Lot # 23: 1900 Cope's Golfers Young Tom Morris [PSA 8 - Pop 4, 1 Higher]

Category: Golf Cards

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 40 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

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Item was in Auction "2024 Premier Auction",
which ran from 11/7/2024 2:00 PM to
11/17/2024 9:00 PM



Offered here is among the finest golf cards in existence - a high grade PSA 8 Young Tom Morris' "rookie card" from the legendary 1900 Cope's Golfers tobacco card set. This PSA 8 Young Tom Morris rookie card is a PSA population of only 4 with a single card ever graded higher. We sold that lone higher graded example (PSA 8.5) in July for a record $46,427. 

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 only 2,119 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 58 and 64 copies graded, respectively, but are currently worth a tiny fraction of its baseball counterpart. 

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