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PBA Galleries: Golf Books, Clubs and Memorabilia, at GHS Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH

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Auction Name Golf Books, Clubs and Memorabilia, at GHS Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH Total Sales (USD) 118,878.00
Auction Date September 26, 2019 - September 26, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 123,050.00
Sale Number #684 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 191,500.00
Total Lots 213
Sold Lots 163 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 167,150.00
% of Lots Sold 76.53% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 258,900.00
Unsold Lots 50 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 45.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
213

Wright & Ditson's Golf Guide [cover title]. The Rules of Golf as Approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in 1899. With Rulings and Interpretations by the Executive Committee of the United States Golf Association in 1900

[1901] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 13,200.00
173 Smart, John

A Round of the Links: Views of the Golf Greens of Scotland

1893 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 9,000.00
182 Stoddart, L.B., revised by

Spalding's Official Golf Guide Containing the Official Rules and Regulations as Authorized and Adopted by the United States Golf Association, Together with the Constitution and By-Laws of Clubs...

1895 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 8,400.00
128 Jones, Robert T[yre] (''Bobby''), Jr. & O. B. Keeler

Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.

1927 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,200.00
69 Forgan, Robert

The Golfer's Handbook, including History of the Game, Hints to Beginners, the Feats of Champion Golfers, Lists of Leading Clubs and their Office-Bearers, &c.

1881 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,800.00
183 [Stone, Dr.] A Member

The Duffers' Golf Club Papers, to which is added, A Day on the Ladies' Links

1891 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 4,800.00
208

The Story of Wicker Park: A Report of the Sponsors of the Park Covering its Purchase and its Development as of January 1, 1927

1927 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 4,500.00
140 Macdonald, Charles Blair

Scotland's Gift: Golf

1928 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,200.00
143 Mackenzie, Dr. Alister J.

Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction and Green-Keeping

[1920] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,700.00
23 Clapcott, C. B.

The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers Last Days on Leith Links (1796 to 1836), C.B.C., March 1939

1939 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
24 Clapcott, C. B.

The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers on Leith Links (1764 to 1796), C.B.C., January 1939

1939 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
117 J.A.C.K. [pseud. of J. McCullough]

Golf in the Year 2000; or, What We are Coming To

1892 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
145 Maughan, William Charles

Picturesque Musselburgh and its Golf Links

1906 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
191 Tillinghast, A.W.

The Mutt and Other Golf Yarns (A New Cobble Valley Series).

1925 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
196 Roslyn Neighborhood Association

Welcome to Roslyn for the Amateur Golf Championship of the United States at Engineers Country Club, September 6-11, 1920

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,040.00
159 Carey, R.V.

Map of Pebble Beach, California

1929 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
91

The Golfers' Magazine: The Organ of the Game Vol. 13-15, July 1908-July 1909

1908-1909 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,800.00
190 Reeve, Arthur B.

Poxono Treasure

No date USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,560.00
105 Hilton, Harold H. and Garden G. Smith

The Royal & Ancient Game of Golf

1912 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,200.00
8 Palmer, Arnold

Arnold Palmer's Scrap Book: 1964 Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

1964 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,140.00
58 Dwight, James

Golf: A Handbook for Beginners

[c.1895] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,020.00
127 Jones, Robert Tyre "Bobby", Jr.

Rights and Wrongs of Golf - Inscribed by Bobby Jones

1935 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,020.00
158 Parrish, Samuel L.

Some Facts, Reflections, and Personal Reminiscences Connected with the Introduction of the Game of Golf into the United States, more especially as associated with the formation of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (Incorporated September 22, 1891)

[1923] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,020.00
34 Colt, Harry S. & C.H. Alison

Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture

1920 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 900.00
40 Dalrymple, W., editor

Golfer's Guide to the Game and Greens of Scotland

1894 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 900.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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