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vermontensium Moderator United States 16677 Posts	Posted 10/26/2008 1:00 pm I know some of this art work is incredible and takes a highly skilled person. I also know that some of these could sell for quite a bit and know there are collectors who exclusively collect these for the love of the artwork. I love this series and would much rather collect them in their originality. What are your thoughts? swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff

CopperClassics New Member United States 23 Posts	Posted 10/26/2008 1:10 pm I appreciate the vintage examples by those early masters of the art. It represents a period in our history and the characters that we might not have known about. I don't give any value to recent works of art, no matter how artistic. It doesn't represent anything to me and I wouldn't think of collecting them. CCs Report this Post to the Staff
kena Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1682 Posts	Posted 10/26/2008 1:53 pm I agree that they represent a period of US history and the ones made by hand with just a knife show that the person making it had real talent. I would be concerned with no being able to tell a hand made one rather than one that is machine made. Report this Post to the Staff
kena Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1682 Posts	Posted 10/27/2008 05:42 am How much would one of those sell for? Report this Post to the Staff
hadleydog Pillar of the Community Canada 1267 Posts	Posted 10/27/2008 06:07 am Here's a link to the Original Hobo Nickel Society. http://www.hobonickels.org/ Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 10/27/2008 06:31 am zoom: That looks like a modern piece. Does anyone else agree? Report this Post to the Staff
zoombuff222 Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 10/27/2008 10:27 am TreasHunt - Yes. Early Modern. John Dorusa - probably from the 1980's. Sorry - didn't mean to imply that this one was from one of the early masters. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16677 Posts	Posted 10/27/2008 7:32 pm I've seen enough of these and that was my first thought as well. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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