Scouting Hot Finds Boy Scout Memorabilia

Join me for a show dedicated to history of the Scouting Memorabilia hobby.  My guest is Craig Leighty the President of the International Scouting Collectors Association (ISCA).  Craig will share the story of ISCAs founding by tracing the organizations that sprouted in the hobby going back decades including the Texas Traders Den, ASTA and others.  We will also get to hear what ISCA is doing now in the hobby.  Part of the show will be a live broadcast and I welcome your questions and comments whether through the chat room or the call in #.  Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

Join me live Wednesday night as I have the conclusion of my interview with Paul Gowder the webmaster of PowWows.com.  In this episode Paul and I take a trip down memory lane and tell some stories of our days getting the patch bug as fresh Ordeal members in the Order of the Arrow.  Some fo the stories might make you cringe both from the bad trades we made and the characters we met along the way.  I will have Paul live on the air and I will invite callers to get on and ask questions or comment.  Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

I've got Paul Gowder on this week's show.  Paul is the webmaster of PowWows.com - an incredible web community of Native Americans that numbers 100,000+ strong.  In this show we will talk about how this Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of the OA took his passion for N.A. dancing and built a website from scratch in the mid-90s that grew into the giant family of websites that make up the PowWows.com brand today.  The discussion is particularly interesting as we delve into how he grew his site from a Web 1.0 page to a full blown Web 2.0 sensation. Please join us for this interesting interview where we will mix cloth and feathers! I will also bring you a special treat.  In partnership with my YouTube channel I am airing the recording of my 2012 NOAC Trade-O-Ree announcement from Craig Leighty, the President of ISCA.  Craig breaks down all the details on the big show scheduled for July 27-30 at Michigan State.  This audio has been published as a video on my YouTube channel. Find more Scouting memorabilia content

Join me for Part 2 of my interview with Jason Shull on segregated Scouting and specifically the memorabilia that was issued for segregated camps. In this show Jason will hit on some intersting topics such as which are the "Holy Grail" patches from segregated Scout camps.  He will also tell us about his collection including how he got back one of his biggest regrets in the hobby.  Join us for the live call in show! Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

Join us for the first episode of Scouting Hot Finds Radio.  Our guest is Jason Shull who is a well known collector that has an interesting specialty.  Jason began collecting segregated Scout camp memorabilia several years ago and now has one of the top collections in the country for this niche area.  In part 1 of my interview with Jason he recaps some of the history of segregated Scout camps and why this has become a hot topic among Boy Scout collectors.  We will take live calls and invite you to call into the show.  We are live at 9:00 PM in the east. Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

This episode of the Scouting Hot Finds Podcast check in to see what are some of the most interesting auctions on eBay in the Boy Scout category.  First up we look at an Explorer Silver Award medal from the 1950s.  I go back and correct a broken link in the newsletter by highlighting an auction for a large Boy Scout poster that looks very much like a Rockwell inspired piece.  The big listing special a week ago has eBay sellers "tspa" and "pgit" having big finishes today.  Finally we check in on the Price is Right Facebook contest and hear about a Scouting related website that is a great time waster! Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

Join the santeeswapper for a discussion of the best live auctions on eBay.  In this episode we are taking a closer look at a nice 1930s era Boy Scout lot that includes an Eagle medal, sash, and more.  I will also tell you about some rare Sea Scout blue insignia patches that are practically twins.  In OA I've got a focus on a Lodge 404 Ti'ak dance team patch from the 1970s.  We will also hear about a contest on the Facebook Page and my experience teaching Patch Trading 101 at my Order of the Arrow Fall Fellowship. Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.

Today on the Scouting Hot Finds Podcast we take a look at the Top 10 Video series that I am starting up on the blog at ScoutingHotFinds.com.  These youtube videos are short reports on the Boy Scout category of eBay showing the Top 10 selling auctions from the last week.  I'm headed off to the Santee Lodge 116 Fall Fellowhsip with plans to teach a Patch Trading 101 class Saturday afternoon.  I'll be asking for some advice on that effort.  Turning to live auctions we have several worth talking about including two big OA listings on a Lodge 311 F1 and a Lodge 345 F2 Flap.  I'll tell you where to find some .99 cent auctions and I'll even place a bid live on the air (editors note: I WON!).  We check in on the TOR calendar with upcoming shows in New England, St. Louis and New Jersey.  Just for fun their is a poll question on the Facebook Page found at Facebook.com/Scoutinghotfinds.  I also give a special on air discount for anyone who wants to try out the "Shop" tab on the Facebook Page. Find more Scouting memorabi

In this inaugural episode of the Scouting Hot Finds Podcast we will find out what are the best live auctions in the Boy Scout category of eBay.  Featured auctions include an incredible listing that ended Monday night for a West Surburban Council cut-edge csp from 1960 that sold for multiple times its book value in a bidding war.  You will also hear about my favorite live auctions including a pair of gold Eagle Scout rings, huge mixed lots out of Texas and a very rare Explorer council strip that has a sad story.  eBay is running a listing special on Tuesday, October 25th and I'll give you the details on that.  Find more Scouting memorabilia content and all of my podcasts at http://www.scoutpatchcollectors.com.