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Michael Neary's shop located in Bray, an avid collector and fountain of knowledge when it comes to golf memorabilia. An acclaimed expert on the Ping putter amongst other things. He will offer sound advice on what to buy and what not and his shop stocks everything you might want for prizes in your next competition together with centenary books, golf memorabilia, collectible programmes and other golfiana.
Kevin McGimpsey's site for those interested in the history of the Golf Ball and other memorabilia.
abebooks_logo.gif (1967 bytes) The largest on-line database of second-hand and out of print books. Always your first stop if you are looking for an old book.
grant.gif (8781 bytes) The Grant Books partnership of Bob and Shirley Grant was established in 1971. It had built up a unique role in golf book sales, publishing and distribution. The online store has a large selection of new, old and out of print titles while Bob and Shirley concentrate on the publishing end of things.
  "Sportspages has the largest stock of rare sports books globally, including the widest selection of Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks available anywhere. With access to over 40,000 books we can work with clients to build and preserve a record of our unique sports heritage. Additionally, we focus on plenty of non-book material that is often very rare or unique and ranges across the sporting spectrum, be it a signed Busby Babes postcard, an original letter written by W.G. Grace or an autographed Ryder Cup programme."
  "Welcome to The Valuable Book Group. We specialize in rare and antiquarian Golf books and the books of outdoor pursuits, English Country life and sporting. We are experts in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes published during the golden age of British Sport. We emphasize quality over quantity. Our specialization allows attention to detail and a focus that less specialized dealers cannot afford."
  Jeff Ellis, author of The Clubmakers Art and foremost authority on anything related to golf clubs.
Richard E. Donovan Enterprises
Booksellers and Publishers
Dick Donovan was in business for over 30 years, specializing in golf since 1978 when he passed away in 2007 the family were committed to carrying on his legacy. He is the co-author of "The Game of Golf and The Printed Word" a seminal work in the area of golf book collecting. They offer personalized services in assisting clients in building their golf libraries, from recommending a “want list” tailored to the clients’ interests, to obtaining the items on the list. We have an extensive inventory of used and rare golf books and also offer select new titles. Not all our inventory is listed on GolfRead.com, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for, let us know!
Alistair Smith's Golf Collection. A collection so vast that it is rumoured that Tom Morris and Allan Robertson roam around it at night.
Golf is blessed with a rich legacy of publishing fine literature and Sports Media Group is pleased to continue this tradition with numerous offerings for the avid golfer and golf book nut! In addition to publishing trade titles available at booksellers everywhere, we also have launched the Rare Book Collection, comprised of facsimile printings of the classics that are difficult to find and extremely expensive. Sports Media Group titles are perfect for gift giving, or for those who simply want golf's finest books in their library.
  The ultimate golf collectible, The Evolution of the Golf Ball? displays trace golf's rich history. The Design Shop's exclusive golf art, awards and historic displays make the perfect golf gifts.
Offers4golf.com is the ultimate Bespoke site for selling and buying quality. The consignor personally lists his product, whether it be golf memorabilia, golf equipment, or a holiday home for sale or rent. The buyer has the opportunity to ask about the item offered for sale, and can rest assured in the knowledge that the site is monitored by experienced personnel who ensure that any item which is not genuine will be removed and the offender's membership terminated.
The site is not an auction site. The prospective buyer makes an offer that can be accepted or declined by the seller, until the listed price is achieved. The seller places a value on the item offered, and the price will not exceed this preset value. Once the price has been achieved, the site will indicate to both the seller and buyer that the offer is "accepted." Items will be listed for 31 days, or until the list price is attained and the item advised as sold.

As an official licensee for Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, & Gary Player our golf art, golf collectibles, golf autographs, golf memorabilia, golf photographs, golf books and hickory golf clubs are defined by their uniqueness and craftsmanship, deeply rooted in the history and antiquity of golf. We interweave these elements to embrace the game’s rich heritage and its legendary players, creating products that revel in the romance of golf’s historic past.
rhodmcewan.gif (12966 bytes) Established in the 1980s (by Rhod McEwan), this business is the largest collection of out-of-print golf books for sale in the world. Based on Royal Deeside in the heart of Scotland, we specialize in mail order across the globe. Any book not currently in stock, we make every effort to locate, a service we are pleased to offer at no additional charge. Catalogues are issued several times a year and we cover all golf sales around the world - usually in person, and we are pleased to undertake commissions on our customer's behalf. We always look forward to meeting customers and enthusiasts, old and new, at our stand in the Main Exhibition Tent at The Open each year in Britain. As well as dealing with antiquarian, used and elusive books on golf, we also publish books on interesting aspects of the game.
Colin Palmer started taking an interest in the history of the game during the 1980's, when he started collecting vintage artefacts such as hickory shafted clubs, antique golf balls and books.
This interest eventually lead him to a position of running the golfing memorabilia department for Phillips (now Bonhams) auctioneers, in 1999. This role involved the appraisal of many important public and private collections, both in the UK and abroad, including the collections at Royal Troon Golf Club and Royal Lytham & St.Annes Golf Club. Currently member of The British Golf Collectors Society and The American Golf Collectors Society. He is now happy to pass on his experience and expertise in several roles within the sphere of golfing memorabilia. Services include advice on golf collection (acquiring,sourcing, selling, valuation for insurance and probate) and placing commisison bids.
Welcome to Classics of Golf. You have discovered the home of the fundamental origins of the literature of Golf. Our mission: to keep these great golf books, from the time of Horace G. Hutchinson through the time of Herbert Warren Wind, in print and accessible to you, the golf enthusiast, at affordable prices. The Complete 65 volume Library of the Classics of Golf is available now, either as a single golf book purchase, or as a member, via installments.
sportpages.gif (4888 bytes) On-line shop selling the latest sports publications including golf. [UK Based]
 

The Ron Watts Collection

"Golf pictures and collecting them has been a past time for Ron Watts (part owner of the largest retailer of Golf Equipment in the world, Edwin Watts Golf Shops) his whole life. Now his collection is available to the public.

Historic Golf Photos is a collection of copyrighted photographs assembled by Ron Watts over his life time. It commemorates golf legends from the turn of the century to the present day. This collection is the culmination of the LIFE work of nine photographers. Many of the images come from the work of Frank Christian and include work from four generations of the Christian family, the official club photographers for Augusta National and the Masters.

These few photographs represent only a small portion of the history contained in the Ron Watts Collection. In all this collection includes over 500,000 images including St Andrews pictures & Pebble Beach golf course pictures."
bns.gif (1730 bytes) The Irish Buy and Sell magazine where you can get bargains in the classifieds or auction room.
amazon.gif (1518 bytes) Largest on-line supplier of new publications.
OldCourse_375.gif (5128 bytes) The site is dedicated to the history of golf equipment. It has a classified section which allows you to see what other collectors might be looking for or if you are looking something yourself you can add it to the site.
leokelly.gif (34058 bytes) Leo M Kelly jnr's site.  At this site, you will find: a Golf Museum, a Golf Game and several articles written about the history of the game of golf and the hobby of golf collecting. You will also find a golf antiques and collectibles business called "The Old Chicago Golf Shop. The shop sells antiques golf memorabilia golf balls medals, golf history reference books, golf collectibles price guides, golf magazines, original golf art, and misc. golf collectible items.
Based in St. Andrews, the home of golf, Heritage Golf specialise in exact replicas of antique hickory shafted clubs, painstakingly handmade by our expert craftsmen. Copied to the exact detail, these clubs play just as the originals. We also have an appealing range of unique quality golf gifts that can be personalised for the corporate market. Our George Nicoll modern clubs can be custom fit to height weight and swing, to ensure the best possible experience for the golfer. We can supply all clubs, putters, irons and woods individually, as well as complete sets of playable clubs.

Here at The Olde Sport Shoppe, we not only sell antique sporting goods, we also buy & trade.
This is a database of professionally taken photographs which you can purchase on-line. It includes a large portfolio of Irish Golf Courses which you can browse and have framed or digitally transferred to your computer.
Antique Golf was formed 10 years ago, we are based in Paisley near Glasgow. It offers membership to the Antique golf club.
Chuck Furjanics site a renowned expert on golf collectibles. Sells mainly old golf clubs and ephemera.
Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland is the leading online resource for antique golfs clubs and memorabilia from Scotland, the birthplace of golf.
Dave Berkowitz , the proprietor of Golf’s Golden Years, started collecting golf memorabilia in the early 1980s, purchasing many rare – and not so rare – artifacts In 1985, Dave joined the Golf Collectors Society where he met many other collectors and dealers. Dave has built his vast collection with a wide variety of high quality golf collectibles including books, ceramics, golf balls and golf ball boxes, tees, sterling silver, autographs, etc.
This business based in Ireland does regular mail and private treaty bids for postcards and cigarette cards and stamps.
This site is dedicated to bringing the world's largest and finest collection of authentic golf antiques and superb golf gifts to the attention of golf enthusiasts world wide via online shop!
Welcome to the Sports Gallery. We have a good selection of sporting art prints from a selection of sports including fishing, rugby, football, cricket, motor racing, and horse racing. by the worlds leading sporting artists including Ivan Berryman, Terence Cuneo, Gerald Coulson, Peter Curling, Steven Dews Peter Deighan, Robert Highton, Peter Cornwell, Keith Fearon, Susan Crawford, Gary Kearn, Simon Smith, Mark Churms, Sir Alfred Munnings and George Stubbs

   
  Manfred Schotten Antiques - specialist in high quality sporting antiques,sporting memorabilia and collectibles.