The collection that I brought home has thousands of pieces and what I've decided to do is do a reverse flip.  Instead of selling the best 20% first which is the normal course of action I'm going to start with the bottom end stuff first.  I don't know if you ever tried to pull a Jedi mind trick on yourself but here is the logic.  If I box up the lower end stuff and put it in the garage it will sit there for years and I'll never get to it.  So I'm going to hustle the stuff that I don't think is all that special first figuring the good stuff will still be good 6 months from now.

• 14 Collectible Scout Manuals and 30 Merit Badge Book
• Boy Scout Merit Badges, Lot of 7, 1970's, New, Rare
• Flag Topper Be Prepared Bronze, Eagle w/ Shield
• Treasury War Service Boy Scout Award 3 Bars
• Scouting For Boys By Baden Powell 1908

The other cool thing I'm going to do with the collection is create some Scout history displays.  For example there are hundreds of NOAC pieces in this collection and as I break it down I'm going to create Boxware sized frames for each NOAC with the patch, n/c, paper items etcetera that I can then use moving forward.  Just yesterday I got an invitation to attend a troop meeting here in Charlotte in early 2017 to do a session on patch trading. By then I should have my broad historical frames ready to go.

• Hasinai Lodge 578 30th Anniversary Scout Flap Patch
• Minqua Lodge 519 S1a First Flap FF Pennsylvania
• Apatukwe Lodge 107 Pocket Flap Patch S4
• Boy Scout Wapsu Achtu Lodge 343 F-2a
• Boy Scout Tittabawasink Lodge 469 F-4a

The collection also included an entire box of Philmont items including items documented to the book that Mike McAdams published on the topic. Many of these items were the ones issued in the last 20 years so not super rare stuff but just a lot of it.  Having never visited the Scout Ranch myself this is not a collection focus for me but I'll pull a single representative frame together and part with the rest.

• World Jamboree 1937 - Press Photo Baden-Powell
• Liberty Loan Campaign War Service Award Medal
• Camp Delmont Official Parking Felt Armband
• Girld Guides: Original Signed Letter Lady
• Ney-A-Ti Lodge 240 Flap Patches

The first dozen auctions I launched last night are random neckerchiefs (of which there are maybe 500 more) and I've got them priced to sell.  If I saw a 40 year old camp neckerchief from my home camp you know I'd jump on it.  So I'll get to see what happens and I'm looking forward to finding new homes for all this stuff.

• Tsoiotsi Tsogalii S5 Conclave Delegate Old North State
• Lodge 70 Tsoiotsi Tsogalii S3 1997 Conclave Delegate
• Lodge 200 Echockotee 1973 Spring Fellowship Patch
• 2005 Jamboree 9-Piece Heart of Virginia Council Set
• 10-Piece Golden Empire Council Set OA Lodge 47
• 6-Piece Old North State Council Set N. Carolina
• 2005 Jamboree 4-Piece Minsi Trails Council Set