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“ It'ss My Preciousss, Yess! ”
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Marc Banks' Gem
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One ring to rule them all.
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
   Something we SELDOM do is share our collections with each other! We each have a handful of favorite carved nickels... often they are our most expensive pieces but not always. Sometimes they are pieces we acquired under special circumstances. Ralph Winter, our BoTales Editor, is asking that you share the latter with our membership... along with their stories ...by sending him photos and stories for publishing in BoTales.
   Like Ralph, I would like to facilitate the sharing of our most beautiful carvings with each other. So... even if you don't have an interesting story to share, I encourage you to send us digital photographs of your favorite carved nickels so I can show them here on our website. If needed, we can convert physical photos to digital for you.
   The update of Steve Alpert's "Hobo Nickel Guidebook" is looming upon the horizon so select photographs obtained from as many member's collections as possible are desirable as candidates for inclusion in the new edition. We cannot promise you that your favorite carved nickel will be in the new edition of the Guidebook but if you don't send us a photo you can sure bet that it almost certainly won't be. ~ V-Dubya Click to EMail V-Dubya
   Postscript: If you provide your own digital photos we need very high resolution ones... a minimum of 600dpi but preferably 1200dpi or even greater. We are aiming for carving photo diameters of 560 pixels but with the capability of cropping out specific details from the original picture should an area/subject of interest come up.
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Verne Walrafen's Prize
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5: A “Peanut Ear” carving.
Chris Dempsey's
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Double-Sided Stunner
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Art DelFavero's Star
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7: A “Virtuoso” carving.
Verne Walrafen's Pearl
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8: Carved by James Stewart.
Marc Banks' Gem
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Chris Dempsey's Jewel
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Fred Avan's Trophy
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Ralph Winter's
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Double-Sided Beauty
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Verne Walrafen's Dragon
Super-sized photo13: Carved by Ron Landis.
13: Carved by Ron Landis.
Dan Brady's Delight
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Marc Banks' Owner's interesting “story” about this carved nickel is planned for inclusion in a future issue of BoTales!
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Art DelFavero's Pride
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Verne Walrafen's Joy
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Marc Banks' Find
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Art DelFavero's Baby
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Alan Weinberg's Kaiser
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Ralph Winter's
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Double-Sided Owner's interesting “story” about this carved nickel is planned for inclusion in a future issue of BoTales!
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Verne Walrafen's Jumbo
Super-sized photo23: Carved by Sam Alfano.
23: Carved by Sam Alfano.
Keith Pedersen's Boon
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Art DelFavero's Kaiser
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Verne Walrafen's Classic
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Verne Walrafen's Tower
Super-sized photo27: Carved by James Olivencia.
27: Carved by James Olivencia.
Owen Covert's Trophy
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Art DelFavero's BigEar
Super-sized photo19: A “Big Ear” carving.
19: A “Big Ear” carving.
Keith Pedersen's Coup
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Chris Dempsey's Nugget
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Don Haley's Pal
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Verne Walrafen's Ghillie
Super-sized photo32: Carved by Derek Pegnall.
32: Carved by Derek Pegnall.
Marc Banks' Dandy
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Chris Dempsey's Abe
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Chris Dempsey's ICB
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Dave Silver's Sun
Super-sized photo36: Carved by Bob Shamey.
36: Carved by Bob Shamey.
Art DelFavero's Pearl
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Owen Covert's Golden
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Chris Dempsey's
Super-sized photo30: Carved by George Washington “Bo” Hughes.
30: Carved by George Washington “Bo” Hughes.
Double-Sided Dicer
Super-sized photo30: Carved by George Washington “Bo” Hughes.
30: Carved by George Washington “Bo” Hughes.
Dave Silver's Thinker
Super-sized photo31: Carved by Bob Shamey.
31: Carved by Bob Shamey.
Verne Walrafen's Mirror
Super-sized photo42: Carved by Lee Griffiths.
42: Carved by Lee Griffiths.
Ralph Winter's Find
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Adam Taylor's Bert
Super-sized photo44: Carved by Bert Wiegand.
44: Carved by Bert Wiegand.
Wayne Weaver's Goober
Super-sized photo45: A “Peanut Ear” carving.
45: A “Peanut Ear” carving.
Verne Walrafen's Matey
Super-sized photo46: Carved by Steve Cox.
46: Carved by Steve Cox.
Owen Covert's Cinco
Super-sized photo37: Carved by Cinco de Arturo.
37: Carved by Cinco de Arturo.
Ralph Winter's Bert
Super-sized photo38: Carved by Bert Wiegand.
38: Carved by Bert Wiegand.
Don Haley's Love Owner's interesting “story” about this carved nickel is planned for inclusion in a future issue of BoTales!
 Super-sized photo39: Carved by Mike Pezak.
39: Carved by Mike Pezak.
Don Haley's Dirk
Super-sized photo40: Carved by George Washington “Bo” Hughes.
40: Carved by George Washington “Bo” Hughes.
Dave Silver's Friend
Super-sized photo41: Carved by Steve Cox.
41: Carved by Steve Cox.
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