Lot # 60: 1923 Copes Golf Strokes Complete 32 Card Set

Category: Other

Starting Bid: $100.00

Bids: 16 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "Summer 2006 Golf Auction",
which ran from 7/22/2006 12:00 PM to
8/23/2006 2:00 PM



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1923 Copes Golf Strokes Complete Set (32)

    Presented here is a complete 1923 Copes Golf Strokes set.  This set is one of the so-called "Big 3" of golf card sets, along with the famous 1900 Copes and 1914 Marsuma sets.  The set features 32 cards of 5 different golfers: Harry Vardon, Abe Mitchell, George Duncan, J.H. Taylor, and Ed Ray. and was produced to promote Kenilworth cigarettes. 

    The rarity of this set is extreme.  As stated in PSA's Sports Market Report magazine (June 2006 issue), "[e]ven for advanced golf collectors, this set is rarely seen and singles when offered for sale are usually in poor to good condition at best."  Also according to PSA's Sports Market Report, the 1923 Copes Golf Strokes set has less total cards graded than both the 1900 Copes set and 1914 Marsuma set.

    These cards have meticulously been assembled into one of the rarest complete golf card sets in existence.  They're just begging to be graded by PSA.  A look at the PSA Set Registry will show that only 3 complete sets have ever been registered.  That means no matter how these cards are graded, they will automatically be one of the coveted Top 5 "All-Time Finest" sets.  This set is in great condition and grades a solid excellent to excellent-near mint condition. You will not see a nicer set offered for quite some time.