Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 19, 2017

At the lodge event patch trading was actually on the schedule Friday and Saturday night. In addition Tim Hellaby II ran a class Saturday on how to design patches. It was pretty neat to see some younger buy as crazy about thread as I am. I will try and post all this up on CarolinaOA.com later in the week but...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 17, 2017

Last night we had a Pack leaders meeting to firm up volunteer manpower for the Charlotte TOR. Would you believe I am still getting checks in the mail for table rentals even though we sold out a month ago. Chris Jensen told me on the phone yesterday this might be the first time that a start up TOR has sold...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 14, 2017

Over the next two weekends just about every OA lodge in my part of the country is having a Spring event. For some lodges is a Pow Wow but most call it their Spring Fellowship. I've secured a kitchen pass to bug out for the entire weekend (if you count coming home at the crack of dawn Sunday to make...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 12, 2017

In today's Hot Finds you can find a video that I just published which gives folks a walk-around tour of a Boy Scout Trade-O-Ree. I imagine a few of you have been to 1 or 2 of those. My idea was just to grab the camera and do a walking and talking tour of a show. It might be ideal...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 10, 2017

One of the tricks we are trying to spread the word is making 400 patch business cards were distributed last night. I printed labels that had all the key details and put them on the back of patches. My thought was people are less likely to toss those in the can and would actually share them with the key volunteers...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 7, 2017

I knew that in the beginning there would be a bump in sales as people got into picking a new booth. So I've almost got my March rent covered. You'll hear me talk about this as my clearance booth. So my goal here is to move out inventory not make a mint. To that end I retagged every item in...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 5, 2017

I don't know if this has ever happened to you but while I was at the Yorktown I couldn't help but notice interesting stuff on folk's Scout uniforms. Its like I was scoping out their patches! One guy from the mountains of North Carolina was wearing a 1985 Diamond Jubilee lodge flap from Tsali #134 with a green border. That's...Read More

Moral lesson in patch trading and buying stuff from Boy Scouts

Sometimes the Scout Law comes to life in this hobby and you are reminded how lucky we are to be dealing with people who are Trustworthy. In this short video I share not only the prized jewel of my Girl Scout memorabilia collection but also tell the tale of how it came home almost 2 years late.

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 3, 2017

One thing that is taking me so long is that I decided to really match my new strategy for the booth that I had to retag and reprice everything. So for the books this meant going in and erasing the old price (written in pencil) and updating it. Luckily, I borrowed a chair from my neighbor because yesterday I processed...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 28, 2017

Today is going to be one of those days. I spent the night in Lumberton and am headed to the antique mall there in about an hour to empty out that booth. I am also meeting with the lady who was my bookkeeper to get all my paperwork and records from her. Then I'll drive the 20' truck west to...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 26, 2017

If anybody wants to help me with some boxes Monday in Florence, SC especially send me an email. :) Luckily I won't have to retag all the books in the new spot because I am able to keep the same vendor ID with luck. However I will be using some new computer labels to retag all the uniform parts and...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 24, 2017

Everybody in my part of the country will be watching the results of the TSPA auctions tonight that feature many of the treasured Area and Fellowship patches from the Carolinas. Some of us are window shopping and I imagine a few are looking to pick up a need at a good price. As someone who has it all I'm just...Read More

Behind the Scene In The Boy Scout Patch Cave

Come down into the Patch Cave and see my idea for how I can hold myself accountable for going through boxes of Boy Scout memorabilia that I have accumulated over the years buying Boy Scout collections. My daunting task is that I have totes full of "scout stuff" stacked everywhere in my basement and I have to start making my...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 21, 2017

As some of you might expect I had multiple people send me messages asking me to pull down the t-shirts and do a buy-it-now price. Boy as a bidder doesn't that drive you crazy when sellers do that - something you are watching or bidding on just disappears. So I told them thank you for your interest and please consider...Read More

SHF Radio #78: Girl Scout Memorabilia Collecting with Becky Byrns

Becky Byrns was the first collector to host a national Girl Scout collectors show back in the 1990s. Now with 15 shows under her belt and another coming up in a few weeks she is my guest on Scouting Hot Finds Radio. Becky and I talk about the unique points of Girl Scout memorabilia including badges, dolls, jewelry and more....Read More

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