I got this from Nick Loesch and I wanted to pass it along! Thanks to Jim Sylester,Tee Starr, and the scouts and scouters from Troop 8787 for a great TOR. This ole fat man survived the heat and dust and considered it another good one. Headed for Atlanta later this month, then Columbus in October and St Louis...Read More
I'd been looking to buy a '60's vintage Eagle badge, (Robbins Type 4) so I've been watching them on eBay for some time... the average price seemed to be around $60-$80 for this Type..... That has been a bit past my reach for some time, but business has be "ok" recently and I decided to take the plunge... but...Read More
Well.. maybe i'm just in a story telling mood tonight... but the auction for this tent, other than it's own interest, reminds me of a story i was once told.... From 1910 through the present day, all of the BSA tents and canvas products were manufactured by Diamond Brand in Naples, North Carolina. They made the first BSA pack...Read More
here's a good candidate: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350093247222 The seller obviously had no clue to what all he had there-- in his description, he made no mention at all of the silver award medal, probably the most valuable item there (although he did have a separate pic of it- probably knew it was 'something' since it was on a ribbon) -- or even...Read More
eBay Basic Fees Update August 2008 There has been a lot of chatter about this among sellers. It seems like eBay is tweaking things again. They have closed down eBay Express (pulled the plug) and maybe some of these changes are designed to make the regular eBay site look a little more like the site they vaporized. I don't...Read More
Are these silver award square knots really worth that much?? i could swear i've seen others go a lot cheaper than this! .. but that's the only really high value items in this lot.... :| http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280257187894&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330260423102&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014 THIS IS NOT AN ERROR FLAP PER SE BUT AN UNBORDERED FLAP THAT WAS PROBABLLY AN OVER RUN. I KNOW I THOUGHT ABOUT ONE FOR MY COLLECTION AS I LIKE ODD BALL ITEMS TOO. BUT THIS IS A BIT MUCH FOR AN ERROR!
What do yall think? http://cgi.ebay.com/Extremely-Rare-Felt-Brotherhood-Sash_W0QQitemZ220250139836QQihZ012QQcategoryZ39651QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Cub-Scout-RARE-FUR-WOLF-HEAD-Neckerchief-SLIDE_W0QQitemZ220237434108QQihZ012QQcategoryZ39656QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
someone is selling a 72 and a 79 dixie pp for $150 each today on ebay. I say he gets a big jim award for sure. If there are any dissenters, I would be happy to sell them a spare of each from my sets. www, charles
National Scout Jamboree Saying Goodbye To Fort AP Hill Virginia Copied from TSPA's blog site: 2010 To Be Last Fort A.P. Hill Jamboree Posted on March 15th, 2008 in BSA Info, Jamborees by ramore I heard this from a friend of mine, Jay Lenrow, that the upcoming 2010 100th Anniversary of BSA Jamboree will be the last one...Read More
Please send me your TOR info on any upcoming TORs so I can add this to my new website. I hope to hae it up and running within the week, but I am old and a slow learner! Nick
All, Thought I would take the time and post some information about myself since I am one of the "guilty ones" that actively read this site but fail to contribute . Quick background: Joined Atta Kulla Kulla (AKK) Lodge 185 in 85' and was active until I joined the military in the mid 90s. Since then I...Read More
Not an expert on Jamboree but I would say these are way way overpriced http://cgi.ebay.com/1997-Jamboree-Staff-Housing-Signed-By-Sen-Allen-VA_W0QQitemZ150224840102QQihZ005QQcategoryZ13886QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and another http://cgi.ebay.com/1997-Jamboree-Hot-Air-Balloon-Staff-Patch-Pin-Set_W0QQitemZ150224871567QQihZ005QQcategoryZ13886QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem So am I right?