooks that he would like to find new owners for. Here is the message I got from him yesterday. I have 25 first and second edition scout handbooks available. 1911 thru 1927. They are dupes from my upgrades over...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 16, 2014

I posted a video last night with some scenes from the recent Old Hickory TOR. I've got it linked in below for you to see. I hope you enjoy today's issue of the Hot Finds. I almost bid on a nice MB sash yesterday that was in the Hot Finds this weekend. This one was from the 1930s and had...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 9, 2014

Read down in today's issue to see the video that I just published which has already received some glowing reviews on Facebook. I've designed a simple system to use Boxware frames as a nice vertical display for Scouting memorabilia. In the 11+ minute video I share all the details and for the DIY type you can build one of these...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 14, 2014

I spent the weekend at the Old Hickory TOR and had the opportunity to display my North Carolina OA collection thanks to the generosity of Matt White. The show was a big hit with Saturday's turnout at more than 200 people through the door including some troops and many familiar faces from the area. This was the second time I...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 12, 2014

Today you can find a brand new episode of my podcast Scouting Hot Finds Radio. This show features an interview with one of the young guns in the hobby - Nick Wolf. The Patch King on Facebook shares his social media selling strategy and believe me we will all walk away with some fresh ideas. Nick is just 22 years...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 7, 2014

I took this picture Saturday morning during the Girl Scout camping trip that I went on this weekend. The girl in the pink hat is my daughter and her brother is the tag-a-long in the blue jacket. We had a great trip going back to my old stomping grounds. We did several things I had not done in more than...Read More

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