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Golf
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In
1993 Christies auctioned 'The Bobby Locke Collection' which
included the 1938 Irish Open medal which sold for Stg£2,070.
His British Open Championship medal from 1949 sold for Stg£24,150.
Another
lot contained the silver golf trophy from the same year inscribed
"Course Record 69 Portmarnock Golf Club A.D.Locke Irish
Open Champion 21.7.1938" which fetched Stg£299.
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The
1993 Christies auction also had a silver salver belonging to
Bobby Locke which he won as the best amateur at the 1936 Irish
Open Championship which sold for Stg£1,035. |
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Sotheby's
in 1988 auctioned a "The Golfing Union of Ireland hallmarked
15ct. golf and enamelled Brooch Medallion, the enamelled shield
depicting golfer in action, the reverse engraved Inter Club
Competitions 1900, Won by H.Dodd, D.U.G.C."
Guide Price Stg 250-300
Sotheby's
also auctioned a set of Irish Golf Union medals one hallmarked
15ct gold, Chester 1909 and the other hallmarked Birmingham
1910 these were evenually sold for Stg£1,012.
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The
most unusual piece of Irish autographed golfiana came up for
auction in 2000, it was a menu from the Grand Central Hotel
in Belfast, Northern Ireland signed by Walter Hagen, Joe Kirkwood
and Walter Smith (Hagen's caddie) these signatures were obtained
in person on 14th September 1937 by a Mrs Denning, an employee
of the Hotel. Mrs Denning collected autographs of all the
noteable personalities of the 1930s, both in Sport and Entertainment,
who stayed at the Grand Central in Belfast. It sold for $138
at auction.
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An
9.375ct golf medal for a competition played at Armagh Golf
Club in 1897 which was won by G.M.Greer was sold at auction
for $152.50.
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William
Gibson's book 'Early Irish Golf' noted that "if the club
[Dublin Scottish] had survived it would have been the second
oldest in Dublin and one of the earliest in Ireland" This
medal is the earliest Irish medal to appear at auction the next
being an 1897 Armagh Golf Golf medal. He goes on to refer to
an article in the Irish Times of the 6th October 1890.."The
members of the above club played their first annual handicap
medal on Saturday at Baldoyle, the winner being Mr. John M.
Fisher. This medal was sold for $565 and quite possibly another
momento of Irish golf leaves our shore. It was sold in
its original presentation
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Christy
O'Connor Bag Tag for the 1963 Ryder Cup was auctioned at OldGolfAuctions
for Stg£80.
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Badge
celebrating fifty years of the Hollywood Golf Club [inst. 1904]
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A silver golf trophy for the
Irish Amateur Championship 1935, 15in high on ebonised plinth
(Christies 1992) Stg £1,045 ($1,871) |
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An Oak framed dinner gong the
base with an ectroplated plague inscribed 'The Captains Prize
1892, County Down Golf Club' Guide Stg£700-900 (1988) |
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