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Sunday Morning
September 25, 2016
I missed all my brothers of the cloth at the Atlanta TOR but I did see some friendly faces just an hours' drive away this weekend at the Girl Scout show.  The one thing I like about collecting Girl Scout stuff is you can go through someones notebook of proficiency badges (think our MBs) from the 1950s and pick up needs for $1 each.  Now sure they got some hard ones but the people there were so helpful that I came home with dozens of needs filled.  
Vintage Scouting Auctions Live on eBay
I don't think I ever got to meet Cal Holden in person but he casts a large shadow in the Girl Scout collecting circles.  He is now long gone home but many people there had copies of his reference work and several told me stories about his epic collection.  I talked with some of the folks there about trying to get more collector friendly stuff published up on the web and that's in the works.  Most importantly for me I now know the difference between light green broadcloth and pinstripe fabric (ha ha inside joke).
Order of the Arrow Auctions Looking Good
Today's OA block has several really nice pieces from the South featured.  Check out the 118 round below because the cloth that it's sewn on cant' be a neckerchief but I surely don't know what it was used for - maybe a table cloth?
Auctions Ending Soon With Bids on eBay
For the first time ever I sold a Girl Scout item at the TOR (and probably let it go for a pittance of what was worth).  But the good part of this was when I came home my wife did see some cash in my wallet so she judged the whole adventure not to be a total waste of time.  Two weeks from now I will be attending the Columbus, OH show and I better pull off the same results or else.
Santeeswapper on eBay Patchblanket.com
Over on eBay I've got just shy of 200 live auctions running on all new material that I've been posting.  Much of this is from a collection I'm selling on consignment that has OA and Jamboree pieces in it.
When I got home from the show my wife had me back out the door within hours to take the kids to the skating rink.  Turns out that Saturday night is the night they play all the rap music and the rink was super crowded.  Would you believe I was at a table, headphones in listening to a football game with my Girl Scout collectors book out typing up new checklists on a laptop.  Yep I'm a patch nerd!  
  
Your brother in the cloth,
  

Jason Spangler
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