Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 23, 2021

  This week I released episode #95 of the podcast which features an interview with Mitch Reis. Some of you may have already purchased the 5th Edition of his awesome reference book on dating badges, uniforms and insignia. The last edition came out in 2009 so there was a ton of catching up to do. As you'll hear in the...Read More

#95 Dating And Identifying Boy Scout Memorabilia With Mitch Reis

Mitch Reis has just published the 5th Edition of A Guide To Dating And Identifying Boy Scouts Of America Badges, Uniform, & Insignia. This book is one of the reference "bibles" that all Scouting memorabilia collectors should have on their shelf. There is hardly a topic that is not covered if it was worn on a uniform. In this interview...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 21, 2021

    So tomorrow I have to make a trip to the Scout shop. Monday is my son's first Scout meeting and of course one of the things he is required to bring is a book. Despite the fact that I have hundreds and hundreds of Scout books in my warehouse there is one I don't have - the 13th...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 19, 2021

  Yesterday my daughter decided to make some funny memes for our Camp Barstow Instagram account. I am not on Instagram so I was happy for the account to get some attention. She made 1/2 dozen that were pretty funny but I only posted the tamest one which related to the merit badge bundle that she teaches. But I appreciate the interest...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 16, 2021

  I posted on my Facebook account the sad story but I might as well share it with the readers of the Hot Finds as many of you have had this happen. Yesterday I had to put down a car (yeah kinda like Old Yeller). Coming home from our camping trip my 2004 Buick SUV left me and 3 Scouts...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 14, 2021

  I am still figuring out the new template for the newsletter. Luckily after Friday I fixed the issue of pictures not always having a link to the auction. Sorry for teasing you on some of those! Apparently this is what progress looks like with a new and updated template that is more mobile friendly.   At Camp Barstow I've...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 12, 2021

  Well I guess this is what progress looks like. My email provider has decided that my decade old template was too old fashioned so they have decided to force me into accepting their new system. I am still playing with some things but I've tried to recreate the layout of the newsletter that everyone is used to. Their goal...Read More

Scouting Hot Finds Boy Scout Category Top 10 List #28

Last minute snipes, insurance bids and good old fashioned store inventory are among the best selling items in the Boy Scout category of eBay for the week of March 1-7, 2021. This video brings back an old classic. My last Top 10 video was published in May of 2012. So in bringing it back I've drawn some inspiration from other...Read More

#94 Clothtalk The Original Scout Memorabilia Podcast With Chris Brightwell

Perhaps the first podcast I ever listened to back in 2006 was an ambitious project that was launched by some guys out of Coosa Lodge 50 in Alabama. Clothtalk was their idea for an audio podcast that would focus on the hobby of collecting Scouting memorabilia. For 29 episodes these guys brought on guests for interviews, had a Trade-O-Ree correspondent,...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 07, 2021

    I spent hours Friday afternoon rearranging chairs on the Titanic. Ok well not quite that bad but I was moving boxes and totes on the upper shelves in my warehouse that I could only get to on a tall ladder. What started as a simple request from one of my Webelos dads to find his kid a pair...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 05, 2021

    As I say in the video Bill was the NY state editor for the Blue Book while I was a younger collector branching out into chasing other lodges during that time in the mid 1990s. I lean heavy on Bill's first hand experience going from the more name/number focus of the pocket books to the evolution to Arapaho...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 02, 2021

    When you watch the video I am almost embarrassed to say how many times I went on and on about the patches from Hawaii. I have never bought a collection from that part of the country so all of the designs were new for me. Plus some of these like the old conclave patches match my personal collections....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 28, 2021

    came on a killer 1950s vest. This 1947 Area Meeting patch from Texas is among the items ending tonight on eBay from that vest. I've also got some other OA rounds, Explorer conference patches and even a 1949 Canadian Jamboree felt pennant. I don't usually get vests like this but these were light sewn and not washed so...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 26, 2021

    Unlike Rick Stewart I have not visited very many Scouting musuems. The Lawrence E. Lee Scout Museum is located at Camp Carpenter. Greg shares that they exhibits there are second to none. If that's not reason enough to attend the show they also do a Lobsterfest meal that features Maine lobster with all the trimmings. He had me...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 23, 2021

    I listened to the interview again this morning and realized that I kept coming back to a central theme. It's up to the veteran collectors to share their knowledge with the next generation if we want to preserve and grow the hobby. Certainly his website has been a great example of that all these years. You will also...Read More

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