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.

• R1 Wetassa 227 Lodge US Grant Council Felt Patch
• Shirt w/ Patches like Order of Arrow's(VF) 1960
• Wood Arrow Neckerchief Slides Carving Projects
• Sash Lodge Chicago Ill Leather Uniform Vest
• 1959 World Jamboree USA Contingent Patch
• Lodge 137 Camp Double Lake Texas Patch
• 1960 Boy Scouts Silver Medal Token

 

It might be a sign you are spending too much time on Boy Scout patches when you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about them.  I have a big catalog rack in the garage that I'm going to try and make room for as I put stuff in storage.  My thought is I can empty out several rubbermaid totes full of neckerchiefs and get them on display for TORs.  This is an idea I'm borrowing from Nick Loesch.

• Lodge 27, Shenshawpotoo F1 Flap, Mint, Unsewn
• Sumi Merged Lodge 342 Scout First Flap Patch
• Lodge 2 Sakuwit S-3 Charter Member Flap
• Southeast Louisiana Council Chilantakoba
• Ah-Tic Lodge 139 F1 First Flap PA Flap
• F1 Navando Ikeu FF Flap Tendoy Area
• 462 Ku-Ni-Eh S5 Flap 25th Anniv.

 

There is one area of collecting that I have totally ignored and probably left a lot of money on the table.  Talking to another collector the other day he said he spent $20k over a few years on eBay buying mostly paper.  Meanwhile in nearly twenty years on eBay I can count on one hand how many books I have auctioned off.  Meanwhile, I'm about to put cases of Scout books in deep storage.  I might just put one up for sale this week to start getting myself on a paper diet.  I've got hundreds of pounds to shed!

• Early Ulster Dwight Devine Official Boy Scout Knife
• Susquehanna Council Commissioner Conference
• Old Camillus Knife Philips Head Screw Driver
• Wetassa Lodge 227 25 Year Service Patch
• 2015 Souvenir Swiss Victorinox Knife Red
• F1 Papago Lodge 494 First Flap Catalina
• Sash with Lots of Badges and Four Pins

   

Over on eBay tonight is going to be a big night for me with dozens of OA auctions ending tonight.  I'd like to get my eBay store over 10k items by the time the Charlotte TOR gets here in 2 months.  

• Talidandaganu' S3 20th Ann Cherokee Area Council
• Braves of Decorah F2 Flap Gateway Area Council
• Ku-Ni-Eh S5 Flap 25th Anniv. Dan Beard Council
• Lodge 422 Kiondaga S2 Buffalo Trace Council
• Neatoka F1 Flap Mahoning Valley Council
• Wewanoma S1 Flap Rio Grande Council
• Nani-Ba-Zhu S2 Flap Kanza Council