Lot # 258: 1924 Walter Hagen signed Dai Vernon Silhouettes

Category: Golf Art

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 11 (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



Offered here is an exceptional piece that consists of two different framed silhouettes - each signed by the great Walter Hagen and the artist Dai Vernon.

 

Both were done at Casino de Paree (Casino of Paris). The one on the left is a profile of HOF 

golfer Walter Hagen and inscribed “To Bernice Walter Hagen” The one on the right, featuring a couple known to Hagen and also signed by Vernon, is inscribed by Hagen “The great undecided Love always W.H.” Both silhouettes are professionally framed and matted and signed “Vernon 1924” The frame measures approximately 16" by 14". Inside is 5 5/8" x 7 1/2". Dai Vernon, the celebrated father of close-up magic, did many scissor-cut cameos of famous people and once described himself as the man who fooled Houdini.