Lot # 560: 1930 Bobby Jones Purity Oats Advertising Poster for Grand Slam

Category: Advertising

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer 2016 Auction",
which ran from 8/3/2016 5:00 PM to
8/20/2016 8:00 PM



It is not often you see an original Bobby Jones news service poster sheet and it is even more  uncommon to have the subject matter be Merion and the culmination of the Grand Slam.  To make the poster even more desirable, also appearing on the poster is Robert T. Jones Sr.

The scene depicts Jones blasting out of the bunker at the 6th hole and captures the ball in flight with an arrow indicator.

The caption under the picture of Jones reads in part:  “Bobby Does It!  For the first time in history Bobby Jones captures all four major golf titles in one year….” 

This 14 by 17 inch poster was published by the Elliott Service Company of New York.  According to the New York library, The Elliott Service Company was established in 1913 in New York City as a subscription photographic and pictorial news service agency providing images for window display and advertising purposes. The service supplied large format photographs of people, places and events of current news interest, which were sent to its subscribers several times a week.