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TUESDAY MORNING EDITION - August 14, 2018    
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Yesterday I finally opened two small collections that I purchased during July when I was busy transitioning from Camp Director to civilian.  I recorded the unboxing and have already sold some of the key pieces to collectors on Facebook.  I love recycling collections back into the hobby.
Vintage Scout Memorabilia Up First In The HF
One thing I try to do from every collection is keep something that I can use in a historical display.  The cool piece out of this one was that the Scout went to Schiff Scout Reservation in 1968 for Youth Leader Training.  He had his signed patrol flag, paperwork and memorabilia from that week in New Jersey that will make a cool frame for my display.

Fixed Priced NOAC Listings For Sale!

 
Order of the Arrow Auctions Live on eBay
The other thing I am keeping from the collection is the merit badge sash, cards and Eagle medal.  I'm kinda funny in that I don't know that I've ever sold an Eagle medal.  All the ones I've ever got in collections I've held onto.  I should have a decent collection if I ever get them all lined up and use Terry Groves reference book to ID all of them.

Latest Unboxing Video Live On YouTube

Unboxing Video With 3, er NO 2 Boy Scout Patch Collections
Unboxing Video With 3, er NO 2 Boy Scout Patch Collections
Scouting Auctions Ending Soon on eBay
There are still thousands of items from the 2018 NOAC up on eBay.  I amazed that I'm still seeing ones now that I never saw on a blanket at the event.  It's always that way with these national events as some lodges just don't seem to get their stuff out into circulation.

Patchblanket.com Santeeswapper eBay Store
I've gotten some good nibbles on the vintage OA collection that I featured in the newsletter Sunday.  There are still plenty of items available before I roll it all onto eBay.

Monday was a sad day for me in that I had to say goodbye to my employee Angela who has been working for me since we moved to Charlotte.  She is going to home school her youngest son and so likely won't be able to help me keep the trains running any longer.  I've started looking for another Scout mom in the local area that needs a job during "elementary school hours" but it's not easy to network.  If you know of someone in Charlotte/Matthews let me know.  Thanks!

Yours in Scouting,
 

Jason Spangler
Santeeswapper LLC



In Charlotte, North Carolina I have an antique mall booth that is filled with nothing but Scouting stuff.  I call this location my clearance center because I've marked down everything to move.  A lot of what you will find there are items that are too bulky to easily ship from an Internet store.  The booth is located in The Sleepy Poet which is a well established antique mall on South Blvd in Charlotte.  The mall is open 7-days/week year round.  So the next time you are in the area come check it out.