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Apr 01, 2006 antique golf clubs and balls, the heart of the game, are covered in detail. These original feather balls had very limited elasticity and were incredibly expensive to make. Unfollow antique golf ball to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Andrews received a statue from his brother in india in about 1847.

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There are lots of books on golf collectibles out there. Antique golf balls were originally wood before featheries came along, then gutta percha superseded feather balls and at the end of the nineteenth century it was the rubber core ball which held sway. Here within are found books rare and ancient, starting with the earliest printed works encompassing incunabula, 15th century. Here is a look at the history of golf balls and how they have evolved. By far, the most comprehensive price and identification guide for the golf collector. The most common antique golf balls material is metal. New listing vintage spalding truflite golf ball box empty wadvertisement 1950s. The centurylong reign of the woundrubber golf ball. I started this antique golf collection over 50 years ago. Today, our guest, operations researcher andrew boyd, tells about the simplest of toys, the golf ball. In addition to the player used memorabilia, there is vintage autographed golf balls, flags, photos and many other one of a. Now accepting consignments for our 2020 golf auctions.

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