Knowledge is Power or Oh My God!!
Ray Gould pointed out an auction which recently ended on eBay. I’m not sure weather to consider this a Knowledge is Power Item or Oh My god it went for how much!!
The seller started the auction at $4.99, with a description which read “Very old felt patch. 1.50 S&H. Thanks!” Fortunately, he included all of the words which appear on the patch in the auction title. “Very Old Wetassa Lodge 227,U.S. Grant Council Patch”
This was enough to allow those in the know to find the auction. Twenty Three bids later, the item clsoed at $ 9,102.27. There were 6 bidders over $ 2000, 4 of them over $ 5000 and two who slugged it out to over $ 9000.
The seller does not appear to be a regular seller of Scouting items, and his last 100 sales, the highest priced item was $ 132.50 with most items falling in the $ 10 - 50 range.
How would you like to be that seller? With 5 days to go, he knew he had a $ 2,000 sale, with two days left, it was a $ 3,000 sale, and it made the rest in the last 4 hours of the auction.
Wetassa R1 Image Courtesy OAIamges.com
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Table of contents for Knowledge is Power
- Knowledge is Power - Nentico Lodge #12 X1
- Knowledge is Power - Owaneco Lodge #313 Quinnipiac Dancers
- And I thought YOU were crazy!
- Knowledge is Power - Sea Scout Eagle Badge
- Knowledge is Power - Wakpominee Lodge #48 A1 Wabiningo
- White Sea Scout Eagle Badge
- Knowledge is Power - The Silver Fawn
- Another Eagle Scout Badge
- Knowledge is Power - Lettered Areas
- Knowledge is Power - P2K Arrowheads
- Knowledge is Power - Uncommon Flaps from Common Lodges
- Knowledge is Power - A Philmont P2K Arrowhead on eBay now
- Knowledge is Power - Region 7 Canoe Base
- Knowledge is Power - Region 13
- Knowledge is Power - Silver Fawn Revisited
- Knowledge is Power - Adirondack Lodge #357 R1
- Knowledge is Power - Tahgajute 247 X1
- Knowledge is Power - Area I 1945 Conclave
- Knowledge is Power or Oh My God!!
- Knowledge is Power - 1937 Jambo Shoulder Tab
- Early Region 2 Patch on eBay
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October 10th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
That was a fun auction to watch. I’m sure the seller went out for a steak the night that one ended…