Lot # 365: 1900 Cope's Golfers Mr Crawford and Professor Tait (PSA)

Category: Antique Golf

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 28 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Golf Antiques - Hosted by Jeff Ellis",
which ran from 7/18/2024 6:25 PM to
7/28/2024 9:00 PM



The 1900 Cope's Golfers set is the preeminent early golf card set. The rare tobacco card set is often compared to baseball card collecting's T206 set from 1909-1911, which famously features the iconic Honus Wagner card. But only the most advanced collectors realize that the 1900 Cope's Golfers set is exceedingly more rare than the T206 set. In total, PSA has graded over 250,000 T206 cards, but less than 2,000 total cards in the 1900 Cope's Golfers set. The mysteriously short printed Honus Wagner baseball card has 36 examples graded by PSA, each of which is worth over $1 million. The most sought after Cope's Golfers cards are those of Young & Old Tom Morris, which have seen a similar <50 copies grades, but are currently worth a tiny fraction of its baseball counterpart. 

Offered here are the 1900 Cope Bros. & Co. Cope's Golfers cards of Professor Tait (PSA 6 - total PSA population of 39) and Mr. Crawford (PSA 4 - total PSA population of 38).