False Advertising? – rerpo Lone Scout Patch
My friend Roger Schustereit sent me a link to some eBay auctions. On the first screen, one caught my attention title “BOY SCOUT LONE SCOUT LSA FELT PATCH Cir:1922-1927”
It shows an early LSA felt on felt patch. But, looking at the thumbnail, it didn’t ‘feel’ right. Looking closer, it is stitched incorrectly for that patch and era.
Then, getting into the detail description, in lowercase, it notes that this is a reproduction. Basically, feels kind of mis-leading (although at least he did mention its a reproduction). Its a patch most folks would NOT know the difference from the original because it is so rare. What happens when this patch moves from eBay to a collection?
Going on with this seller’s listings he’s offering, according to the title, “Brand New Tonkawa A2 Felt Arrowhead patch – Super Rare”
Again the details note its a reproduction (a poor one at that) but… the title is bull-crud and hyped. Again, I view this as dangerous for the hobby. What if the buyer pairs up a print-out of the auction “title” page with this patch (but does not show the details from the description)?
Oh well, one more fake to ad to OABlueBook.com
on April 29th, 2014 at 1:29 pm
The same seller has listed item 400700627676, an embroidered (and I believe oversized) reproduction of a square Eagle Patrol felt. (It was clearly lifted from another seller’s auction–that seller has listed the real piece several times lately without selling, always misidentifying it as a “Flying Eagle” emblem. This fake peddler repeats that error.)