Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 4, 2018

The danger I am falling into a little bit is trying to make sure everything is 100% the way I want it in the new space. I still have a few more days of work to get the shelving just right. The goal right now is to get the mounds of stuff off the floor and then over time I...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 1, 2018

I think they have taken an interesting approach to the logjam of cataloging the last 10 years of OA issues since the Blue Book effort wrapped up. It sounds like they have the architecture to grow the catalog out and add functions that would be very helpful to collectors including print on demand PDFs and potentially a needs list generator....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 29, 2018

I gambled this time and did not order all of the preorder items but instead figured I could trade for them. But with my early exit Saturday I didn't pick up any of that stuff. Looks like I need to put together a needs list and hunt a few things down. I took a panoramic picture Friday night of the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 27, 2018

Yesterday I got 1700+ mostly OA flaps listed for sale on my ScoutPatchHQ.com website. These are ones that a lister I hired has been working on for a few months and it's great for me as a seller to be able to push the button and put them up for sale. One of the things I love to do at...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 24, 2018

I got a small box of patches in the mail yesterday from Lancaster, PA. Most of these were late 1950s - early 1960s. I quickly posted them for sale on my store at fixed price with free shipping. The collection has some OA, camp patches and council patches. This is what I'm up against today. I'm going to the new...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 22, 2018

I would say my favorite thing about the museum was that there was a lot of text on the walls to tell the story. So you didn't have to flip through a book or go hunting for the key dates and events in the history of the councils and camps. It was typed up in letter size frames hanging on...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 20, 2018

Already the move has paid dividends. I found a patch that someone offered me $650 for (was MIA) and I've been able to put my hands on some things to take for patch trading this weekend at Camp Cherokee for the SR7B Conclave. I still have some shelving to build next week and a whole lot of sorting to do....Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 17, 2018

This is a picture from inside the new warehouse space when we got started yesterday. These boxes were things I had at the Charlotte TOR. By the end of the week I hope the shelving is up and all these boxes have a new home vertical on a shelf and off the floor. That might be a small miracle but...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 15, 2018

  I already have all the shelving but some of it is the metal stuff you find at Home Depot and some is a home made wooden design. I'm a little worried that it's going to fit. Like Matt Delk sometimes says it's time to play Jenga. The thing that is going to be truly eye-opening is finding all the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 13, 2018

One thing that I'll do next week is give those of you that have actually purchased from my store a 24 hour notice head start. I think it's fair to reward customers with "dibs" on the new listings. I have a special customer list that I can build from people who have already made a purchase from www.ScoutPatchHQ.com. I got...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 10, 2018

I got the keys to the office so to speak Monday and unloaded my uHaul from the TOR into the new warehouse. They still have some finishing touches before I formally move in but next week is going to be when I get everything under one roof. Tonight my daughter is presenting her Silver Award project to a Girl Scout...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 8, 2018

Several people unloaded entire collections to dealers looking to cash out. Larry Lane and Ben Mabee told me they found more needs at this show than any in recent memory. There was a group of guys holding a late night Friday meeting on insignia led by Ron Oslin til the wee hours. We now have 3 shows in North Carolina...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 6, 2018

One of the things I'm blowing out are Scout books. I've got merit badge pamphlets for .25 cents, other Scout books 2/$1 and the better ones like Handbooks and OA books $1 each. Did I mention I really don't want to take all this to the new warehouse! Oh and 2/$1 on Scout mugs as well. The other thing that...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 3, 2018

Last night I met the Cubmaster to get the food squared away for the concessions. We have decided to sell everything very reasonable to serve the customers. So for example we are going to have a hot dog plate with drink, chips and dessert for $3 or you can upgrade to a BBQ sandwich plate for $4. The thing I...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter April 1, 2018

If the merit badge sash below was not cut down squares it might set a record. There are so many great 1920s era badges on there it's hard to describe them. If I tell you that it includes an Insect Life with the spider web design you will have to trust me it's a rock star sash. Of course a...Read More

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