How Selling On Consignment Can Jump-start Your eBay Business
IT WAS SELLING ON CONSIGNMENT THAT ALLOWED ME TO LAUNCH MY BUSINESS I got my start on eBay in 1998 but like most people that was not the year I started selling. Eventually I did dip my feed in and I...
View ArticleBoy Scout Memorabilia in an Antique Mall Booth
I know a handful of Boy Scout memorabilia collectors that are using a unique strategy to sell stuff. They have rented booths in antique malls and set up a “brick and mortar” location. Now what makes...
View ArticleBoy Scout Memorabilia Display System For Boxware Frames
This video shares an idea for how to build displays that use the Boxware Frames sold by Chris Jensen over at www.streamwood.net. In preparation for putting together a Boy Scout museum for the 2014...
View ArticleNew Year = New Boy Scout Collection Focus
After having been an Order of the Arrow collector for more than twenty-five years I am turning over a new leaf. For most of my time as a collector and low-level dealer in Boy Scout memorabilia I stuck...
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Camp Book II Version 2 Published 2014 Features Every Boy Scout Camp
What is new in the 2014 edition? We have added over 2500 camp listings and added over 400 new Council names (including the second class councils that existed in the teens and 1920s. We have rewritten...
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Boy Scout Blind Patch Trade Explained
At first glance the idea of a blind trade sounds like an oxymoron. How can you trade patches blind? No offense to those that have problems with their vision. But yes in the Boy Scout hobby we do...
View ArticleBoy Scout Eras of Council Shoulder Insignia by Gene Berman
With permission I have this terrific outline of what Scouts have worn on their shoulder as council insignia originally posted on the Internet by Gene Berman. The best primer around is the “Aid to...
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My Kid Pays Her Cell Phone Bill Selling On eBay
In a recent edition of the Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter I mentioned how I was trying to teach my 14 year old daughter how to fish. Actually I think the Chinese proverb reads, “Give a man a fish and...
View ArticleBoy Scout Council Shoulder Patch Sorting And Cataloging
When you have almost 2,000 council shoulder patches sorted out alphabetically on a table that’s a great time to film a video! But what would make this video interesting is instead use that as a...
View ArticleCollections Merit Badge Requirement 8 – Career Opportunities In Collecting
In this video I hope to help merit badge counselors meet requirement 8 of Collections Merit Badge. It states, “Find out about career opportunities in collecting. Pick one and find out the education,...
View ArticleBest Hobby Pages – the Archival Quality Envelope and Page System for Storing...
What makes Best Hobby Pages a great choice for storing and displaying your valuable memorabilia collection? This video demonstrates the unique PAGE system that has made Best Hobby Pages a favorite for...
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