Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 19, 2016

Well I did it again. While cleaning out my garage and taking things to storage I popped some pictures of items onto Facebook right before I put them away in a box. Once again thanks to the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group I now have a few less items to throw in storage and some collectors will be happy to...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 10, 2015

I'll expand on one of my favorite words of wisdom from Mac McLean that some of you can relate to. Mac used to always say the people that should get the patches are the ones that attended the event. This explains why in his day (and mine) at the end of the event they would form a line and say...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 8, 2016

I used to own a classic VW Bus and recently my friend had one for sale which led me to being a little nostalgic about the old campers. So one night after Christmas I randomly responded to Craigs List ads that I thought looked interesting. About a week later I got started down a rabbit hole that I finally uncovered...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 5, 2016

So funny thing about the early national meeting Indian breechcloth from Nayawin Rar 296. If you look closely you can see the seller adds that many people have asked him to sell the item off eBay but he states he is going to let the auction run. Yep! That is the underside of this hobby everybody wants to scoop their...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 29, 2015

Would you believe that Girl Scout cookie delivery may blow up my opportunity to attend my favorite TOR? I probably haven't missed the Easley, SC show in...well maybe ever including the time I went while sick with pneumonia (regretted that!). However we have a tractor trailer delivering over 500 cases to our church parking lot and most signs point towards...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 27, 2015

I had a very interesting chat through messaging last night with a local collector who has been very active on eBay and the SPC Facebook Group. We were talking about how he got burned by eBay when items he listed in his eBay store on a free listing day auto-renewed at .20 cent each. This stuck him with a $1,000...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 25, 2015

It looks like I might be getting a new gig as a merit badge counselor. At the charter school where I teach middle school social studies there are probably 10 Boy Scouts and a couple have dropped a hint about this idea. So after talking it over with one of the parents I'm going to pursue teaching Personal Management after...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 22, 2015

Since many tv shows and websites use this time of the year to do wrap up shows I want to remember one of our own who passed this year. I only got to met Deryl Radder a few times in person at TORs but his ideas almost twenty years ago became the genesis for today's Facebook Group. Deryl passed away...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 20, 2015

I am curious to see how much that Jamboree flag goes for. I've got one from 1981 that was for a VA Council that I've been sitting on for a while. The other cool auction here is the nice Alabama group that includes a Cherokee 50 Dance Team jacket patch. As I got to publish it is just over $100...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 18, 2015

Here is an update on my OA labeling project. I want to thank Dave Scocca for being my sounding board and giving me tips on how to organize historical information on the label. I reached out to Rob Higgins who has the excellent site on OA sections for help of figuring out the old twelve regions and how to group...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 15, 2015

One of the other really cool things about working at a charter school with 200 kids is that the family like atmosphere promotes kids bringing their teacher a Christmas present. So far today I've got a Starbucks gift card and a new headlamp flashlight. Ho Ho Ho! I do have a serious question to ask the readers which I'll also...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 13, 2015

I think my entire antique mall booth selling strategy is an attempt to deal with all the "stuff" that I would like to get rid of. In two separate booths about an hour away from each other along I-95 I've stocked the shelves with books, axes, ceramics, and hung lots of uniform shirts and jackets. I could probably fill another...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 11, 2015

I saw a post where a collector/scouter was looking for an Air Scout uniform to include in his display for Scouting Heritage merit badge. I've been out of the loop since that badge has been introduced and never been a counselor for it. Do any of you have any tips to pass on if you have done it successfully? There...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 8, 2015

The marquee item in today's issue has got to be the 1920 BSA medal from the first World Jamboree. As I'm publishing this issue it has over thirty bids and I can see where this might the type of item that someone with deep pockets might just blow up the auction at the close. Put that one on your watch...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 6, 2015

I have to give credit to the ISCA website and to OAimages for helping me pull the information together. I was able to read online copies of the Journal to see which lodges have recently merged and with a little fact checking on Facebook I think I've got a pretty accurate listing. I do have a collection of old conclave...Read More

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