Lot # 219: Champagne Tony Lema Signed Photograph

Category: Autographs

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 15 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Summer 2017 Auction",
which ran from 8/2/2017 2:00 PM to
8/19/2017 8:00 PM



Presented here is one of the most sought-after major championship winner autographs of the last half-century. This photo also happens to be one of the best-provenanced Lema autographed photos as well. Tony Lema rose to fame as a golfer in the early 1960s and famously won the 1964 Open Championship at St Andrews. Lema's promising career came to a tragic halt in 1966 when he and his wife were killed in a plane crash on the way to a golf tournament in Chicago, Illinois. This is a very rare signed 8 x 10 photograph of the "Champagne Tony."  Certainly one of the finest Tony Lema signed photographs in existence.

This autographed photograph was personally obtained and personalized to PGA Tour player Mike Krac. It comes with a letter of provenance from Mike Krac himself. It also comes with a full letter of authenticity from James Spence Authentication (JSA).