Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 29, 2017

This weekend there are a number of good OA pieces and vintage pieces linked in on this opening block. One recent collection that I got in included a really clean felt flocked Ordeal sash in near mint condition. I'm going to put that one in my collection. It might be a sign you are spending too much time on Boy...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 27, 2017

I'm reaching out today via email to some folks to start up some small projects with the Podcast and websites. I've discovered that its really a challenge to get other people onboard a project that your piloting. Just ask the Blue Book errr uh OA Guide...ummm whatever they are calling it these days. One of my old Scout buddies is...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 24, 2017

My wife was kinda giving me a hard time about my lack of pinewood derby expertise. She thinks she's married to a Boy Scout expert. However, I reminded her that all those years of being a leader was taking Scouts camping and this is my first time doing Cub Scouts since I was the one wearing the dark blue uniform....Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 22, 2017

The lead off block in the newsletter is always stocked with the pick of the litter. You can find old felts, rare award medals and more here all ending soon. I know that some of my frenemies in the hobby go crazy when I list pre-fdl flaps in a $5 album. My math shows that if I can skip all...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 20, 2017

Some of my friends in the hobby are attending the Dallas TOR this weekend. If you are down there I wish you happy hunting. Be sure to check out Nick Loesch's tables as he is ready to make some deals. The Catawba 459 set below is a brand new fundraiser set that celebrates some of the classic flaps from the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 17, 2017

So many of my favorite collecting niches are represented in this block. I have the Type 1 Explorer Silver Award in my collection and Senior Scouting including Air Explorers is one of my favorite areas. I won't be able to get out a new episode of the podcast this week with everything that is going on. However, I do have...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 15, 2017

My older brother Chris probably has more memories of my dad going camping as he was the Scoutmaster back in the late 70s and early 80s. We are 8 years apart so for example my brother attended the 1981 Jamboree and I went in 1989. But along the way my dad was active in the District and received the Award...Read More

SHF Radio #75: eBay Powerseller Nick Loesch – firstcalltx

Listen in to hear the wisdom of Uncle Nick. My interview with Nick Loesch will trace his history in the hobby and get his impressions on how it's changed over the years. Nick attened the 1964 Jamboree as a boy and caught the patch collecting pretty hard. It was at the 1965 NOAC that he burned a Blue Heron Lodge...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 13, 2017

My introduction to the hobby was in the mid 1980s with mail order lists and phone auctions. Some of you reading might be millennials who have always experienced this hobby with a smart phone in your pocket and the Facebook App on the Scout Patch Collectors. Nick Loesch is old school having traded back in the 1960s when as he...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 10, 2017

In the last issue I told you about a vintage clothing seller that had approached me for a valuation on some stuff she had come across. Thanks to the Eagle eyes of one of the Hot Finds readers I can now share that she has listed the items for sale on eBay. I've got a link here for the nice...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 8, 2017

This was the scene from my patch cave two days ago. The bulk of this collection was activity patches and in order to do anything with them they had to go through a human sorting machine. I pulled subsets that I thought people might be interested in like SOAR, klondikes, space themes etc. The rest were sorted by council name....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 6, 2017

I will work up an infographic on this topic but I'd like to share a couple of key findings from my research on the topic that I think can be helpful to collectors. Many smaller sellers in the category may assume that having an eBay store is not a commitment they are prepared to make. However, my numbers show that...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 3, 2017

If you are an eBay store owner then don't forget that you have a valuable coupon waiting on you for free shipping supplies. You need to go under Manage your store> subscriber discounts to get the link. I'm sitting on all the envelopes and tape I can use but you can bet I'm placing a new order today. I saw...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 1, 2017

I thought I'd share some of the things that I'm looking forward to patch-wise in the new year. First off I'm hoping to attend about 1 TOR per month starting in January with South Carolina and then in February driving up to my first ever Indy TOR. This year I will help host a TOR in Charlotte which hasn't happened...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 30, 2016

I want to say there was an ISCA article at some point that told the story of the Golden Gate Exposition. It was happening during the same time frame as the New York Worlds Fair in 1939 and people are more familiar with the memorabilia issued for the Boy Scouts that attended. The neckerchief below is doing pretty well with...Read More

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