Lot 135. 6 1927 High-Grade Churchman’s Famous Golfers – 2 Large and 4 Small. The Famous Golfers series issued with Churchman’s Cigarettes came in two sizes. Cards for the large series of 12 measure 2 7/16” x 2 1/8”. The small, from a series of 50, are 1 3/8” x 2 5/8”. Large: #5 Herd nm-m, 6 Holderness nm-m. Small: #32 Mitchell nm+, 34 Ray nm+, 35 Ray ex-m+, 40 Tait ex+ to ex-m. These cards are uncommon and desirable.
Winning Bid $533
Lot 136. 7 High-Grade 1930 Wills Famous Golfers. The Wills Cigarettes Famous Golfers set consisted of 25 cards. The seven representatives of the set are: #10 Herd nm+, 11 Hezlet nm+, 12 Holderness nm, 14 Massy nm to nm+, 21 Tolley ex-m to ex-m+, 22 Vardon ex-m to ex-m+, 23 Wethered ex-m.
Winning Bid $220
Lot 137. 39 1900s-50s Newspaper Features on Golf - Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and More! These newspaper pages range in size from 13 ¼” x 15” to 17 ½” x 22 ½”, and have been neatly cut and archived in poly-bags. The sections range from 2-10 pages, unless otherwise noted. The majority come from the The Milwaukee Journal, The Detroit News, The New York Times and The Oregonian. They include articles, photographs, comics and ads. Full-page, full-color Camel cigarette ads that appeared in the Sunday Funnies: 1. 1935 Gene Sarazen. Vg. 2. 1935 Lawson Little. Vg. 3. 1937 Tony Manero. Ex-m. 4. 1938 Henry Picard. Ex. 5. 1952 Quaker Oats ad and contest form with Hank Sauer, Leon Hart and Babe Zaharias. Vg-ex. Bobby Jones: 6. Aug. 28, 1927 “Jones Beats Chick Evans for Golf Crown, 8 and 7,” cover story. Vg-ex. 7. July 13, 1930 “Jones Wins U.S. Open for the Fourth Time as 10,000 Look On,” front page story. Ex-m. 8. April 5, 1936 “Bobby Jones Drops from Running in Augusta Open,” front page story. Ex-m. 9-12. Inside page articles, including a one-page illustrated instructional written by Jones, 1934. Ex. 13-15. Three different NYT photo sections 1925-28 spotlighting his second, third and fourth Amateur titles. Ex+ overall. Gene Sarazen: 16-18. Three different 1930-31 illustrated inside page articles concerning Sarazen and the PGA tour. Overall ex to ex-m. Walter Hagen related pieces, 1925-35: 19. Series of four Walter Hagen “Golf Gossip, Lord Salisbury Cigarette” ads. Ex-m to nm overall. 20. “Hagen-Sarazen play tie,” 1933 Ryder Cup coverage. Ex. 21. Oct. 6, 1935 NYT photogravure section of Hagen and Charles Whitcomb with the Ryder Cup. Nm. Johnny Goodman: 22. June 18, 1933 NYT photo section of his 1933 U.S. Open win. Ex. 23. Aug. 29, 1937 cover full of Johnny after his U.S. Amateur Championship. Ex+. Misc: 24. Sept. 6, 1931 NYT Sports Section front page: “Ouimet wins Amateur Title.” Nm. 25. July 31, 1921 NYT photo section of “Long Jim” Barnes’ U.S. Open win, including many photos with President Harding in the audience. Vg-ex. 26. Sept. 29, 1945 “Ben Hogan Tops Field” inside page article. Ex. 27. Sept. 2, 1932 U.S. Walker Cup Team Sweeps Foursome Matches. Ex. Women’s Golf: 28. Sept. 27, 1931 “Miss Hicks Beats Mrs. Vare in Final,” inside article, illustrated. Ex. 29. Sept. 10, 1933 NYT photo section with Virginia Wie and Helen Hicks. Ex-m. 30. Aug. 4, 1934 full-page McClelland Barclay illustration of a female golfer. Ex. Advertising: 31-36. One full-page, one quarter-page and four different half-page golf ads, 1930-1934, including MacGregor golf clubs, Davega ad for Hagen, Sarazen and Farrell clubs, Horton Smith for Old Gold cigarettes, Bobby Jones in action NYT ad and a full-page 1933 Davega ad including Ryder Cup and Walker Cup clubs with Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen. Ex overall. Golf Comics: 37. Jan. 19, 1902 The Sunday Sentinel, one-page color comic strip entitled How Deacon Skeezicks Fell from Grace One Lovely Sabbath Morn. Ex. 38. Sept. 29, 1935 The Timid Soul full-page, b & w comic with a golf theme, plus other golf-related comics in the same section. Ex+. 39. 1936 Galveston Daily News Sunday Funnies, including “Divot Diggers” golf comics, 46 pages. Ex+ to Ex-m overall.
Winning Bid $134
