Friday before leaving the office I filmed an unboxing video for a time capsule collection that I was excited to get in.  I love collections where you can see that it's just all the Scout's stuff undisturbed from many years ago.  In this case it was a Scout from New Jersey who attended the 1937 National Jamboree.

• Bronze 3rd Place Explorer Medal
• Camping Tool Hatchet W/Wood Handle
• 1960 Camp Karoondinha BSA Neckerchief
• Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Cub Scout Collectibles
• 1964 Camden County Council NJ Neckerchief
• Norman Rockwell 3 Oz .925 Sterling Silver Big Parade

His daughter reached out to me and agreed to sell me the collection.  Thankfully her father kept everything including his diary, letters, including a log of who he traded with at the event.  Maybe my favorite piece (ok other than his shoulder flash) was some Spanish moss that Scouts from Mississippi had wrapped in cellophane and swapped at the Jamboree.

 

• OA Woapeu Sisilija Lodge 343
• Leather stocking Council NYLT Staff CSP
• Allemakewink Lodge 54 Lodge Staff Flap Morris
• Achewon Nimat Lodge 282 San Francisco Bay Area
• Order of the Arrow Lodge 433 Mi-Ni-Ci-No S1 Patch
• OA Lodge 119 Tomo Chi-Chi Coastal Empire Savannah

it was ironic that I opened this box the same day that I interviewed Bill and Jeff in regards to the Historian Summit they are doing.  This collection would fit right into their course as my goal now becomes to keep this stuff together and let it tell a story.

 

I have over 250 live auctions running including several dozen that are ending tonight.  I'm running auctions on OA flaps, items on consignment from a GA OA collection and some North Carolina pieces from another consignor.  I still believe in auctions for my selling strategy and hopefully I'll keep a bunch of new ones coming every week.

 

• Rainbow Council TA-1
• Central Florida Council 2015 Military Set
• Far East Council 2012 FOS James E West
• Central Florida Council 5 CSP Set 2014 Popcorn
• Lake Huron Area Council SA-21 2009 Eagle Scout
• Inland Northwest Council SA-82 2009 North Idaho
• Far East Council 2012 FOS James E West Bronze Mylar