Hobo Nickel收集者Candace Kagin宣布计划清算她的600多件收藏

Hobo Nickel收藏家Candace Kagin在2025年春季的Bo Tales（原始Hobo Nickel Society的官方杂志）上宣布，她计划在2025年和2026年由Stack的Bowers Galleries在2025年和2026年举行的一系列公共拍卖中清算她的600多人Hobo Nickel Collection。

Candace Kagin, a fervent collector of hobo nickels, is set to unveil her more than 600-piece collection in a series of public auctions to be held in 2025 and 2026 by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, as announced in the Spring 2025 issue of Bo Tales—the official journal of the Original Hobo Nickel Society.

热情的Hobo Nickels收藏家Candace Kagin将在2025年和Stack的Bowers Galleries于2025年和2026年举行的一系列公开拍卖中推出她超过600件的收藏。

The first session will take place in August at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Oklahoma City.

第一届会议将于八月在俄克拉荷马城的美国钱币协会的世界博览会上举行。

Hobo nickels are unique pieces of numismatic art. They begin with struck Indian Head 5-cent coins, which artists modify by carving new designs or altering the existing design. These creations are crafted using carving tools or even simpler items like nails.

流浪汉镍是数值艺术的独特作品。他们从撞击印度头5美分硬币开始，艺术家通过雕刻新设计或改变现有设计来修改。这些作品是使用雕刻工具甚至更简单的物品（例如指甲）制成的。

Kagin’s collection features classic and modern hobo nickels, starting with 5-cent coins dated 1913 through the end of the coin series in 1938.

Kagin的系列具有经典和现代的Hobo Nickels，从1913年到1938年硬币系列结束的5美分硬币开始。

Kagin has been collecting hobo nickels for over two decades, beginning when she attended her first OHNS auction in January 2004 at the Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando. In 2012, Kagin acquired the 200+ piece hobo nickel collection of Larry Frost, increasing her own holdings to more than 600 pieces.

卡金（Kagin）从2004年1月在奥兰多举行的佛罗里达联合学分主义者大会上参加了她的第一次OHNS拍卖，一直在收集Hobo Nickels二十年来。 2012年，卡金（Kagin）收购了拉里·弗罗斯特（Larry Frost）的200多件霍奇镍系列，将自己的股份增加到了600多件。

Kagin's early collecting attention was drawn to hobo nickels that depicted women or were made by women.

卡金（Kagin）早期收集的关注被吸引到了描绘女性或由妇女制造的hobo镍镍。

Some of the rarer individual carvings, valued in the thousands of dollars, are expected to realize considerably more than their purchase price when they hit the auction block.

一些稀有的个人雕刻价值数千美元，预计将在拍卖块时实现的价格要大得多。

Among the pieces to be offered in the August auction are works pedigreed to recognized hobo artists Bertrand "Bert" Wiegand and his protégé and often traveling companion, George Washington "Bo" Hughes.

在八月拍卖中要提供的作品中，有作品是为公认的流浪汉艺术家伯特兰德·贝特·韦根（Bertrand“ Bert” Wiegand）和他的门生和经常旅行的伴侣乔治·华盛顿·“ bo” Hughes的作品。

Both men traveled the country for years aboard freight trains, hitching rides and often executing their art pieces while traveling, exchanging them for a meal or a safe place to sleep.

两人都在货运火车上旅行多年，搭便车，经常在旅行时执行艺术品，换成一顿饭或安全的睡眠场所。

In his 1982 reference Hobo Nickels, author Delma K. Romines explains that Weigand carved his hobo nickels from 1913 through 1949. Wiegand often signed his work by removing the LI and Y from the inscribed LIBERTY, leaving just BERT. Sometimes Weigand would carve the date into one of his works.

作者Delma K. Romines在1982年的参考Hobo Nickels中解释说，Weigand从1913年到1949年就雕刻了Hobo Nickels。Wiegand经常通过将Li和Y从题词的自由中删除，而签署了他的作品，只留下了Bert。有时，韦格达（Weigand）会将日期刻成他的一件作品。

Bo began employing his carving skills about 1915, frequently signing his work GH, GWH or George H. At the time of Romines' book publication, only one hobo nickel executed by Hughes was known to have been signed as BO.

Bo在1915年左右开始采用自己的雕刻技巧，经常签署他的作品GH，GWH或George H.在《漫画书出版》时期，Hughes执行的Hobo Nickel只有一个被称为Bo。

Each hobo nickel carver's work is often identifiable by their differentiated styles, which longtime collectors can easily discern.

每个流浪汉镍雕刻师的作品通常都可以通过其差异化风格来识别，长期收藏家可以很容易地辨别出这些样式。

Wiegand, according to Romines, was last publicly seen in 1949 in Florida. Hughes is known to have executed superior carvings until the year 1957, when he suffered an injury to his left hand, resulting in paralysis and modifications to his carving style.

据《浪漫史》报道，威根（Wiegand）于1949年在佛罗里达州公开出现。众所周知，休斯一直处于上级雕刻，直到1957年，他的左手受伤，导致了瘫痪和雕刻风格的修改。