Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 25, 2017

The article that set off this firestorm was an article that appeared in Buzzfeed reporting on a letter sent by the President of the GSUSA to the BSA President. This was more of a nastygram. In one of the Girl Scout Facebook groups that I belong to a lady summed it up simply with these words "back off boys". Many...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 22, 2017

Before the Girl Scouts got here I had time to continue prepping and pricing things for the TOR this weekend in North Carolina. I priced items from my last collection pick-up and put together a notebook of stuff from the host lodge Occoneechee 104. All this has to end tomorrow when we meet back up with my wife at the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 20, 2017

I spoke on the phone last night to a gentleman who ended up with his father-in-law's collection and was looking for suggestions on what to do. The sad part is he described how his wife's dad could pick up any patch or item in the collection and tell you a story about it. We lose so much of our institutional...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 18, 2017

For some reason I've had my best month ever so far this month in my antique mall booth. I don't know if its people driving through on vacation or maybe just a little Jamboree buzz. Either way it's got me encouraged to head out there this morning and look for any spare room that I can add some more. They...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 15, 2017

This past Friday I spent the bulk of the day in my antique mall booth adding lots of fresh inventory. One of those things was TOR style black boxes that pull out from a table. These are mostly filled with CSPs, rank & position patches and other miscellaneous patches that aren't too valuable. It's a shot in the dark to...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 13, 2017

It's hard to believe that in less than two weeks I'll be spending the weekend at a TOR. The Occoneechee TOR is held at Camp Durant near Carthage, NC. One of the cool things is the lodge cook team does all the meal prep and eating feels like being we are at a fellowship. Literally everything stops for about 1/2...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 11, 2017

I just got home from taking this 1 foot tall tub of mailings to the PO. I think there are over 100 orders in here which might be the peak for me. Now two weeks out my sales have crested and I am seeing lots of regular JSPs end with no bids. I'm going to let the horses run the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 8, 2017

With all this Jamboree focus I've been neglecting the thousands of other items in my eBay store. So to help stir the pot there I'm running a big sale in my largest category with over 2,000 OA flaps and issues on sale this week. This week I'm finally getting back into the studio and recording an interview for my podcast....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 6, 2017

As I go to press I have 1243 live auctions on 2017 Jamboree stuff. Late Friday night I crossed the finish line and got everything listed that I traded for at the event. Minus a few things I'm keeping for myself this is all of it. Literally Friday night I was so blurry eyed I got my wife to help...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 4, 2017

One of the fun things I was trading at the Jamboree was old garrison style hats. I even had one of the red berets on my blanket. The Scouts who traded me for those were so excited it was almost funny. The Scout that got the red beret was about to give me a hug and said I made his...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 1, 2017

There are still plenty of vintage items up for bids on eBay despite the 600 pound gorilla in the category. Who knows this might be a good time to scoop up some old stuff since everyone is a little distracted by Jambo stuff. Todd Rogers went ahead and created a new Facebook Group just for the 2018 NOAC. These topical...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 30, 2017

While many of us have been paying attention the National Jamboree there is another big International event happening right now. In Iceland several thousand Scouts are attending the World Rover Moot. Rover Scouts never caught on too well in the USA but these are your 18-25 year old Scouters so it's a different kinda animal. I have enjoyed seeing updates...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 28, 2017

It's nice to see so many old and vintage items in the Hot Finds considering that all I've seen for the last 7 days are patches hot off the press. There was a neat appreciation for some of the vintage stuff among the collectors out on the trail. I traded some old Jambo stuff and had people looking for stuff...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 25, 2017

Well it begins! Last night I launched about 6-dozen auctions up on eBay in the first wave of my trades from the Jamboree. Everyone has been so accommodating and helpful on site. The POTUS visit kinda shut things down early Monday but I'm sure it was a great memory for the Scouts as I got to see H.W. Bush and...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 23, 2017

This is a picture with the Scout that made my very first trade at the Jamboree. Thanks to Russell Smart and the leadership of the BSA the old rule prohibiting adult/youth trading is gone and everybody seems happy with that. The question of where will the trading be has turned into a moving target. I have seen some good action...Read More

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