Antique Shop Find

[aelefson]

Hi-
Over the weekend, I went to a few antique shops in Massachusetts as I do as often as possible. I found a golf program from 1946 for sale for 10.00. It was for the USGA amateur championship held at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield NJ. I do not normally check out golf items as I know very little about the sport other than big names and famous stories, but I decided to open this piece because I thought it might be worth 20.00 as a championship program.
Inside, I found the pin shown below when I flipped the first few pages. I also found a few other things tucked in there, and quickly decided that the group of items had to be worth at least 30.00. I purchased it and took it home.
I examined it more closely at home and found the pin to be very interesting (it is numbered and appears to be related to the tournament specifically). I also found a sheet with player pairings and times, so I now figured I had a fairly nice find for 10.00.
The last piece stuffed in the book was a dinner program held in 1947 by the MA golf association held in honor of the winner of the 46 match (Ted Johnson). This dinner also honored two others, Jesse Guilford and Francis Ouimet. Of course, the last page has autographs from all three right by (or on top of) their caricatures.
Two morals of this story. If you are a dealer, look at each item before you sell it, and if you are an antique buyer, check as much as possible because you never know what a seller will miss.

Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com