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Wednesday, 30 September, 2020

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 Stunning 35 inch Walking Stick (Sabbath Club) with period 1900 Bramble patterned golf ball (Silver) has brass tip. Perfect to display

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Stunning 35 inch Walking Stick (Sabbath Club) with period 1900 Bramble patterned golf ball (Silver) has brass tip. Perfect to display

Lot 51 Stunning 35 inch Walking Stick (Sabbath Club) with period 1900 Bramble patterned golf ball (Silver) has brass tip. Perfect to display

Lot 52 Signed Copy. Bernard Darwin. Golf Between Two Wars 1944 1st edition - chapters on Open & Amateur Championships, Architecture - Club & Balls - a great book to read!

Lot 53 Rare French Book.1929 L'annuaire des Golfs (1929 Golf Directory) Massive Golf Guide with 925 numbered pages. The book covers French courses Also 17 European Countries. Shows course plans clubhouse photos from 91 years ago

Lot 54 J Hacker & G Shiels. Golf Course Presentation 1992 1st edition. Book of the golf course. VG Condition

Lot 55 Scarce program 'The Opening of New Course 1964' Stowe Schoo. Exhition Match with John Jacobs, Peter Townsend Bernard Hunt & Shirley Ward. + Demonstrations. Very few if any still exist!

Lot 56 Scarce French Golf Book. C. M. Laurent 'Le Golf Miniature' 1970. How to make a miniature golf coures, golf rules ect

Lot 57 Rare 1933 Golf Calander produced by the famous postcard maker Rapheal Tuck & Sons - Comical front cover of Boy Golfer. 13 by 8 inches ideal to display

Lot 58 Scarce unlisted 1920s Board Card Game (Boxed) Called Plot Golf - Has a large course map plans of Gleneagles - Comes with Rules Board & Dice (looks all complete) Basically in unused condition

Lot 59 (With Rare DW) Anthony Wynne. Death of a Golfer circa 1950s no date

Lot 60 R & A Celibrating 250 years by P Lewis & A Howe 2004. In fine unused condition

Lot 61 John K. Coleridge. The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club - Its History 1892 to 1992. in mint condition in dust jacket

Lot 62 H Caw & B Henderson 100 year history of Royal County Down GC Ireland 1988 1st ed in DW - mint condition with 128 pages

Lot 63 Scarce History. M Kerr & Others. 100 years history of the Portsalon Golf Club (Ireland) 1891 to 1991. 160 pages comes with a period scorecard

Lot 64 M Blakstad. Liphook Golf Club. The Story. A scarce history

Lot 65 Rare unlisted Golf Club Handbook. Robert H.K. Browning. Torbay Golf Club dated 1940 - very rare war year handbook, not publically circulated

Lot 66 (Rare) Royal & Ancient Golf Club. Rules of Golf booklet dated 1933 with 36 pages. Plus Rules of Golf Booklet 1920 to 1933 - in very good condition

Lot 67 Unlisted Booklet. Fulford (York) Golf Club. The Record Scorer. Dated 1938 has 28 pages - Mint unused booklet

Lot 68 Unique unlisted booklet. Glamorgan Home Guard Golfing Society Rules Book dated 1945. WW11 did not stop them from playing golf. Maybe the only copy still in existance. Super fine condition

Lot 69 Unique unlisted book 'The Army Golfing Society Handbook dated 1939' Uncirculated due to WW11 - It has 108 pages

Lot 70 Rare History. Peter Bathurst. Oxford & Cambridge Golfing Society 'THE PRESIDENTS PUTTER 1947 to 1971' Seldom seen history, privately produced for members of the Society

Lot 71 Rare Belgium Studio Photo of Amateur Golf Champion Charles Hutchings c1895 - 4 by 2.5 inches - Dupont Brussells

Lot 72 Early postcard 1903 titled PUTTING, showing Hugh Kirkcaldy at St. Andrews

Lot 73 Two View golf postcard (unused) of St. Andrews, Shows Old Tom Morris & the castle, produced by R Tuck & Sons c1905 - Scarce postcard

Lot 74 Unused postcard of Chertsey Golf Links c1915

Lot 75 Early postcard 1906 'The Golf House Woodhall Spa'

Lot 76 1967 St. Andrews Thistle Golf Club Anniversary Dinner Card. Has a brief history of the club from 1807 to 1967. List of members which includes Bobby Locke. Only members who wend to the dinner got one. Less than 100 were produced

Lot 77 Rare Dinner Menus from 1912. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. 108 years old

Lot 78 1940s Three Panal Fold Out Booklet of GREYWALLS Hotel Gullane. The famous hotel adjacent to Muirfield (HCEGC)

Lot 79 Mackenzie & Ebert. Proposal Brochure (68 pages) for Dunluce & Valley Golf Courses (Royal Portrush). Undated in VG Condition

Lot 80 H Lord & P Pugh. Masters of Design: Great courses of Colt, Mackenzie, Allison & Morrison. 2009 mint unused condition. 445 Pages of great architecture and photography

Lot 81 Rare TOM MORRIS 1901 Ogdens Guinea Gold tobacco card in excellent condition - ideal to display

Lot 82 Rare J (Tom) MORRIS 1901 Ogdens Tabs tobacco card in excellent condition - ideal to display

Lot 83 Unique unlisted! J Baines Ltd Sheild Cards. J H Taylor c1897 in stunning condition - This card has never been at auction before

Lot 84 Unique unlisted! J Baines Ltd Sheild Cards. James Braid c1897 in stunning condition - This card has never been at auction before

Lot 85 Rare Very Early. J Baines Ltd Sheild Cards. Golfer c1890 - Almost impossible to obtain

Lot 86 Rare Colourful J Baines Ltd Sheild Cards. Golfer c1900 - Almost impossible to obtain in this condition

Lot 87 Signed Studio Photo of E.R. Tipple signed & dated 1931. He was the Golf Professional at Langley Park Golf Club - Ideal to display

Lot 88 1930s tin Unused Elastoplast Golfers Tape - ideal to display

Lot 89 Very Rare James Braid Golf Postcard Rotary Series c1903 - 22 different shots of Braid playing shots. Unused card in excellent condition

Lot 90 Rare 1930 Bobby Jones Film Entrance Ticket (Card) Warner Bros Vitaphone 'How I Play Golf' THE DRIVER at Camarthen Capitol Cinema House on Wednesday 2nd March

Lot 91 Rare 1930 Bobby Jones Film Entrance Ticket (Card) Warner Bros Vitaphone 'How I Play Golf' THE NIBLICK at Camarthen Capitol Cinema House on Saturday 9th January

Lot 92 Rare Signed Harry Vardon Golf Wrench Series Postcard unused c1910 in excellent display condition. Signed in ink

Lot 93 Unique Golf Postcard 'Opening of Lichfield Golf & Country Club' dated 1912 the year of opening. The message leads to where it is. Very Attractive Photo Card

Lot 94 Rare Signed Harry Vardon Golf Postcard unused c19s0 Signed in ink. The famous Harry Pegram Vardon Statue Postcard

Lot 95 Previuosly Unseen Postcard With Tom Morris and the advertisement of the 'CELESTRAIN' Golf Ball. Dated 1904

Lot 96 Stunning & Unique Postcard 1912 Cruden Bay Tournament. Fancied favourites pose for the camera Prentice & McDonald pictured. Mint unused card considering it's 108 year old its amazing!

Lot 97 F.G. Tait Related Letter on R & A headed paper dated August 1889 - Sent to Sandhurst & signed by his father

Lot 98 Scarce Bernard Darwin Letter from 1951 On his headed paper - Two sided signed letter. Ideal to display

Lot 99 Stunning Harry Vardon signed letter dated 1920 on his very attractive Business Paper - Ideal to display

Lot 100 Attractive Ben Sayers Business Invoice Letter dated 1925 - Sent to amateur champion golf Cyril Tolly, comes with the oiriginal envelope