Some things are worth waiting for.

Even 112 years…

Yep, that’s the length of time that it took for Golf to return to the Olympic Games. But 112 years is also the length of time that it took for an original Olympic Games Golf trophy to reach the auction block.

For the very first time…in 112 years…we present you this sterling silver golf trophy from the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. Though the Olympics has become famous for its gold, silver, and bronze medals, some of the primary awards for Golf in the 1904 Olympics were trophies.

Don’t even bother trying to Google about these trophies or even golf in the 1904 Olympics, as we’ve uncovered more information than is currently available on the internet (yet there is still a ton that even we don’t know).

The facts: 1904 Olympic Games Golf trophies were produced in 4 sizes (look at the photo we found showing the table of trophies about to be presented to the winners in 1904).

Of those trophies, 6 are known to exist.

1. Champion George Lyon’s trophy [size: 18"] Owned by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, Toronto

2. The “Lee Jones” trophy [10"] **Offered for sale in this Lot

3. The “Warren Wood” trophy [10"] Private collection

4. The “Chandler Egan” trophy [approx 14"] Owned by LA84 (1984 Olympics) museum, Los Angeles

5. The “Newton” trophy [10"] Owned by the USGA museum

6. The Small trophy [4"] **Offered for sale in Lot 19 in this auction

That’s it. 6 trophies, 3 museums, and 2 (!) different ones offered for sale in this same auction.

1904 Olympic Golf consisted of several different events:  Individual Match Play; 36 Hole Team Play; Special Handicap Cup; Putting Championship; and Long Drive. The offered trophy was awarded to the Champion of the “Special Handicap Cup” event E. Lee Jones of Lake Geneva Country Club in Wisconsin. Both aesthetically and historically, this trophy is among the finest golf trophies ever to reach the auction block. The front of the trophy is adorned with raised lettering that reads:

OLYMPIC GAMES
SEPTEMBER 1904
SPECIAL HANDICAP CUP
PRESENTED BY
MR. CLARENCE A WHITE
WON BY

The reverse is adorned with an image of Glen Echo’s clubhouse, and is adorned with raised letters that read:

GLEN ECHO COUNTRY CLUB
ST. LOUIS, USA

The trophy stands a little over 10” tall weighs 46.2 troy oz of sterling silver. It originally came mounted on a simple unconnected ebony wood stand, though like almost all of the other known trophies, that stand has been lost over the past 112 years. We do know of the whereabouts of one such stand, however, so we can obtain the measurements for the winning bidder should he wish to have one created.