I am now the proud owner of a significant Girl Scout collection.  Yesterday I met a gentlemen and his wife to conclude a deal that was probably a year in the making.  They were on their way to Florida from the northeast so we met at Bojangles to move boxes over to my car and talk.  I"ve already been invited to display at a "Teen Camporee" in October so it's time for me to get shaking if I'm serious about this effort.

It is interesting to see the crossover between Girl Scout stuff and our hobby.  I know of a few North Carolina guys that dabble in it but they are both "dealers" and probably not interested in keeping and displaying as they are opportunistic buying and selling. I've made contact with probably the largest GSA collector in my state who has helped organize a memorabilia show for going on 2 decades.  So once again diving into a new area will prove to recharge my batteries 25 years into this hobby.

I also saw a notebook yesterday that is something to drool over. The gentlemen has a collection of rank insignia and position patches that he is also willing to let me make an offer on.  The highlights were a Type 1 Star and Type 1 Life badge.  It's the type of collection that would put me 90% of the way there in one shot.  However, that kinda cloth doesn't come cheap so we will see what happens!