What You Ought to Know About Boy Scout Knife & Other Memorabilia Collecting

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Article Title: What You Ought to Know About Boy Scout Knife & Other Memorabilia Collecting
Author: James Smith
Category: Collecting, Hobbies
Word Count: 434
Keywords: boy scout knife, boy scout pocket knife, boy scout sheath knife
Author's Email Address: jamessmithcorp@gmail.com
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Chances are, if you're an old boy scout yourself, you'll find that collecting boy scout memorabilia brings back a lot of fond memories. There are currently millions of "old" boy scout in the world. And with so many common topics, almost any boy scout at any age can meet up and chat about their highest rank reach, favourite campout and their troop and so on. Suppose they were at the same National Jamboree in which almost 50,000 boy scouts take part in, they can even talk about the opening and closing ceremonies, the weather and perhaps even the storm they just went through.

But there's also another different aspect of collecting boy scout memorabilia. Investment value. Precisely because of the fond memories it brings, boy scout memorabilia has a pretty decent second market value. Regardless of whether the collectors are old boy scouts themselves, they are probably very aware of the value such memorabilia can fetch in the auctions, the collectibles market etc. The rarer or more unique it is, the higher the value it probably can fetch.

For example, an auction of 3 boy scout uniforms shirts (complete with patches, a hat, medals, some loose patches and a few scouting related letters and documentation) back in the 1940s closed for about $500 after 17 bids. In another separate auction, some 1920s British boy scout uniform jacket which contains 7 brass BSA buttons were closed at about a hundred and sixty dollars. Some boy scout knives can also fetch good prices. Some makes of the official boy scout knives such as the Camillus boy scout knife is no longer in production and that makes the number that's in circulation much more limited and hence more valuable. Even the handbooks for scouts masters have a value. In another instance, the handbook printed in the 1913s to 1914s were sold for thirty bucks. If you're wondering why people would pay for something like that, think of it this way : one man's junk is another man's treasure.

And if you're convinced that collecting scout memorabilia is something for you, how do you go about scouring for such valuable finds? For a start, you may want to browsing popular internet auctions sites such as eBay for some great deals. Go through the deals on eBay allows you to access the estimated bidding price of such memorabilia and you can use that as a baseline for scouting even better deals at offline flea markets, scouting wares swap meets and even garage sales. At the end of the day, when it comes to collecting, the sky's the limit.

James is a part-time writer. For more info on vintage boy scout knife, check out http://www.boyscoutknife.info
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