ORIGINAL HOBO NICKEL SOCIETY, INC.
A Florida Not-For-Profit Corporation
FUN2005  Mail and Floor Bid Auction
to be held at the
Original Hobo Nickel Society Meeting
Saturday, January 15, 2005 at 10 a.m.
Florida United Numismatists, Inc.  ~  January 13-16, 2005
Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center
1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316



Mail Bid Sheet


FUN2005 Online Catalogue ~ Lots...121-130 ~ Page...13

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LOT 121

Above Ave/Above Ave

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $275 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man wearing Derby

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: 1914-P (XF)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Classic old hobo nickel. Hat has curved brim. Subject has carved hair-beard-mustache, a small ear, single punch on the eye and nostril. Profile was unaltered. Indistinct curved collar. Field is dressed. Nice eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Heavy and slightly raised curved hat brim (no visible hat band). Unaltered profile, but punch was used for the nostril and a smaller one for the eye. Very small ear low on head. Subject has a long, scraggly beard, hair and eyebrow, reminding one of “Fagin”. Collar is high, single line, and ill-defined.

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LOT 122

Above Ave/Above Ave

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $770 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man Wearing Derby

Probable Artist: "Peanut Ear"

Coin: 1913-P T1 (XF)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: classic old carved and punched hobo nickel. A typical nice carving by the artist nicknamed “Peanut Ear.” The subject has a shallow hat with usual small notch in top of dome. Nice ear. Hair, beard, and mustache formed with a small curved punch. Profile unaltered. Collar is a small V. Chisel dressed neck and field behind head. Nice eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Although we don’t know this artist by name, we have identified him as “Peanut Ear” because of the shape of the ear on his carvings. Most of his works are very similar, with the same hat, hair, and mustache (hair extending under forward hat brim), and “V” shaped collar. He is a very prolific classic carver.

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LOT 123

Above Ave (H)/Above Ave (L)

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $275 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Irishman

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: 1913-P T2 (XF)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Classic old hobo nickel. By a yet-to-be nicknamed artist who carved Irishmen. Bald top of head. Carved hair and beard under chin. Light punches above and below the mouth. Incuse ear. Simple line collar. Tall furrowed forehead. Nicely altered profile. Smooth field at left; neck not as nicely dressed. This is an unusual subject with nice eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Well done representation (probably) of an Irishman, complete with bald spot on back of the head, heavy eyebrow and brow furrows. Interesting shaped ear, stubble mustache, and long hair. Profile altered as is mouth. Single line for collar.

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LOT 124

Above Ave (H)/Above Ave (H)

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $495 Mail _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man Wearing Derby

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: No Date-D T2

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Classic old totally carved hobo nickel, well made, with bold hat, hair, and collar. Nice hat with raised thin wrap-around brim, bow on band, shallow dome. Nice hair. No ear (what might look like an ear, I take to be a bold lock of hair.) Subject has a simple broad wide collar. Profile unaltered. Field nicely dressed. Has slight resemblance to works of Ron Landis. This is a plate coin, Romines-II page 45.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Works of this talented artist have been seen and documented before, but as is almost always the case, we do not know him by name. Hat, hatband and bow are expertly carved, as is the (light) beard and hair. Ear is tilted and well back on the head. Profile is unaltered.

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LOT 125

Above Ave/Average (H)

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $247.50 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man Wearing Derby

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: No Date-P T2 (VF)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Old totally carved classic hobo nickel. Subject has a shallow hat with a curved wrap-around brim with an awkward notch at the front. Also, the subject has a simple band, carved texture on dome, carved hair, bushy beard, mustache, and eyebrow. The ear is indistinct and small (better seen at arm’s length). Profile unaltered. The collar is unusual. Nicely dressed field with Liberty removed. Nice eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: This is probably as typical as one could find for a hobo nickel carving. Usual subject (bearded man wearing derby), and well carved hair, beard, etc. The profile is unaltered except for a small punch for the nostril. The ear is small and ill-defined. Wrap around hat brim is a feature not usually seen on most carvings.

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LOT 126

Superior (L)/Above Ave (L)

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $220 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man Wearing Derby

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: No Date-P T2 (XF)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Classic old totally carved hobo nickel, with nicely carved bold features. Hat has raised curved brim, bow on band, shallow dome. Subject has neat hair, beard, mustache, and eyebrow. The profile, eye, and (the small oval) mouth were altered. Nice double collar with gemstone. Nice lined shading accents on hat, collars, etc. The field was nicely dressed and Liberty was removed.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Very low crowned derby with accent lines at front and back as well as on hatband and bow. Special design tool used to form hair, beard, etc. and ear very small, low on head. Profile unaltered, but mouth and eye slightly changed. Subject has a very nice collar with a jeweled stickpin at the neck. Field was completely dressed.

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LOT 127

Above Ave (H)/Above Ave

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $1,100 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man Wearing Derby

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: 1913-P T1 (XF)/(XF-AU)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Old carved hobo nickel. The artist first smoothed down the obverse (except the face), then carved thin-line features (hat, ear, hair, beard, double collar with necktie and striped shirt, and the 3 items in the field; pawnbroker balls, gemstone, $.) Eye redone, and nose slightly rounded. The mustache is faint. Nice eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: This carving employs the fine line, smooth surface technique with a cross batch hat crown, etc. Delicate “chicken scratch” hair/beard and very light mustache. Shirt, coat, tie are all expertly carved. The ear is small. Three symbols in field ($ sign, diamond and pawn broker balls) evidently had some significance to the carver.

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LOT 128

Superior/Superior

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $4,180 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Bearded Man Wearing Derby

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: No Date-D T2 (XF)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Classic old hobo nickel. Nice small hat and punched hair, beard, mustache. Profile totally altered, along with eye and cigarette in mouth. Entire field with nice pounded texture, on which is engraved “In God We Trust—Others Pay Cash” Thin neck, double collar with flower. Air holes are on the hair. Lots of alterations and nice eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: A neat carving with a message from the artist: “In God We Trust-Others Pay Cash” Ethnically altered profile; subject smoking cigarette. Very short hat brim on stippled crown hat with 2 holes in it and a nicely carved hatband/bow. Small ear; small punch used for hair, beard, etc. Eye and mouth altered. “Pencil Neck”.

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LOT 129

Superior/Above Ave

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $550 _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Obverse: FDR

Reverse: Donkey

Probable Artist: Unknown

Coin: 1936-S (VF-XF)/(F)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Totally carved old political hobo nickel. Nice depictions of FDR, with big round head, droopy chin, and lightly carved hair and ear; also, a wide neck with no collar.  Nice profile alteration. Fields on both sides were nicely dressed. A beautiful bold donkey is on the reverse. This is a very unusual two-sided hobo nickel with great eye appeal.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Obverse flattened prior to carving of FDR. Subject has a large ear, thin hair and a very thick neck. Rather crude attempt at showing prince-nez glasses worn by FDR. Reverse depicts (probably Democratic) donkey, which is well done. This is certainly a different subject from the usual carving.

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LOT 130

Donation to OHNS

From Owen Covert

Above Ave/Average (H)

 

Hammer plus 10% Buyer's Fee... Final Price: _____ $71.50 Mail _____

Bidder Number: ___________

 

Man Wearing Cap

Probable Artist:

Coin: 1937-P (VG)

 

First Examiner: Alpert

Observations: Modern carving.

Nice portrait of a man wearing an unusual cap. Subject has carved ear, hair, eyebrow and mustache; also altered nose and a droopy chin. Nicely dressed field with Liberty removed. It was signed “OC” on the buffalo.

 

Second Examiner: Fivaz

Observations: Subject’s cap is unusual in that it is depressed in the center. Profile was altered and the man has a prominent Adam’s apple and a nicely formed ear. The coin has been antiqued.

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