2010Jambo - Patch Collecting Ebay Blog

OA Versus The Boy Scout Category

February 5, 2010

If you watch eBay closely you already know that OA items account for a pretty good chunk of the high dollar items that sell in the Boy Scout category.   Doing some research on the Boy Scout category I've figured that during January 2010 there was about $513,400 worth of items sold.  So the obvious question is how much of that was OA?  There is not scientific way to get this figure but I can give it an educated guess.  If you just take the Order of the Arrow subcategory and total up the sale there you can arrive at a best guess figure.  Its true that there are OA issues sold which are not listed in the subcategory and items OTHER than OA which are sold in the OA subcategory.  But just for sake of an argument if you do the math there was $139,300 worth of items old in the OA subcategory which would account for 27.1% of all items sold in eBay Boy Scouts.

January Total Sales in the Boy Scout Category

January Total Items Sold in the Boy Scout Category

January Total Sales in the Order of the Arrow subcategory

What would a monthly report be if I didn't list the biggest winners and losers of the month!?  Check out the items below to see the three top selling items from the last month and the three biggest whiffs (high minimum bid that failed to sell).  Its interesting to note that one seller has three out of the six items listed below.

Click To See The Biggest Winners and Losers From January

Bids	eBay Item Title - Link to Auction	Image Link
18	KOI HATACHIE WHITE PANTHER F-1
1	5 - 1920's Boy Rangers of America Felt Badges
1	Teen's Dan Beard Camp Group INCLUDING a Buckskin Badge
	Now For The Biggest Losers
0	1920-1930 Incorporated Church Scout Insignia Grouping
0	Dream collection of Boy Scout P Jambo/Council/OA/Philmt
0	OA Rare 155 R1 Michikinaqua Merged Northern Kentucky

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Two Boy Scout OA 282 ACHEWON NIMAT Flap Rare White Border Red Border Patches    US $56.00

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA OFFICIAL JACKET SHIRT PATCHES MEDALS    US $102.50

Amazing Collection of VIntage Boy Scout Badges and Patches FREE SHIPPING    US $51.99

Vintage Boy Scout Patch and Badge Collection OVER 400 Pieces Ring and MORE NR    US $112.00

Vintage Boy Scout Order of the Arrow OA Neckerchief Mauwehu 389 WWW w Patch    US $59.99

1935 Boy Scout Jamboree Patch Original Sleeve    US $463.00

Occoneechee Lodge 104 solid flap collection Boy Scout Scouts BSA OA patches    US $600.00

PELLISSIPPI LODGE 25TH ANNIVERSARY 43 68 PATCH    US $55.55

Huge lot of Boy Scout Patches    US $89.88

Boy Eagle Scout BSA Silver Award Medal Patch Merit Badge Pin Lot OA Uniform Rank    US $61.00

HUGE LOT of 164 Boy Scout Items Patches Neckerchief Slides Books etc    US $99.99

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