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Vintage Scouting Memorabilia On eBay
I've been helping Russell Smart for a few years now on his Shopify Store @ Smart Scout Patches. To kick off the new year he is running the largest ever sale on the store with everything 25% off at checkout! The store inventory includes more than $80k in OA odd shapes and first flaps.
To get to the discount link you can simply click on the link Smart Scout Patches and the code will be applied at checkout. Go ahead and put some items in your cart and try it out. Russell is still serving as the Chairman of the National Scout Musuem and I know he has invested a lot of the money from these sales back into new exhibits at Philmont.
Russell built one of the marquee collections in the hobby over the last twenty-five years and he helped me score some key needs. I helped him build this custom Shopify Store to begin moving some of his collection. Many will also remember the private sales he did through a neat flip book concept. I'll see if he has an updated link for that project for the Friday issue.
On eBay I've got 207 live auctions running this week. The mix includes SAPs, event patches, OA and more. Every night you can catch about about 20 auctions ending with new ones launching to fill the gap.
So far in this new year I've spent about five figures buying collections. I think I need to catch my breath and get some of this stuff listed before I keep going. Luckily at this point my wife doesn't question me when I write these big checks. It's a good thing to keep the patches and the business out of the house. I'm getting stuff turned around just as fast as I can!
