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Lot # 83: Middlemass Golf Biscuit Tin Circa 1890 (Earliest Known Tin)

Category: Antique Golf

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "2015 Winter Auction",
which ran from 11/24/2015 5:30 PM to
12/12/2015 8:00 PM


Lot Description  

1890 Middlemass Golf Biscuit Tin
(Earliest Known Tin)

Offered here is what is believed to be the oldest known golf tin. This Middlemass golf-themed Biscuit Tin dates to approximately 1890 and was made in Scotland. Golf was exploding in popularity in the 1880s and 1890s, and this was one of the first pieces to ever used the game of a golf to advertise its product.