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Saturday, 20 April, 2019

Old Sports Auctions Ltd is the Company which has evolved as the primary internet auction site for handling the sale and purchase of sporting memorabilia especially golf memorabilia. The success of internet trading has created the demand for a high quality, knowledgeable supplier to satisfy the needs of the discerning collector, and the Company created by Graham Rowley is perfectly designed to satisfy that need.

Graham Rowley is a member of the Golf Collectors Society in both Britain and America, and is a regular attendee at meetings and fairs designed to promote the collecting of sporting artefacts and literature. So successful has this been that he is now acknowledged as one of the few who has expertise extending to virtually all areas of golf collecting, a skill that has extended into the general sports arena. His reputation for helping and encouraging new collectors is well founded, matching the desires of new devotees with advice on how to acquire the best from their individual collections, at the most advantageous cost, and without wasting time on futile expeditions with little reward.

His knowledge of the auction scene throughout Great Britain and the USA has enabled him to unearth some unique items of memorabilia for release to the collecting world. In addition he has acted on commission to acquire single items and collections for the most serious collectors around the world. He has dealt with collectors from over thirty five countries, enjoying their confidence because of the extensive knowledge and contacts that he has developed within the collecting fraternity, where trust is a vital element in the dealing.

Old Sports Auctions Ltd will continue to offer this very individual and rewarding facet of the business, and will be happy to receive enquiries from individuals seeking to enhance their collections in a selective manner. In an environment where the value of individual items can vary from a few pounds to hundreds of thousands for the rarest pieces, particularly where there is provenance available to endorse them, expert knowledge is critical in assessing true value, a skill and an art that has been exhibited by Graham Rowley on numerous occasions. Graham's thirty five years in the collecting arena have given him a unique knowledge and awareness of the marketplace, a knowledge that will benefit all the clients using either the web auctions or the personal acquisition commissioning. He has created the ideal supply and demand vehicle in a very selective environment, one that will serve clients on each and every transaction.

Lot 451 RARE UNLISTED GOLF TURFGRASS BULLETIN: FERTILIZING ?TIFGREEN? BERMUDA GRASS GOLF GREEN IN LOUISIANA. 34 numbered pages with twenty Tables of Effects of Treatments.

Time Left

-19 days -14 hours -39 mins -32 secs

Starting Price

Ł20.00

Dated 1982

Lot 451 RARE UNLISTED GOLF TURFGRASS BULLETIN: FERTILIZING ?TIFGREEN? BERMUDA GRASS GOLF GREEN IN LOUISIANA. 34 numbered pages with twenty Tables of Effects of Treatments.

Lot 452 HOW TO SCORE 85 WITH EASE by H. A. HATTSTROM. Illustrated cover, 4 pages. Scarce hard to obtain

Lot 453 SOUTHERNDOWN GOLF CLUB (Ladies Section) FIXTURE LIST for 1950.

Lot 454 VOLUME ONE NUMBER ONE ISSUE: TRAVEL SOUTH USA?S SOUTHERN STATES GOLF GUIDE 1972-1973. Illustrated wrappers (famous lighthouse at Hilton Head), 48 numbered pages. May have been the only year of publication.

Lot 455 RARE HISTORY. THE EDINBURGH GOLFING SOCIETY reprinted from the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch 1906. Illustrated card covers, forty-six numbered pages and eight unnumbered pages of photographs and List of Office-Bearers to the Society.

Lot 456 SEX BEFORE GOLF by MARTIN RAGAWAY. Illustrated card covers, 48 pages.

Lot 457 HIT THE BALL, DRAG CHARLIE by G. & H. BLUMENFELD. Illustrated card covers, 48 pages

Lot 459 Rare Boxed 104th US Open Players Gift (Money Clip) From the golf archive of noted caddie Malcolm Mason. Mint Condition. Silk Lined Box. Clip is made by Miller Golf

Lot 460 UNCOMMON PAUL HAHN 1960s POSTCARD. PROFESSIONAL TRICKSHOT ARTIST and Professional at the Country Club of Miami.

Lot 461 TWO REAL PHOTO NORTH BERWICK POSTCARDS WITH ONE OF THE GOLFERS IDENTIFIED. These two cards contain one ?letter? from ?Bobby? to ?Pam? in which he talks about Bermuda weather, golf in Boca Grande Florida, leaving his golf book collection to her in due time

Lot 464 RARE REAL PHOTOGRAPH UNUSED POSTCARD OF PROFESSIONAL MISS HELEN DETWEILLER c1930s

Lot 465 FOUR PENNSYLVANIA POSTCARDS CIRCA 1910-1930. Including two of Pittsburgh GC

Lot 466 THREE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POSTCARDS EARLY 1900s.

Lot 467 FOUR NEW YORK STATE POSTCARDS. Oneida GC, Yahnundasis GC (Walter Travis design), Lake Placid Club (of No. 9 Upper Course, designed by Alex Findlay, revised by Dr. Alister Mackenzie), and a hand colored card of Watkins Glen Links circa 1920s.

Lot 468 TWO POSTCARDS OF THE NINTH HOLE ?ISLAND GREEN? AT PONTRE VEDRE BEACH GOLF CLUB, circa 1937. Built long before Dye?s famous seventeenth hole island green at TPC Sawgrass. Used for Sectional Qualifying for the US Open.

Lot 469 TWO BLACK AND WHITE POSTCARDS c1915 OF THE SHRINER?S 18 HOLE COURSE, IREM TEMPLE in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.

Lot 470 TROPICAL TRIPS GOLF COURSES AND HOTEL DIRECTORY 1927-28 published by the ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD. Rare Booklet

Lot 471 . OFFICIAL RACING PROGRAM MERRILL HILLS COUNTRY CLUB 1957. Illustrated card, four pages, folded. Uncommon golf tournament program: ?Any similarity between this event and a real horse race is purely accidental.? Complicated rules not fully explained.

Lot 472 Unique Previously Unknown Golf Novel. William Chisnall 'Snarl-Up' - Golf murder 172 pages, 1982. Centered around a seaside Golf Club on the West Coast of Scotland

Lot 473 Unique previously unlisted golf balls called 'DUDLEY' Three paper wrapped Square Meshed Patterned Balls c1925 - Recently found. No previous information on these balls. Perfect for ball enthusiasts

Lot 474 Rare c1920 Articulated Lead Golfer with his bag of clubs. From a children's game all complete and working, approx 2.5 inches tall - Full working order in fine codition

Lot 475 RARE Two lead Golfers dated 1920s mint condition - figures are hand painted and made in England. Standing on lead plinths

Lot 476 Unique two LADY lead Golfers dated c1920s mint condition - figures are hand painted and made in England. Hard to Obtain

Lot 477 Boxed Set with Driver Tool 'Blakey's Golf Spikes' circa 1950 - 21 shoe spikes with tool. Ideal to display

Lot 478 Rare golf club history. Jeam M. Russell. Old Manchester Golf Club 1818 to 1988. Book was gifted to club members and never sold commercially. Mint unused condition

Lot 479 1960 South African Ladies Amateur Golf Championships Program - In VG Condition

Lot 480 Very Rare Harold Riley Booket called THE BACK NINE 2012 Open Championship: Only 200 copies exist - Mint Unused Condition

Lot 481 Very Rare Harold Riley Golf Book. ON THE COURSE the 2012 Open Championship. Mint unused condition - extremely hard to obtain

Lot 482 (Rare Signed Copy) Harold Riley 'Sketches From The Belfry' 1993 Limited De Vere hardback edition - (never on general sale)Mint unused

Lot 483 Rare Delux 1991 Ryder Cup (Players) Programme signed by the complete European team including the late Sevy Ballesteros - Presentred by the PGA to famous golf photographer Lawrence Levy. Hardback with gilt letters

Lot 484 Two Ryder Cup Progams Years 1993 and Cancelled 2001. Both in excellent condition

Lot 485 Boxed Unused. c1950 J.N. Halley 'Captive Golf Ball' Pratice aid. Mint unused and ideal to display

Lot 486 NEW HAMPSHIRE VACATION INFORMATION FOLDER contains NEW HAMPSHIRE RECREATIONAL CALENDAR for 1949. Illustrated wrappers, illustrated, eight numbered pages

Lot 487 MORRIS COUNTY (NEW JERSEY) GOLF CLUB 1936. Club handbook. Cloth, sixty-four numbered pages. A very early US club, Morris County held the First US Women?s Amateur Tournament.

Lot 488 Rare 1st issue September 1890. GOLF A WEEKLY RECORD OF ?YE ROYAL AND ANCIENT? GAME VOLUME ONE, NUMBER ONE. Wrappers, sixteen numbered pages. Old reprint but still difficult to locate.

Lot 489 TIP TOP WEKLY MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. Full colour golf illustration on cover, thirty-two numbered pages. Golf plays a major role in this mystery. Rare

Lot 490 TIP TOP WEEKLY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 8, 1900. Full colour golf illustration on cover, thirty-two numbered pages. The action takes place on the golf course at Yale University. UNREAD COPY. Most of the pages of this scarce bit of early American golf fiction remain uncut.

Lot 491 RARE UNLISTED INSTRUCTION BOOK BY WORLD LONG DRIVING CHAMPION JIMMY THOMSON: A QUICK WAY TO LEARN TO GROOVE YOUR SWING. Illustrated wrappers, illustrated, 26 pages. First edition, 1959. Endorsed by Claude Harmon.

Lot 492 CHARLES MAXWELL. ADVENTURES OF THE WHITE GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD. Illustrated boards, 23 numbered pages. Delightful cover illustration of a young woman with her golf club striding forth into the light.

Lot 493 RARE. ASSOCIATED GOLFER OF AMERICA 1941 PASSBOOK IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Illustrated card covers, spiral bound, illustrated, 206 numbered pages

Lot 494 SCARCE ADVERTISING BROCHURE FOR BRIGANTINE COUNTRY CLUB (NEW JERSEY). Illustrated, four pages folded. A challenging links style course designed by Wayne Stiles and John Van Kleek

Lot 495 TWO VERY EARLY US POSTCARDS FROM PALM BEACH FLORIDA circa 1898 in fine condition. Golfer and black caddie approach perfectly square sand 'green' on one card and the other is a panoramic view of the links with player and black caddie.

Lot 496 TWO VERY EARLY POSTCARDS FROM AUGUSTA circa 1900 and 1911, one showing the clubhouse with three horse drawn wagons, the other with elegantly dress players on the course

Lot 497 THREE OLD POSTCARDS WITH LADY GOLFERS. Views of clock golf being played at Royal Palm Florida and a scene in Miami in Florida with ladies and their black caddies, and at the upscale resort at Lake Mahopac in New York. Superb cards

Lot 498 TWO OLD POSTCARDS OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA, THE OLDEST CITY IN AMERICA, AND WHAT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE OLDEST COURSES IN THE COUNTRY which played around the old fort San Marco. RARE

Lot 499 RARE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF THE FAMOUS REDAN HOLE AT NORTH BERWICK. Thought of as one of if not the best par three in the world, it has been copied and replicated by other architects including Charles Blair Macdonald at The National Golf Links.

Lot 500 UNCOMMON ACCORDION STYLE POSTCARD PACKAGE FROM CLARK?S SUNSET GOLF COURSE in St. Petersburg Florida circa 1937. In the height of the Great Depression this was an advertising enticement on steroids. Unfolds to reveal sixteen views.