Golf - Cards

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Lot 352.  1900 Clarkes Golf Terms partial set of 10 (of 12). Even rarer set than the similar Faulkner set. Comic cards with golf terms entirely different than used in the Faulkner set, all with Clark’s Turkish Cigarettes blue and white ad on the back. The 2 missing cards are “All Square” and “An uneven Match”. One card has been graded, “A Scratch Player” is a PSA NM 7. One of the cards has an even rarer variation on the back for “Seddon” patent cork mouthpieces. The raw cards are all good-very good with clean undamaged backs.
Minimum Bid $600.


Lot 353.  Complete SGC/PSA Graded set of 12 W.F. Faulkner Golf Terms from 1901. Extremely rare, seldom offered set of 12 humour cards representing golf terms. Very difficult to find in nice condition, this set with 8 cards graded by SGC and 4 by PSA is well above average. The average grade is 4.3 with nothing less than a 3. Produced by a London company for their Grenadier Cigarettes brand. The set includes “Giving it Socks” SGC 60 EX 5, “Pressed from Behind” PSA VG 3, “A Nasty Lie “ SGC EX 5, “Two Up and one to Play” SGC 80 EX/NM 6, “Two to One against Bogey” SGC 50 VG/EX 4, “Well forward” SGC 60 EX 5, “A Tee Caddy” PSA VG-EX+ 4.5, “A Halved Match” SGC 40 VG 3, “A Rub of the Green” SGC 40 VG 3, “Agriculture” PSA EX 5, “Fore” PSA EX-MT 6 and “Caught in a Bunker” SGC 40 VG 3.
Winning Bid $1,000.


Lot 354.  1902 F & J Smiths Champions of Sport #22-Tom Morris SGC 30 GOOD 2. Same photo and style of the Ogdens golf cards of the same period, though infinitely rarer. Unlike Ogdens, the backs are numbered, have biographical information and have red print. The card has a ¾” crease near the top and is otherwise clean, front and back.
Winning Bid $1,100.


Lot 355.  1925 Exhibit Co of America Champions exhibit of Gene Sarazen. One of the rarest golf cards known from the very rare Exhibit Company’s set of Athletic Champions. The set featured champions from all over the world and included Babe Ruth. Although this Sarazen card is the only one I’ve seen, I’ve seen writings mentioning a couple of others. In 1925 Sarazen was the rising star in Professional Golf, with Walter Hagan well established and Bobby Jones, though an amateur, just becoming known. Unfortunately, the card is not in the best of condition. It is trimmed, was glued in an album and shows some back damage and has 3 thumb tack holes in the upper left corner. The card presents well and is a striking pose of Sarazen.
Minimum Bid $500.


Lot 356.  1929 Dockman “Star Candy” Johnny Farrell card. Prior to the summer of 2008, an amazing find of 72 1929 John Dockman cards were discovered in their original box. Each card in the collection, which included 4 Babe Ruths, a Walter Johnson, Lou Gehrig, a golf card and 66 non baseball Almost all of the cards were in original envelopes with several pieces of gum balls and stapled shut. The Ruth cards have been subsequently auctioned and brought over $5,000 each. The golf card was Johnny Farrell and confirms the date of the set as Farrell won the U.S. Open in 1928. The card measures 1 7/8” x 2 7/8”, has a clean excellent front and some staining on the rear from the gum balls. The only copy known.
Winning Bid $2,662.


Lot 357.  1926 Imperial Tobacco Company’s “How It Happened…...” set. A 126 card set with 7 cards, each representing a different stroke outcome on 18 fictional holes. for a total of 126 cards. The cards show comic renditions. There are also 2 different back possibilities for each of the 126 cards. Offered in this lot is a complete set of 126 plus 76 of the back variations for a total of 202 cards. The main set of 126 have almost all cards in minimally excellent condition. The 76 variations range from fair (just a few) to excellent. It is also worth mentioning that there is a premium offer on the back for those sending 18 cards (one for each hole) and a score (from the number of strokes on the cards) totaling 72. The premium is a set of 6 Premium cards (9” x 11 3/4”) entitled “The Perils of Golf. A warehouse find has made this premium set, once considered a rarity, common. Putting together the 126 card set here is not an easy chore.
Minimum Bid $500.


Lot 358.  1928 Churchman Men of the Moment in Sport set of 50 including 10 Golfers with Bobby Jones high graded. Set of 50 includes #27-Bobby Jones (SGC 80 EX/NM 6). Other golfers include Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and Abe Mitchell. Other Athletes include Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. All the other cards average ex-mt.
Minimum Bid $500.


Lot 359.  1928 Churchman Men of the Moment in Sport set (Large) of 12 including Bobby Jones. The Jones card which certainly looks minimally like an ex-mt card has been graded SGC 40 VG 3. The other golfer in the set is Abe Mitchell is ex-mt as is Boxer Gene Tunney. The remaining cards are all excellent or ex-mt.
Minimum Bid $300.


Lot 360.  1939 Donut Company of America Bobby Jones Card. Part of a 72 card package design set which donut boxes had cards as part of the box. Set commemorating Famous Americans including some sports figures. The Jones card notes his "Grand Slam" win of all four golf majors 7 years earlier. Neatly cut and graded to “A” by PSA because all the black lines are not showing (they never are).. There are some paper remains on the otherwise blank box from being pasted in an album. similar example of Jones brought $2,354 in our April 2005 auction and $1,432 in our 2006 auctions.
Winning Bid $605.
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