Rock from Philmont…..Elvis skull

Rock Shaped like Elvis's Skull, Found in Philmont N.M. This item is a very interesting and hard to come by rock. It is shaped as Elvis's skull, you can see the face in the skill and it has Elvis's hairdew, it was found in Philmont New Mexico in the Clear Creek river, a once popular gold panning river, I found...Read More

World Jamboree Needs

I'm looking for the following World Jamboree participant badges:   1924 Denmark 1933 Hungary 1937 Netherlands (any subcamp) 1947 France (any subcamp) 1951 Austria leather 1957 UK (mint condition)   I don't have much to trade in World Jamboree, and in fact, most of my international traders are miscellaneous "stuff" from miscellaneous countries. I do have lots of OA and...Read More

Patch Trading Video From Read Hall

  One night during the evening trading session in Read Hall I broke out the camera and went on a little roaming video recording session. I wanted to catch the feel and flavor of the trading not record every patch there. This video might be useful also for showing young traders how much fun it can be to come to...Read More

Time to Protect Your Patches!

  One of the interesting things at the Pre-NOAC TOR was finding three different vendors rolling out new patch plastic products. As I went around the room and talked to each of them I offered to give them equal time on the blog. Since I was kind of a roving patch reporter I even offered to shoot quick commercials and...Read More

Pre-NOAC Auction Videos

I was able to shoot some quick videos during the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree. I've loaded these on utube and the links are below. The first is a preview of the auction items laid out before the auction started. The second video is a scan of the crowd that was assembled. In the background you can see 1/2 of the tennis center...Read More

NOAC Needs

Looking for Egwa Tawa Dee Star Trek Items for extremely rabid Arrowman. All Offers considered Flap/NOAC 2006 or 2009 items /CSP/JSP/Philmont/Centennial/NC/Lodge 62 Trade/Barter/Green Salad/first born/+ Looking also for Nentego 20 Goodman Fish for specialized collector as well. I had fun, need boy off my back

Monday Patch Trading Wrap-Up at the 2009 NOAC

  I had some Internet connection issues yesterday so I was not able to get a fresh post. Trading is really good at the NOAC. Things have really improved at the evening trading which has now wrapped up on the official schedule. So where are the hot spots to throw down a blanket?   In and around the Student Union...Read More

2009 NOAC Day One Patch Trading Report

  Just a few thoughts about the first day of trading at the NOAC from my perspective. I was up with my contingent getting registered around noon on Saturday and saw just a few folks spread out. As I went through registration I could see why. The process was very organized as you rotated through various stops with a pair...Read More

Friday, July 31st at the Pre-NOAC TOR

  Check out these people caught on camera at the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree! Click on the thumbnail to view a full scale picture.   [gallery link="file" columns="2"]    

People Caught on Camera From Thursday at the Pre-NOAC

  The purpose of this category on the blog is to catch people in the act of patch trading. In this case we've got some friendly neighborhood patch dealers at the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree. I'll try and get more of these for tomorrow's posts! By the way you can comment below on these!   [gallery link="file" columns="2"]  

Day 1 at the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree and Auction

Today was move-in day for the dozens of dealers who arrived early for the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree.  It was capped by the auction ran by Chris Jensen's Streamwood Company.  The totals for the night were 77 items sold for a total of $24,615.  I have entered the prices realized in the previous post on this topic.  Please enjoy some of the...Read More

What do you call it when a Lodge “Spoofs” a Spoof?

So I need some help with this one! I've been digging around on eBay checking out interesting stuff and gearing up for the NOAC. In doing so I stumbled across two examples of lodges spoofing (verb) spoof patches (noun). Huh? Ok the first example goes back to 2006 and I was unaware of it until tonight.   Check out this...Read More

t shirt

Early Boy Scout OA Indian Nations Council Shirt mens S US $195.00

Colorado Boy Scout license plate issued

  Add Colorado to the list of available Boy Scout license plates. Looks like they got the 100th Anniversary Boy Scout with the flag into the design, although he's too close to the bolt hole in my opinion. I need one of these plates, by the way. I have other states for trade.     Governor Bill Ritter signed HB-1151...Read More

2009NOAC.com – The NOAC Patch Trading Blog

  I'm furiously working on a new website that I hope to roll out by week's end called 2009NOAC.com. This will be a one-stop patch trading blog that I will keep running during NOAC. Huh? I'm experimenting with this whole social media, blogging, twitter thing all in one website. So what can you expect to see?   Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree I'll...Read More

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