• Submitting Auction Lots • OHNS members can submit lots for the auction through the mail... or in person to the Auction Manager or a Quality Designation Examiner at a coin show where OHNS has a table.
• Quality Designation Paperwork • Completed QD paperwork (or the old OHNS Registration paperwork) must accompany each submitted carving. If the QD paperwork is needed, fill out a QD Submission Form for each carving... photocopies are OK. QD submission forms can be found in each issue of BoTales or online. Then mail the carving(s), QD submission form(s) and payment to Bill Fivaz. Be sure to include the extra payment for carvings valued at over $100 each or if Registered Mail is desired.
• Auction Fees • The QD fee is $15 per carving (or lot.) There is a 5% Seller's fee and a 10% Buyer's fee.
• Classic Nickel Carvings • Old hobo nickels should be of Average or better quality to be listed individually; lower quality nickels can be sold in quantity as a single bulk lot. [One QD submission form and fee per lot.]
• Recent Nickel Carvings • Modern hobo nickels should be of Above Average of higher quality to be listed individually; lower quality specimens can be grouped into bulk lots as above.
• Donated Carvings • We are aiming for an equal balance of old and modern hobo nickels in each auction. Thus modern carvings are limited to three from a carver (no limit on donated carvings - for donations indicate if the proceeds are to go to OHNS or the Gallery Mint Museum fund, or both; there are no fees on donated carvings but please fill out the QD submission form and submit it with the donated carvings.
• Annual OHNS Token Candidate Carvings • There are no fees on carvings that were submitted as candidates for the annual OHNS tokens when placed in our annual auction but please fill out QD submission form and submit it with the candidate carvings.
• Minimum Bids • No minimum or reserve bids can be placed on consigned lots; but the consignor can submit a mailed, faxed, or phoned bid on his item(s) to protect them (no bids are permitted from the consignor at the auction on his material.)
• Submission Deadline • The auction submission deadline for the OHNS FUN Auction in early January is generally late September to early October, depending on the editor's schedule.

Steve Alpert, Auction Manager ...