We’re not going to blog about every interesting item that comes through eBay but every once in a while there are pieces that speak to trends in the hobby. This is one of them. Offered up was a felt field cap, probably Army surplus, that had several felt camp patches on them including one from Prince Creek Scout Camp dated 1930. The item realized $1,476. There were two other felt patches on the hat, also probably camp patches but with initials only. So that works out to about $500/patch or more likely $1,000 for the one with wording and $500 for the other two. And that’s the story here. The right camp patches can be four figure values, so long as the buyers are there. For those who did not track the Phil Parlett estate auction conducted a few years ago, the most expensive item sold was a felt Camp Josepho felt staff strip at $3,600.