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27 January 2007

“The Pick of the Litter” from Bob Shamey's Website

−by V-Dubya

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Why I selected these five carved nickels to purchase...

Bob had an even two dozen carved nickels posted on his website and it was difficult to pick my favorite(s)... sorta like trying to pick which puppy you want from a litter of the cute little larrikins!


Igor	The Nose	Sweet Music	Peruvian Indian	Potato Head

“Igor” #151 ~ An exceptionally deep carving depicting Dr. Frankenstein's helper Igor, piercing eyes, shaggy beard and an inlayed 24kt gold tooth. In the background, on either side of Igor, is an engraved and inlayed 'Tesla coil' with 24kt gold balls shooting electric waves at each other, what every monster lab had to have. {$280}

   “Igor” struck my eye first because he was so deeply carved, had sharply carved, distinct, features and had the COOL Tesla Coil portrayed in the background. The well thought out use of gold was certainly a plus as well. I was not happy that the coin's original date had been removed but the other positive factors outweighed that strong negative. Sometimes a carving simply “is what it is!” One has to take it or leave it.

“The Nose” #134 ~ This carved face seems to emerge from the surface of this Jefferson nickel as if it were pushing out from inside the coin. An exaggerated character face of a very old man living inside this nickel. {$180}

   “The Nose” was both clever and well executed... too bad it was on a Jefferson host nickel. I would have much preferred it on a Buffalo host coin but such is life! Another “take it or leave it” situation.

“Sweet Music” #163 ~ An exercise in anatomy, did you know ears are like fingerprints... no two are alike. But they all serve the same purpose... to hear... and the best of sound is music which brings about the engraved and inlayed 24kt gold musical notes. {$225}

   “Sweet Music” was the next carving to catch my eye for many of the same reasons that I liked “Igor.” It had an additional plus... I've been a strong advocate of nickel carvers using a different ear on each carving they do instead of adopting a standard ear for everything they carve. I have long observed, and been fascinated by, the fact that every person's ears are unique to themselves and have sought out carved nickels that reflected that fact of life.

“Peruvian Indian” #78 ~ The Indians of the Andes mountains, descendents of the Inca, have adopted the soft bowler 'Hobo' hat as a national headdress since the 1700's. {$180}

   “Peruvian Indian” appealed to me because it reflected another “real life” fact... the hats worn by the women in that culture ...and wasn't just some imaginary subject spun out of the engraver's imagination. Not that I object to imaginary subjects mind you.

“Potato Head” #91 ~ A smiling, stocking hat wearing, skier, streaking along, his scarf and cap flying in the wind. Look closely at the scarf and remember this is the buffalo side of the nickel. {$125}

   “Potato Head” just about got left behind until I noticed the excellent inclusion of portions of the original bison. The scarf made from the bison's hind legs was just OK ...but... the hat which used the original hump details really struck my fancy.

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If only I had unlimited funds I would have purchased these carvings also...

While I am not equally impressed with every carving Bob creates... there were several more in this offering that I really would love to acquire!


Abe	The Pharaoh	The Princess	Buffalo Skull	Full Warrior Bling

“Abe” #114 ~ A very deeply carved relief of Abraham as he looks down from the seat in the Lincoln Memorial. {$525}

   “Abe” probably appeals to me because we were taught from grade school how great an American Lincoln was... that and tragedy of his assassination ...all of which combine to make his likeness appealing to many Americans. Of course it doesn't hurt that Bob was able to recreate Abe so faithfully.

“The Pharaoh” #153 ~ A heavily textured headdress and boarder breaking beard contrast with the soft, deeply carved features of the Egyptian Pharaoh in deep meditation with an inlaid 24kt ankh, the Egyptian symbol of life. {$450}

   “The Pharaoh” has a strong face with genuine character in it. I particularly like the closed eyelids in this case rather than having his eyes staring out at you. The contrasting textures in his headdress are superlative! The ankh symbol inlayed with gold adds a unique flavor to this fine carving.

“The Princess” #164 ~ A deep relief carving with engraving, inlaying and stone setting thrown in to create an elaborately beautiful young woman resplendent in her engraved and inlayed 24kt gold necklace with a faceted diamond set in front of her elaborate headwear. The host coin for this carving is a wonderful 1913 type 2 full horn buffalo. {$750}

   “The Princess” is simply “fine”... what more needs to be said? The use of the diamond is successful in this carving. Many times any precious stone added to a nickel carving looks really clunky but not when Bob does it. I personally prefer that the carver drill a hole completely through the nickel to mount a gemstone in so that light can come through the stone from the backside. That makes a gemstone come alive!

“Buffalo Skull” #115 ~ A finely detailed carving of a traditional Indian 'Spirit Skull' embellished with a pair of eagle feathers. Notice the contrast of the four different textures. {$380}

   “Buffalo Skull” is a “traditional” subject but Bob executes it admirably and he uses the bright ring with a dark stippled background to good effect.

“Full Warrior Bling” #66 ~ This is an extremely detailed carving, an alternative to the original, a very proud chief squinting at the sky in full regalia. Each of the 26 eagle feathers in his war bonnet has finely detailed quills and barbules. His chest is covered with a pipe bone breastplate and seven soft ermine tails hang from the 24kt inlaid roundels on either side of the beaded headband. The host coin is a beautiful AU full horn buffalo. {$1,200}

   “Full Warrior Bling” is my last selection despite, based on the price, it apparently is Bob's favorite carving in this offering. I expect much of my lack of enthusiasm is the fact that something similar to this subject has been done by virtually every “modern” carver who ever laid a graver against a Buffalo nickel. While this carving is superbly executed it suffers a bit in my eyes from lack of originality. ~ V-Dubya

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Carving Chips..... • Spring 2007 BoTales Is Progressing! •

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22 January 2007

Dave's “Banjo Theme” carved nickels

David Schenkman has been collecting carved nickels with a banjo theme for many years. Dave commissioned both Steve Cox and Bob Shamey to add their talent to his collection. The three obverse carvings above were done by Steve and the reverse carving was done by Bob.

Steve carved all of the banjo and fiddle subject carvings shown below to continue the stringed instrument theme. Great work Steve! ~ V-Dubya.

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18 January 2007

1 OZ. .9999 GOLD

A carved coin collector that I had the pleasure of meeting at a 慒UN?show a few years ago recently asked me to carve a “Hobo Theme” using one of the new Indian Buffalo one ounce .9999 fine $50 gold coin.

The image I chose was that of three hobos, one in profile, one three quarters and one face on carved from the still recognizable silhouette of the Indians head. To tie the heads together I used the symbol of the sun representing the outdoors and for a touch of whimsy I turned the pipe smoke into four ghost images. As a whole I found the gold to be an interesting medium to carve in. ~ Bob Shamey

It took me some head scratching to see Bob's “four ghost images” because they combine in such a way that, at the scale of this photo, they appear to be a single large ghost image... perhaps that was Bob's intent. ~ V-Dubya

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16 January 2007

Make My Next “Hobo” a Hobo Dollar! −by Mel Neff


Bill Jameson	Steve Adams	Amy Armstrong	Stephen Cox	Stephen Cox

   What is large, heavy, pretty, neat and something that you don't see very often?

   If you said “Hobo Dollar” then you guessed correctly. There is something kind of special about having hobo carvings on dollar coins. Whether they are obverse or reverse carvings or done on silver or clad dollar coins. Whether they are carved on Morgan, Peace, Ike, Susan B. Anthony or some other dollar coin they are all pretty interesting hobo coins.

   A dollar size coin gives a carver a larger canvas to work with and may inspire him/her to carve different things that they may not want to try carving on a smaller coin such as a nickel. Just take a look at these beautiful examples and you can see why I say: “Make my next hobo a hobo dollar!” ~ Mel

Bill Jameson	Bill Jameson	Bill Jameson	Bill Jameson	Bill Jameson

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### Kick Start 2007 at FUN & OHNS General Meeting and Auction ### −by Mama Jo (Hobo Queen 2003-2004)

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Carving Chips..... • Dave Wilson, OHNS RM#32, Deceased •

I regret to inform the members of the club that my good friend Dave Wilson passed away this morning of a heart attack.

He was a former authenticator for the club and really loved hobo nickels.

We had many dinners at the local diner, talking hobo nickels. He was a good person and an honest dealer. I will miss him ~ Keith Pedersen

14 January 2007

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“David T. Wilson, 65, of Jackson” ~ Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/17/07

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11 January 2007

A Record $84,376 of Hobo Nickels Auctioned in One Day

   On January 6th at the 2007 FUN Show, a record $84,376 for 246 lots of hobo nickels was realized in two separate auctions. At the annual OHNS (Original Hobo Nickel Society) hobo nickel auction, 85 lots were auctioned for a total of $33,381.15 including the 10% buyer's fee. Later in the day, at the Heritage Signature Auction, 161 lots were auctioned for $50,995 including the 15% buyer's fee.

   The Heritage lots were primarily from the collections of Troy Wiseman and the late Norm Talbert. Troy is a Life member of OHNS. Wiseman co-founded World Orphans in 1993, which since then has funded the construction of over 500 orphanages in 46 countries and has rescued over 25,000 children. All of the proceeds from the Troy Wiseman hobo nickel collection are going to the World Orphans charity.

   A new auction record for a single hobo nickel was set in the Heritage Auction. Lot 8152, a carving by “Bert” Wiegand, the mentor for “Bo” George Washington Hughes, realized $5,750 with the 15% buyer抯 fee. This nickel was obtained by Troy Wiseman in OHNS Auction #12 at the 2004 FUN Show.

Ralph Winter, OHNS Life Member and OHNS Board Member

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fun2007

6 January 2007

Auction info provided here as a courtesy only. The “official” auction catalog is the printed version and will have all the final editing shown in it.

ORIGINAL HOBO NICKEL SOCIETY, INC.
A Florida Not-For-Profit Corporation

FUN2007 Mail and Floor Bid Auction
to be held at the
Original Hobo Nickel Society Meeting
Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 10 a.m.

Orange County Convention Ctr, Hall NB, North Concourse
9400 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32819

Individual “Prices Realized” are posted with each LOT description on the catalog pages.

$33,956.15 Auction Total

This item will remain at the top of NEWS webpage until the Auction is held. Posted: 15 November 2006

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Carving Chips..... • “Sioux-City Sue” has seen better days •

...but she still wears a smile wherever she goes. Sue married a traveling man but somehow lost him to the road. So she travels the countryside searching the hobo jungles for her long-lost sweetheart. The gentlemen of the open-road always give Sue a warm welcome, a woman's cooking is always appreciated.

www.hobosinwood.com • Rick Ferry • “Little Shavers Woodcarving Supply”

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28 December 2006

“In Search of the American Hobo”

Night encampment of tramps near the Boston and Albany Railroad

• The Machine Age: Introduction ··· Bibliography
−The Tramp Problem ··· Bibliography

The Tramp as a Social Factor

FrontCover TitlePage 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Adv.

How Men Become Tramps

941 942 943 944 945

−The Roll of the Rails ··· Bibliography

• Hobohemia: Introduction
−The City ··· Bibliography
−The Jungle ··· Bibliography
−Riding the Rails ··· Bibliography

The Tramp and the Railroads

258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266

• The World of Tomorrow: Introduction
−The Changing Face of Labor ··· Bibliography

−The Changing Face of Migrants ··· Bibliography

Hoboes and Tramps

Glossary of Hobo Terms
The Road to Roam
Sister of the Road
Boy and Girl Tramps of America
Bottom Dogs
A Place to Lie Down
Waiting for Nothing
· Autobiography

Authors

−From a Tramp to a King ··· Bibliography

"Hoboes of America" 1939 Year Book

FrontCover TitlePage 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

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• Additional Resources

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24 December 2006

“In Search of the American Hobo”

• • • Story Board

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23 December 2006

Traditional Folk Art Forms Evolve as Dynamic Living Traditions

Master Folk Artists demonstrate superior levels of craftsmanship and creativity, often introducing new materials and innovations that express both traditional and contemporary imagery and values. In this way, traditional folk art forms evolve as dynamic living traditions. Carved nickels, which we lovingly refer to as “Hobo Nickels”, are evolving rapidly due to the hard work and talent of a wonderfully diverse group of currently active nickel carvers. Shown above are specimens recently carved by contemporary artists Steve Cox, Bob Shamey and Cliff Kraft. ~ V'Dubya

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Carving Chips..... • “Designed by God” but “Enhanced by Dick!” •

This is my own scroll design and my first attempt at engraving on a Zippo lighter. The wolf was designed by “God” and I copied him from a picture.

Dick Sheehan

You all know the first thoughts that flashed through my mind when I saw Dick's wonderful engraving. He could have even worked some of this superb scroll work into a carved nickel design for us to admire!

V-Dubya

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21 December 2006

“Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America”

Citizen Hobo cover

on the road

Hobo face carved on coin

An interview with
Todd DePastino
author of “Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America”

• “Hobo” conjures up the 1930s梂oody Guthrie's Bound for Glory and all that梑ut you start your book with the post-Civil War army of tramps. What put that army into motion? {answers}

• When did “tramps” become “hoboes”? Where did that word come from? What's the difference between a tramp, a hobo, and a bum? {answers}

• In urban areas hoboes gathered on the “main stem.” In Chicago the main stem was West Madison Street, and it was known as the Hobo Capital of the World. Can you describe this? What were hoboes looking for in cities, and why did they congregate there? {answers}

• The excerpt we have here on our website is about the political organization of hoboes before World War I. Did hoboes have an impact on the broader political landscape of the time? {answers}

• “Hobohemia” was in decline prior to the new flood of unemployed migrants in the 1930s. Would hobo culture have disappeared without the Depression? {answers}

• In other words, social policy was significantly shaped by the homeless hoboes? {answers}

• Well, surely not everyone would. There's a postwar subculture that was still in love with the wayfaring life梩he Beat counterculture of the 1950s and the Hippie counterculture of the 1960s. What was their connection, if any, to hobohemia? {answers}

• Unemployment is on the upswing once again, and there is renewed attention to the homeless. How have the “new homeless” of the last twenty years differed from tramps, hoboes, and bums? Where are we in our understanding and treatment of the problem? {answers}

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Todd DePastino's... “Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America”
?003, 352 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map, 11 line drawings ~ Cloth $32.50 ISBN: 0-226-14378-3 ~ Paper $20.00 ISBN: 0-226-14379-1

Copyright notice: ?003 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. This text may be used and shared in accordance with the fair-use provisions of U.S. copyright law, and it may be archived and redistributed in electronic form, provided that this entire notice, including copyright information, is carried and provided that the University of Chicago Press is notified and no fee is charged for access. Archiving, redistribution, or republication of this text on other terms, in any medium, requires the consent of the University of Chicago Press.

• hobohemian... 1) A homeless artist or musician, commonly found in cities 2) An artistic hipster who often stays at the random homes of friends, family members and current lovers but never has any money or current mailing address 3) Unemployed college student who is in a band and hangs out in coffee shops arguing with people about current affairs. [ Many residents of the San Francisco Bay Area are hobohemians, creating their art and music under the guise that a life of obscurity is better than paying taxes and getting a real job. ]

• bo穐e穖i穉n... A person with artistic or literary interests who disregards conventional standards of behavior. [ French boh閙ien, from Boh阭e, Bohemia (from the unconventional life style of its Gypsy inhabitants.) ]

• Bo穐e穖i穉n... 1) A native or inhabitant of Bohemia. 2) A Gypsy. 3) The Czech dialects of Bohemia.

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     My wife says I look like one of these guys in the morning so I thought I'd see what I would look like on a coin. A few whacks with the hammer and a couple of punches convinced me that the old hobo's really worked their butts off making these darn things. Hence the name Butt Ugly. Not sure if it looks like me but it's close.

     As you can see, this style of coin cutting differs radically from my usual style of carving but it was fun to do. Photographs usually don't do my coins justice but this one does. This guy is just as ugly on my bench as he looks here. Sure would hate to meet up with this fella on a dark night in a boxcar.

Steve Ellsworth

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18 December 2006

Hobo Statue... “Bo and his Bud” −by Bob Shamey

   This is a recent piece that I did as part of a complex multi-dimensional work of art containing twenty-five different metal sculptures done by Torch Casting and Lost Wax.

   After finishing twenty-four different designs I was thinking about hobo nickels and I sculpted this little hobo with his dog in wax and made a mold from the original casting... and what you see is what came out.

   I tried to give the “Bo and his Bud” some character to make the viewer smile.

   Even though he is poor and threadbare with his shoe falling apart and his toes sticking out he is still taking care of his buddy and his buddy is looking after him!

   I have cast up a few of these little guys in bronze... so if anyone, who is interested in Hobos, is interested in these let me hear from you. ~ Bob Shamey

“Bo and Bud” are 1½ inches tall and 1 inch at the base.

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Carving Chips..... • Carving Nickels Relieves MUCH of the Stress of Maintaining a HUGE Bridge! •

Staten Island Keith Pedersen Carved Nickels New York City and Brooklyn

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Carving Chips..... • A Selection of Fantastic Classic Carvings from the Upcoming FUN2007 Heritage Auction •

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17 December 2006
21^st Century Nickels Carved by William “BillZach” Jameson

−by Mel Neff

Farmer Brown Meriweather Mrs. Liberty Joan of Arc

Buffalo Soldier Miss Liberty Bowery Butch Pequot Whaler

Original Host Nickels

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16 December 2006
21^st Century Nickels Carved into “Hobo Nickels”

−by Mel Neff

Steve Adams Ray Castro Steven Cox Steve Ellsworth Steve Ellsworth

   Hi Everybody! My name is Mel and I am a new Hobo Nickel collector and OHNS member. I have lived in Southern California almost my entire life. While living here in sunny California I have enjoyed fishing, target shooting and flying Cessna and Katana airplanes.

   I have only been collecting Hobo Nickels for the last five months but I have learned a lot and made many friends along the way. An article in the July 2006 issue of Coinage Magazine^{1} is what got me started. Before I got involved with Hobo Nickels, I collected mint state Sacagawea dollars and both proof and mint state Ike dollars. I currently have some nice sets of Ike and Sacagawea dollars on both of the PCGS and NGC registries.

   When I first started collecting Hobo Nickels I adhered to the “strict definition” on page 2 of our latest Hobo Nickel Guidebook which states: “A buffalo nickel upon which someone purposefully altered the design (the Indian head on the obverse or the bison on the reverse) to depict something else or embellish or change the original features. The original design should be altered or incorporated into the new depiction”.

Original Host Nickels

   For that reason I believed that a Hobo Nickel could only be carved on a good old buffalo nickel dated from 1913 to 1938. After all, that is the coin that was originally used. How could any other coin be used to carve a Hobo Nickel? But as time has passed I have developed a strong appreciation not only for recently carved nickels but especially those that have been done on 2005 and 2006 nickels by contemporary folk artists such as: Steve Adams, Ray Castro, Steven Cox, Steve Ellsworth, Bill Jameson, and Keith Pedersen.

   In fact, I currently have some carvings on 2005 nickels and a couple of carvings on 2006 nickels and I would love to add more of these carvings to my Hobo Nickel collection. If you take a look at our OHNS Auction Catalog #14 you will find no carvings that were done on 2005 nickels. If you look at our current OHNS Auction Catalog #15 you will find no carvings on either 2005 or 2006 nickels.

   It is my hope that this article will stimulate the many fine carvers out there to either consider

doing some of their work on 2005 and 2006 nickels or to consider doing more of their work on our 21^st Century nickels. One only needs to look at the fine examples that I have provided here to understand what I am talking about! Thanks for reading my first ever article for our terrific Hobo Nickel website. ~ Mel

Bill Jameson Bill Jameson Keith Pedersen Keith Pedersen Keith Pedersen

^{1} Collecting Hobo Nickels; A Hobby in Transformation −by Leon Worden • COINage magazine • Vol. 42, No. 7 • July 2006

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14 December 2006

“Opgehitener” ~ A Kippah and a Tophat!

   Some Jewish men have a custom of wearing two head coverings, typically a kippah covered by a hat, for Kabbalistic reasons; the two coverings correspond to two levels of intellect, or two levels in the fear of God. The High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Kohain Gadol, also used to wear a woolen kippa under his priestly headdress

    Others wear two head coverings for fashion reasons (i.e., the kippah and a baseball cap or dress hat) so that they may appear fashionable in public, while still having the kippah for indoors. In a sense this defeats the purpose of wearing a yarmulke, as it is customary for the yarmulke to be visible to others from all angles.

   In the early 1900s, Orthodox rabbis and temple members wore top hats to signal that they understood and were comfortable with American clothing styles. What's more, the hat signified that the wearer had achieved great status.

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“Yiddishkeit” ~ Yiddish Words and Expressions −by Michael D. Fein Opgehitener − “Pious person”

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13 December 2006

I Just Figured I Would Share This With Ya!

   I was recently taking pictures of some of my engravings and carvings trying to take a decent picture of an Al Mar Knife I engraved Bulino style with a red fox. I started thinking about my trip to Emporia KS. last July when I had brought this knife with me to Kansas to show off to classmates and Glendo staff.

   At the GRS Tuesday Eve Supper, that you and Caroline had attended, we were looking at some of my nickels and this knife. You told me there was only ONE thing wrong with this engraving... it wasn't done on a nickel. My very next project when I got home was nickel carving #26 Red Fox.

   Well, I REALLY enjoyed doing this carving and I submited it to the 2007 FUN show auction. To my surprise, the fox nickel made the auction catalog cover. COOL! I have attached a picture of the knife and nickel. I just figured I would share this with ya! ~ Amy Armstrong

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11 December 2006

One Hobo Nickel Collector's Recent eBay Acquisitions

Mike Cirelli, Jr. • $33

Bob Shamey • $453.50

Bob Shamey • $537

Bob Shamey • $286

Amy Armstrong • $297.88

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11 December 2006

Authentic Original HOBO NICKELS by “BO” Hughes

$520.96

$352

$152.50

After reading several articles in Coin World newspaper about HOBO nickels in 1981, I purchased three original hobo nickels from coin dealer
Del Romines in Louisville, Kentucky. He had just purchased a group of these nickels in Indiana from George Washington “BO” Hughes.

I have just recently submitted these three nickels to THE ORIGINAL HOBO NICKEL SOCIETY (OHNS) DESIGNATION SERVICE for their
opinions on these coins. Bill Fivaz and Steve Alpert examined these as qualified specialists and express their best considered judgment
of the coins. To paraphrase from the submission form, “Their opinions are just that, opinions, and others may reach different conclusions”.
However, these two men are highly qualified experts in this field. ~ ronsue48... Dec-3-06 17:35:07PST

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Carving Chips..... • Searching for Contemporary Nickel Carvers •

   Can anyone tell us who “C.C.” is? I just purchased this crude carving on eBay and the Seller could not tell us anything about who carved it. Judging from the fact this carving has serial number #3 I would guess that “C.C.” was just learning the trade. Perhaps this was last week but it could have been last year or even longer ago. Hope you can help us! ~ V-Dubya

   This clown comes to us from “Jag” or some similar “tag”.
   My eyesight just doesn't work all that well any more. Does anyone out there have another example of this carver's work or know who this person is? ~ V-Dubya

“The carver's name is Edward, he resides in central Illinois and did not want me to take his picture
for the hobo club. He is going to inital all pieces with JAG.” ~ Pat Johnson, 2/17/05.
Pat told me that Edward is a wood carver who tried his hand at carving nickels. ~ Ralph Winter, 12/9/06

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Folks have been telling me “off and on” that EMails to my ISP “grasshoppernet.com”
are often being rejected with permanent errors. The only way I can figure to provide
dependable access/availability is to establish an alternate EMail address...
Now all I have to do is to remember to check it regularly! ~ V-Dubya

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7 December 2006

Hobo History

Expanded View
“Riding the rails”

    The name "Hobo" first started appearing in the early 1800's. Before the Civil War many hobos had taken to the rails as a way of life. Around the time of the Civil War, railroads were being built a an astonishing rate and in the early 1870's there were between 50,000 and 60,000 miles of track interwoven throughout the United States. During the early days late 1880's a depressed economy was certainly prevalent, times were hard and hoboes took to the rails in great numbers, hitchhikers were also increasing, nobody had any money to go anywhere and pay the ticket to get there.

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Read the full version of... Hobo Jeepers' “Hobo History”

?Copyright 1999\2000\2001\2002\2003\2004 Corporation

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5 December 2006

Camera Jim's Guides To eBay Auction Photography

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A Brief History of North American Caricature Carving −by Rick Ferry

Axel Petersson Herman Rosell Emil Janel Carl Johan Trygg Carl Olaf Trygg

Lars Trygg Nils Trygg H. S. “Andy” Anderson Harold L. Enlow

Little Shavers • Woodcarving Supply • 423 SW 104th St. • Seattle, WA 98146-1545

   Regardless of what some contemporary caricature carvers might like to believe, they did not invent caricature carving. Although I have narrowed my article to North American caricature carving; I would be remiss if I did not recognize European influence on our current style. While most European countries carved in caricature to some degree; it was Sweden that had the most profound and lasting effect.

Read the full version of... “A Brief History of North American Caricature Carving”

Copyright ?1999-2006 Little Shavers Woodcarving Supply

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