Boy Scout memorabilia booth at Sleepy Poet Antique Mall in Charlotte NC

For several years now I've had a booth at the Sleepy Poet in Charlotte NC focused on Scouting memorabilia. During October the vendors had to pack up all their stuff and move to the new location 2 miles down the road at 6424 South Blvd. I recorded this quick tour of my Scouting memorabilia focused booth after 2 days of...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 31, 2021

    This weekend I was able to attend the Santee Lodge fall fellowship and get two more nights under the stars at Camp Coker. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing old friends and having lots of conversations about Scouting and catching up with people. The lodge inducted over 30 new members with Brotherhood and Vigil ceremonies also taking place.   The...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 29, 2021

    For the last two days I have solely been focused on moving my antique mall booth at the Sleepy Poet in Charlotte to their new location 2 miles down the road. Yesterday I believe I made 5 van trips back and forth in the rain. Today I have a van load full of new inventory to take so...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 26, 2021

  Yesterday I spent the day picking two collections that were within an hour drive of my house. On one of those I learned quite a bit about how probate works and got a good reminder of why we all need a will. In this case a ladies first cousin passed away in FLA with no will and no natural...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 24, 2021

  A busy October of camp promotion wraps up today as we host an open house at Camp Barstow to meet units interested in learning more about the camp. So far this month I've been on a 1600 mile trip through Florida and a much shorter trip to Rock Hill, SC to talk to units about our camp. In the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 22, 2021

    Wednesday I traveled to GA and only brought home 2 items. But these were worth giving up a day of travel for sure. One is a leather bomber jacket (3xl) with handmade BSA insignia on it. If you have been around you might remember some of these were made by a guy 20-25 years ago in Korea. But...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 19, 2021

    This week I published a video interview with Bill Mulrenin focused on the idea of how can you grow your hobby business. It was actually Bill's idea to turn the tables and interview me about tips for how people can get into selling online and what are the pitfalls.   In 2022 the game changes as selling even one item...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 17, 2021

    Friday I spoke on the phone with Joe Taylor who has started selling his unique OA collection that featured firsts like twill, solid, neckerchief etc from every lodge. His lasting comment to me was if he could go back in a time machine to 1981 he would tell himself don't do it. LOL But he is transitioning his...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 15, 2021

  It's usually a bad idea to announce you are going to do something knowing that technical difficulties could get in the way. But I'll throw caution to the wind as I'm pretty excited about this idea. Today at noon Eastern I'm going attempt my first ever live unboxing on my Facebook Page. Yesterday I got a collection out of the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 03, 2021

    Yesterday Matthew Delk and I joined 2-dozen camps at Camp Miles of the SWFC to pitch our summer camp programs. Today we are over in the SFC at Camp Elmore doing the same to troops on the other side of the state. They have been doing these camp shows for a couple of decades and it's an interesting...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 12, 2021

  This morning I published my latest unboxing video which was a lot of fun. There are always surprises in these collections. I thought this was just a Michigan kid who attended the 1969 National Jamboree. But when I get into it turns out he spent some time in Japan as a member of Lodge 498. How cool would that...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 10, 2021

  Last night on Facebook Joe Taylor popped his collection of early OA issues up for sale. I have the spreadsheet here so you can take a look. He collected the first twill, solid and odd shape (not always) from each lodge and put together an amazing collection over decades. But like all of us there comes a time to downsize and...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter October 8, 2021

  Many of you can relate to this situation. For the last two days all I have done is spend time on bookkeeping in advance of the Oct 15 deadline (yes I always file an extension because I hate taxes). Now that I have turned everything over to the bookkeeper that they asked for I am ready to crank out...Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Insiders Round Table Patch Trading Challenges

In this final part of a Round Table discussion with Bill Mulrenin (NY State OA Trader) and myself we focus on an elephant in the room. Why not get back to the good old days of trading patches. While Bill and I love trading we discuss how for advanced collectors this becomes a real challenge. You are invited to go...Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Insiders Round Table eBay Selling Tips

In this video Bill Mulrenin (NY State OA Trader) and I go a little deeper into the topic of how to turn your collectibles hobby (we focus on Scouting memorabilia) into a small business. In this follow up piece of our interview we focus on pricing and how there is a very unique economy in a collectibles category. Some of...Read More

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