GOLF & WOMEN'S GOLF PAIR OF RARE AND EARLY CELLULOID ITEMS.
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Winning Bid:
$105.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
4
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #211 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1196 in auction 211
Value Code:
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Item Description
First piece is 4-1/8" tall with celluloid covers over a pad of papers for scoring a game of golf but also with each alternating page showing a golf club of the "Crawford, McGregor & Canby Company, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A." with below the club illustration an image of a woman golfer in hat and long skirt going through a swing so that when the pages are flipped she is shown in motion. Front and back covers include the company name just mentioned along with "Willie Dunn" who was a famous presence in early American golf. He was an architect, instructor, tournament player and businessman. He was the son of one of the famous brothers "Dunnie" whose exploits on the links against Old Tom and Allan Robertson are a core tenet of early golf professionalism. Millionaire W.E. Vanderbilt sponsored Willie's first trip to the United States in 1893 where he spent the summer giving lessons at the famed Newport (Rhode Island) golf club. His celebrity bloodline made Willie an advertising asset and he moved to this Dayton company in 1897. The cello covers carry the name of maker W&H and we would estimate the piece to be c.1905-1910. Second item is 4.25" tall with celluloid covers also naming maker W&H and with tiny patent date of 1905. Side depicting bag holding golf clubs reads "Liberty Counter/Manufactured By The Liberty Bell Co. Bristol, Conn. U.S.A." The cover slides open to reveal an overlapping array of celluloid sheets numbered 1-9 with wheels to the left and right to keep count of the strokes on each hole between two players. Top sheet here carries patent date from 1901. Covers of this piece have a little scattered light tan toning but no serious damage. These are the earliest celluloid American golf related items we have seen in five decades.
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