Live Blogging the Jamboree – New Patch Types? Dye Subs
First event where I’ve really seen patches using a new process called ‘dye sublimation’. These first surfaced a few years back at the World Jamboree I believe and I’ve seen some Michael Feigenbaum designed. He said he worked with manufacturers in Asia on the process.
The Merit Badge Midway staff patches have a dye sub center. Here’s a picture of the San Francisco Bay Area Council JSPs:
I don’t know if we’ll call these ’twills’ or a new category. What do you think?
Live Blogging the Jamboree – New Old Merit Badges
Turns out April was a big roll-out for new merit badges. Many of them are here to be earned.
Invention is now back as Inventing. It was rolled out at MIT. Different requirements (the original asked you to get a patent).
Something old:
And something new – Scouting Heritage
Hal Yocum as Baden-Powell for the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge
Also the Coast Guard is doing Geocaching.
Live Blogging the Jamboree – Better weather
Trading is slow as contingents check-in but the weather has moderated. Its only in the 80s. Nice.
Heard that one troop, from out West, has 28 different JSPs for their one troop. Hearing that there may be 2,000 JSPs. That estimate may be low if this keeps up.
ISCA is maintaining at the Merit Badge Midway collector swap lists and cataloging of issues. As we get going, we’ll be adding OA issues into Blue Book
Live Blogging the Jambo – Staff Show Canceled
We were working in 103 degree weather to set-up. As we were finishing up our staff meeting we were told the staff show was canceled due to an imminent severe storm. We left before it hit (If it hit as these are really localized storms. But Washington, DC and the parade got wiped out earlier in the day.)
We took the scenic route out of camp and there look to be several very interesting displays in the exhibit and Merit Badge Midway areas.
We got a pre-showing of the OA Mysterium, see Prepping for the Jambo, this is going to be some opportunity for Jamboree participants and visitors. Here are some previews:
The Mysterium Compass
Entrance to the Compass
International Commissioner certificate for Mortimer Schiff along with letter as National President
Prepping for the Jambo
Sam Fairchild through his Scouting Century Foundation is putting on a special museum display at the Jamboree. Now the Foundation has significant holdings but it was needing a few pieces for their displays. Sam flew in and we went through my camp patch collection to help fill in a few holes. Particularly we were matching up camp patches as best as we could that were contemporary with the formation of the the various lodges.
We also provided some patches for other areas of the display:
Explorer Service Scout Honor Guard for Mackinac Island
Segregated Scout Camp in Central Florida Council
Canalino Lodge 90 Sun Dance Camp 1948
Red Jacket Council - merged in 1939
While we were working on this collector Rick Hubbard of Iowa drove in to personally deliver some incredibly rare, vintage Jamboree staff armbands (see the cell phone picture below)
The loan was made a local restaurant. We got some interesting looks from the wait staff as we carefully laid out these armbands.
The display at the Jamboree will be the most extensive of its kind. Not to be seen at the National Museum and of a different take than the best permanent display which is at the Las Vegas International Scouting Museum.
Over at the Collections Merit Badge & ISCA booth we’ll be smashing pennies again, technically called ‘elongates’ for the cost of a penny (or free if you don’t have one as a Scout is prepared and we have a supply of pennies.)
Live Blogging the Jambo – the ‘Black Flag’ jambo
Destry and I are working Jambo staff again this year. This time at the Merit Badge Midway – Collections merit badge (type casting I know but we do have a passion for this area with LOTS of give aways and cool things to do.) I’ll be trying to post happenings and events as our web connection permits.
Now why the ‘Black Flag’ notation – because of the heat. Its 103 degrees with a heat index of 115 degrees. Ouch and dangerous. It will be a challenge all week long.
Heard that the opening show guest will be Department of Defense Secretary Bob Gates (also a Distinguished Eagle, Silver Buffalo recipient and past National Executive Board member). This is a great choice.
We’ll also be set-up at the Eagles Lodge trade-o-ree, the listing is in our TOR calendar and a PDF is here:
We’re bringing our TOR tubs, over 30,000 items, whether to find that long lost patch or extra trading dupes at deep discount prices. We’re working with Mitch Reis who will be handling sales when we’re not there so even during Jambo time there will be a lot to choose from.
There is another TOR I believe at one of the Ramada Inns but I don’t yet have the particulars on that one.
Some OA Prices Realized circa 1970
Destry was recently back home in southern Illinois visiting with family and friends and doing some patch digging. Among the things he picked up was an original printing of the prices realized from the sale of the Don Dennison Order of the Arrow collection in 1970. Don was the sponsor/organizer of the Amaquansippi Trail and Trade-o-rees back during that time period. This trail and the TOR brought folks in from multiple states away. It was one of the most popular trails in the area and their patches are still actively collected.
I scanned in the print-out. See the PDF in the following link:
Prices Realized from sale of Don Dennison OA collection 1970
This was pre-Blue Book, as most of today’s collectors know the Blue Book, and pre-Arapaho. Actually there was a Blue Book that Dave Leubitz sold around that time. It contained lodge names and numbers and the types of issues they issued but no detail and nothing on sequence (although the way the shapes were listed implied the issue sequence as we knew it at the time.) Thus in the listing, you don’t see ‘F1 first flap’ but you do see F c/e (cut-edge) with a border color and background color that allows you to infer the issue.
There were very few patches that sold over $100. Some were:
The lodge 8 Unilachtigo solid round fake at $117.76. Go figure. Its around $25 today. A 47 Hanigus R3 was the most expensive at $150. More than the 155 R ($110), the 177 Victorio F1 at $46.77 (remember this was only a 6 year old patch at the time). A 448 Wapagoklos with a needlebreak sold for $137.50 and a 526 Nahak sold for $126.
eBay Spoof Spamming Mail Boxes Today
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These are a scam. DO NOT DOWNLOAD and INSTALL the “transaction inspector module.” We forward these e-mails to spoof@ebay.com so they can track them down and stop it.