September, 2004 | The Scout Patch Auction News and Views

More OA Fakes on eBay

Posted on September 22nd, 2004 in Fakes,OA by dhoffard

It appears that another seller has made up and is selling fake patches.

They’re listed as such. I don’t know what it does for values for the real ones but probably not good. What will be interesting is when buyers of these go to sell their collections though. Because these are not real, dealers will put a very low value on them as they are too speculative. Their sell through rate, the percent that sell, is low so what it is really doing is transferring a lot of collector money to eBay in fees the seller pays to list but not sell. Still, I assume they’re making a profit or they wouldn’t be doing it. I have seen some of these guys drop off so it may not be a profitable proposition.

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Air Scout Squadron Site

Posted on September 3rd, 2004 in Hobby News by Roy

We always enjoy finding out about interesting Scouting memorabilia sites. I was just talking with an alum of an active Air Scout squadron out of Van Nuys, California. The site’s got some great history and great photos as well as an emblem page (which we’re helping them with). Here’s the site:

Kitty Hawk squadron.

On the photo page, picture 6 and 7 in Scrapbook 1 show an instructor teaching young men. Its the same instructor who’s been teaching since the 1950s. That’s the kind of special person that’s made Scouting such a noteworthy experience in so many boys, and now mens’, lives.