Irish Golf Memorabilia Auction Review - 2009

Books

George C. Nash : Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club Guide $200-300 (Sold $204 -PBA); George C. Nash : General Forcursue and Co., More Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club $250-350 (Sold $330 -PBA); George C. Nash : Whelk's Postbag: Still More Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club $300-500 (Sold $450 -PBA); Bernard Darwin : The Golf Courses of the British Isles $1,000-1,500 (Sold $960 -PBA); May Hezlet: Ladies' Golf (Sold $300 -PBA)

The Book of the Monifieth Golf Links Bazaar, Drill Hall, Dundee, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 28th, 29th, and 30th September 1899. Includes chapter by W.J. Macgeagh ("The History of Irish Golf"). $7,000-10,000 (Sold $9,000 -PBA)

The History of Dundalk G.C, privately printed Ireland, 2005, 1st, dec cl, ills, 194p, not in D&J , RNM at Stg30

Very rare 1958 History of Royal County Down Golf Club by James Henderson in only fair condition sold for Stg167.96 (Ebay]

Programmes

 

Golf Curios

A pair of embossed campana form silver replica trophy cups 'Replica of South of Ireland Golf Championship Cup, Won by Fitz. James Murphy, Cork, 1921 & 1923', maker W, Dublin 1921 and 1923, height to handle 16cm, 11.6oz each £300-400 (Sold £300 - Locke and England Auctioneers and Valuers)

HS Colt's - "Original Course routing changes to Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland" (Sold Ebay $282)

Golf: Clonmel, 1917, Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Clonmel Golf Club, Ltd., 8vo Clonmel (The Chronicle), 1917, orig. ptd. wrappers; another large ptd. document sim., 2 printed notices, 1920 & 1921, & an A.L.s. from Hon. Sec., 22 Nov. 1919. As a lot, w.a.f. Scarce. (1) Guide EUR80-120 - Mealys 08.04.2009

Photographs

Peg Quinlan (20th Century) Killarney Golf Club Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 59.5cm Signed and dated 1989 Provenance: Abbeville, Kinsealy (Sold Adam's EUR 480)

Magazines

Tickets

Golf Clubs and Balls

A Tom Boyd fancy faced jigger made c1930. The back of the head stamped "Tom Boyd, Fox Hills". An excellent condition club with hickory shaft and original leather grip. Not Sold

19th C. Irish Golf Club Aithken Portrush Ireland Lofter Ebay 11GBP.

Postcards

 
Art

John Turner, RUA - CASTLEROCK GOLF LINKS, Oil on Board, 18 x 21 inches / 45.5 x 53 cm, Signed & Dated 1949 Estimates: 500 to 750 (GBP) Not Sold

 

 

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