It's probably only at a local show that you can get away with spreading out two tables filled with t-shirts.  I had over 100 local camp and OA t-shirts spread out over 16' of table space.  The happiest buyers were two female Venture Crew leaders who came in and saw that the collection came from another leader who had just moved out of state.  They each bought up some of his shirts to get them back home so to speak.

You know it's a pretty good show when you sell $100 worth of mugs with an average price of over $10 each.  The same collection had some great mugs in there and I was able to find a new home for several camp mugs to a collector who will really be able to appreciate them if he can just figure out where to display them.

I also really enjoyed the fellowship with other collectors.  I got to eat out Friday night with Todd Kelly, John Pleasants, and Mark Graff. Later on Saturday I got to visit with O'Dell Walters, Chris Jensen, Wes Drennan, Larry Lane, Bob Walton and John Fort.  Perhaps the most interesting person to show up at the show was a gentleman who brought his grandson.  He was on staff at the 1965 Dixie Fellowship and in high school I dated his daughters best friend.  Back in the day he gave me a Santee S1 flap as a gift and I've treasured that patch ever since.

• Lodge 131 Kahagon F1a, TLR; FF; MVE WWW
• 133 Ma-Nu S46 + X6 NOAC 98; (2 pc w/ X6)
• Lodge 134 Tsali S27 Flap; No smoke or Teepees
• Lodge 136 Maheengun S1 Flap; RED OA WWW
• Lodge 140 Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak S2 Flap
• Lodge 142 Papakitchie R3b Flap; BRN Squirrel
• 145 Ku-Ni-Eh S43 + X13 FDL; NOAC 2002

 

Jason Spangler

Santeeswapper LLC