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Sunday Morning
September 4, 2016
Now that I have both kids getting on a bus in the morning to go to school it actually opens things up to attend some TORs this fall.  I talked to Chris Jensen Friday night to get coached up on which shows are within a reasonable drive. Now if I can just work out the dates with the family I might get to meet some more readers of the Hot Finds and go hunting for my needs. 
Vintage Scouting Auctions Live on eBay
The BSA contingent patch pictured below is to the 1929 WJ.  I know they found a good design and kept rolling with it.  I just wish they had decided to put the dates on each year because it would be a very tempting patch set to collect if you could just tell what was going on.
Order of the Arrow Auctions Looking Good
The Prism set below is over $500 as it ends today.  Man that is some kinda bidding war.  Another good one to check out is the Lodge 220 round pictured below because there was never a recorded sale on OAimages for that issue.
Auctions Ending Soon With Bids on eBay
A teens era jacket with a stack of really nice (albeit cut down) merit badges on the sleeve.  That one is in my watch list for sure.  When I looked at it there was one design I didn't recognize right off and I've been seriously collecting merit badges for a couple of years now.
Santeeswapper on eBay Patchblanket.com
I have a few auctions up that might interest a few of you. Two niche collections that some people go for are Usher patches and Explorer events.  While Duke or UNC might not be your favorite team somebody will want to pick up those usher patches below.  The Explorer Conference patch from Fort Bragg is a little beat up but also features the "New Frontier" logo with the space capsule which is cool.
One patch project I finished this week was cataloging my OA name/number needs.  My collection is a little narrow in that I'm only looking to include OA lodges that issued a flap.  That knocks off a few toughies for sure.  Right now the list sits at a little over 200 needs.  Some are ones that I'm pretty sure I've had pass through my hands but I wasn't organized and keeping track.  I also organized my Senior Scouting collection and added three pick ups that filled holes.  I hope you have kept your collections a little better organized than I have!               
  
Your brother in the cloth,
  

Jason Spangler
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