- Monday, 25 January, 2021
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 51 Rare Unused Golf Postcard c1910. Produced by the Dunlop Golf Ball Co. George Duncan, with his advise on the Dunlop Golf Balls - Hard to obtain
Time Left
-58 days -19 hours -2 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£40.00
Lot 52 Rare Golf Postcard 1913. Produced by the Dunlop Golf Ball Co. Tom Ball, with his advise on the Dunlop Golf Balls - Hard to obtain
Time Left
-58 days -19 hours -1 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£40.00
Lot 53 Rare Unused Golf Postcard c1912. Produced by the Dunlop Golf Ball Co. C.H. Mayo, with his advise on the Dunlop Golf Balls - Hard to obtain
Time Left
-58 days -19 hours 0 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£40.00
Lot 54 Rare Golf Postcard c1913. Produced by the Dunlop Golf Ball Co. Frenchman Arnaud Massy, with his advise on the Dunlop Golf Balls - Hard to obtain
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -59 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£51.00
Lot 55 Rare Golf Postcard 1912. Produced by the Dunlop Golf Ball Co. Michael Moran, with his advise on the Dunlop Golf Balls - Hard to obtain
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -58 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£40.00
Lot 56 Scarce 1920s Tourist Booklet 'Lucerne & Central Switzerland' Attractive Period Golfer Front Cover - all very good condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -57 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
Lot 57 Scarce 1915 Tourist Booklet 'Golf Monte-Carlo' Attractive Period Lady Golfer Front Cover - all very good condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -56 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
Lot 58 Stunning & Very Scarce Coloured Golf Ball Postcard used dated 1906 (Springvale) Titled 'THE HAWKS ARE FLYING' reference to their famous golf ball the Hawk - Ideal to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -55 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£70.00
Lot 59 Unique HARRY VARDON Railway Postcard 'IRISH GOLF LINKS' unused circa 1905. Produced by the London & North Western Railways. One if not the most attractive and scarce postcards there is!
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -54 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£70.00
£70.00
Lot 60 Stunning & Very Scarce Coloured Golf Ball Postcard unused dated c1907 (Springvale) Titled 'THE KITE CLEARS ALL HAZARDS' reference to their famous golf ball the Kite - Perfect to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -53 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£40.00
Lot 61 Very Rare 1906 Postcard depicting the game 'CLOCK GOLF' We have all seen the metal Roman numeral numbers but never this postcard, that advertises the price lists 114 years ago. Ideal to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -52 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
Lot 62 Stunning & Very Scarce Coloured Golf Ball Postcard dated 1906 (Springvale) Titled 'THE KITE WHERE DID THAT COME FROM ?' reference to their famous golf ball the Kite - Perfect to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -51 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£40.00
£40.00
Lot 63 Scarce Art-Deco 1920 Schweppes GINGER ALE advertisment postcard. Golfers overlooking the golf course. Perfect to display. Unused card
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -50 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
£30.00
Lot 64 Scarce Art-Deco 1920 SchweppesCIDER advertisment postcard. Golfers overlooking the golf course. Perfect to display. Unused card
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -49 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
£30.00
Lot 65 Classic Reference Book! J. S. F. Murdoch. The Murdoch Golf Library 1991 'Subscribers Edition' signed by author - No. 156 of only 215 copies ever produced. MINT In its Slipcase & book with its dust jacket - 233 pages all mint condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -48 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
£50.00
Lot 66 'DELUX EDITION' Donovan & Murdoch, Game Of Golf: The Printed Word 1566 to 1985 - Full leather limited edition copy number with its slipcase 339 of 375 copies - Signed by both Authors & Herbert Warren Wind. Mint Unused Copy
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -47 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
£35.00
Lot 67 Bernard Darwin. Six Golfing Shots by Six Famous Players 1927 1st edition, classic Darwin title - very illusive when its in such a nice condition (scarce dark blue covers)
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -46 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£25.00
£50.00
Lot 68 'Stunning Copy' Bernard Darwin. James Braid 1952 1st edition in its very attractive dust jacket. Fine account of James Braids life in golf
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -45 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
£30.00
Lot 69 Bernard Darwin. The Games Afoot! 'An Anthology of Sports' including golf. 1926 1st edition - chapters by HG Hutchinson - JL Low - T Simpson & Bernard Darwin 330 printed pages
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -44 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
£20.00
Lot 70 Peter Ryde. Stunning History of Royal Mid Surrey - 'Characters & Kings' 1991 1st Limited Edition Copy Number 67 - Mint Unused Condition in its see through Dust Jacket - 140 pages
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -43 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£15.00
£15.00
Lot 71 Thomas Mathison. The Goff 1981 USGA edition Mint condition in its Slipcase. A remake of the very first ever golf book
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -42 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
£20.00
Lot 72 A.J. Cochran. Science and Golf : Proceedings of the First World Scientific Congress of Golf rare 1990 1st edition. 374 pages
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -41 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
£20.00
Lot 73 Christies Auctioneers London. Origins of Golf 2012 Ortiz Patino Collection Catalogue. Stunning reference guide - contains one of the worlds greatest memorabilia collections. Mint unused, 226 pages
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -40 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
£45.00
Lot 74 (Rare Book) Horace G. Hutchinson. Golf Greens and Greenkeeping 1906 1st edition - Cornerstone classic in good condition, plus chapters from Hugh Hamilton, Henry Hunter, H S Colt, Herbert Fowler, S. Mure Fergusson, Harold Hilton
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -39 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£75.00
£110.00
Lot 75 Bernard Darwin. A Round Of Golf On The LNER 1925 (rare) first edition - wonderful golf course guide with 127 pages - Darwin at his best!
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -38 mins -4 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£185.00
Lot 76 Bernard Darwin. A Round Of Golf (On The LNER) 1937 Pictorial covers edition - wonderful golf course guide with 126 pages - complete with fold out maps - stunning copy!
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -37 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£80.00
Lot 77 Ignotus 'Golf In A Nutshell' 1919 1st edition - a scarce first edition - Seldom seen book. VG Condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -36 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£15.00
£15.00
Lot 78 1951 Ryder Cup Program (A special VIPs & Players Copy) Red Covers Hardback Version. Played at Pinehurst NC USA. Program is in excellent condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -35 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£25.00
£40.00
Lot 79 Eighty Eight Years History. J. A. Colver. A History of Lindrick Golf Club 1891 - 1979 dated 1980 in dust jacket - Fine condition 40 years old!
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -34 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£12.00
£12.00
Lot 80 Very Rare 'Glasgow & Southern Railway 'Far & Sure' GOLFING RESORTS trade card. Advertising champion golfer James Braid & the Scottish Resorts by manager David Cooper. Reverse of the card gives information on the golfer and its resorts. 7 by 2 inches c1910 VGC Perfect to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -33 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£55.00
Lot 81 Very Rare 'Glasgow & Southern Railway 'Far & Sure' GOLFING RESORTS trade card. Advertising champion golfer T.R Fernie (Tom) & the Scottish Resorts depicted by the manager David Cooper. Reverse of the card gives information on the golfer and its resorts. 7 by 2 inches c1910 VGC Perfect to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -32 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£50.00
Lot 82 Very Rare 'Glasgow & Southern Railway 'Far & Sure' GOLFING RESORTS trade card. Advertising Amateur champion golfer E.B.H. Blackwell & the Scottish Resorts depicted by the manager David Cooper. Reverse of the card gives information on the golfer and its resorts. 7 by 2 inches c1910 VGC Perfect to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -31 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£50.00
Lot 83 Very Rare 'Glasgow & Southern Railway 'Far & Sure' GOLFING RESORTS trade card. Advertising golfer H.E. Taylor & the Scottish Resorts depicted by the manager David Cooper. Reverse of the card gives information on the golfer and its resorts. 7 by 2 inches c1910 VGC Perfect to display
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -30 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£70.00
£70.00
Lot 84 Rare Unused Golf Postcard c1900 'Colonel Bogey Whisky' Avert Trade Postcard. Attractrive card in VG Condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -29 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£45.00
£45.00
Lot 85 Stunning Wrench Series Unused Postcard c1903 William Auchterlonie Champion 1893. Posing for the camera. Rare card in Very Good condition. Wrench Series number 2009
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -28 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£70.00
£150.00
Lot 86 Rare Wrench Series Unused Postcard c1900 Tom Morris - John Laidlay & Mr. Scott at St. Andrews Rare card in Very Good condition. Wrench Series number 1987
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -27 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£70.00
£120.00
Lot 87 Rare Wrench Series Unused Postcard c1900 Mure Fergusson & John Laidlay at St. Andrews Rare card in Very Good + condition. Wrench Series number 1984
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -26 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£70.00
£70.00
Lot 88 Rare Wrench Series Used Postcard dated 1903 Mr. John Ball Jnr & The Late Mr. F.G. Tait at St. Andrews. Rare card. Wrench Series number 1983
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -25 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£65.00
Lot 89 Rare Wrench Series Unused Postcard dated 1903 (Tom Morris) The Golf Clubhouse at St. Andrews. Rare card. Wrench Series number 2039
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -24 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£50.00
Lot 90 Rare Golf Ball Trade Postcard Henleys 'Why Not' card dates from around 1906 - Coloured card which is perfect to display. The cards reverse highlights the reasons to choose this ball
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -23 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£60.00
£126.00
Lot 91 Unique Golf Ball Trade Postcard 'SILVERKING' Golf Ball Successes 1911 Britsh Amateur & 1912 Open Championships won by Ted Ray. Vardon & Braid also used the ball. In fine display condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -22 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£80.00
£95.00
Lot 92 Rare 1917 Railway Poster Golf Postcard advertising 'Golf In North Eastern England York' Stunning postcard
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -21 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£50.00
Lot 93 Scarce American Golf Ball Postcard 'Liquid & Solid Center Golf Balls' dated 1942 (War Year Card) In excellent condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -20 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£20.00
£20.00
Lot 94 Best Golf Ball Trade Postcard available (I think so) advertising Martins ZOME ZODIAC Golf Balls. Unused postcard c1919 - Premier League status postcard in excellent condition. More than likely the only on available for sale
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -19 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£55.00
£165.00
Lot 95 The Silvertown Co Postcard 1934, advertising their rubber components & the SILVER KING golf ball. Very attractive postcard
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -18 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
£30.00
Lot 96 STUNNING Golf Ball Trade Postcard advertising 'THE FALCON' Golf Balls. Used postcard dated 1906 - Premier League status postcard in excellent display condition. More than likely the only on available for sale
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -17 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£115.00
Lot 97 Unique & Unusual Golf Postcard. J. P. Cochrane 'The Challenger' Golf Ball Unused c1906. Showing Scotland's Heaviest Boy aged 19 who is holding a golf ball
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -16 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£60.00
£60.00
Lot 98 Rare Golf Ball Trade Postcard. The Dexter Golf Ball produced by the Argus Ball Co. Dated c1910
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -15 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£30.00
Lot 99 Bernard Darwin. Tee Shots And Others 1911 1st edition - Darwins first golf book - in good condition
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -14 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£50.00
£100.00
Lot 100 Bobby Jones. Golf is My Game 1961.1st edition in its attractive dust jacket - cult classic
Time Left
-58 days -18 hours -13 mins -5 secs
Starting Price
£15.00
£15.00