Ben Hogan
Set of Original Bobby Jones Flicker Books
in Custom Case
THE BOBBY JONES COLLECTION
In 2005, the
World Golf Hall of Fame held arguably its most famous exhibition in history
when it celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the Grand Slam with
the exhibit Bobby Jones: A Salute to the Grand Slam. That exhibit
featured memorabilia from the expected places: the USGA, the Royal &
Ancient, Augusta National Golf Club, Merion Golf Club, as well as items
owned by the Hall of Fame itself. But the golf world was abuzz with chatter
about another source of much of the rare and one-of-a-kind Bobby Jones
memorabilia on display – a previously unknown private collector.
We have the
great privilege of offering that famed, yet mysterious, Bobby Jones
collection in this auction. The collection was assembled by a very private
Midwest collector over the past three decades. In the golf collecting
community, and with today’s internet world, it is virtually impossible to
keep collections quiet; but this is an extreme exception. When the World
Golf Hall of Fame sent out its press release announcing the Bobby Jones
exhibit in 2005, it specifically highlighted the fact that many of the items
in this private collection “will be on display to the public for the first
time.” And aside from that brief loan to the Hall of Fame, almost all of
this memorabilia was obtained in private transactions and has never been
seen publicly – until now.
Set of Original
Bobby Jones Flicker Books
This is an original complete set of Bobby Jones flicker books. These books,
which are numbered 11a, 11b, and 11c, were produced in approximately 1931 -
immediately after Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam and retired from competition.
These original flicker books are seldom seen together as a complete set. Quite
amazingly, the owner of this collection had a custom case produced for these
historic books.
These flicker books were on display at the World Golf Hall of
Fame during its 2005 Exhibit Bobby Jones: A Salute to the Grand Slam.