Lot # 53: Rare U.S. Open Champion Chick Evans Signed 3 x 5 card

Category: Autographs

Starting Bid: $50.00

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Item was in Auction "Winter 2010/2011",
which ran from 12/29/2010 1:00 PM to
1/16/2011 1:55 PM



The Ryder Cup

 

 

Rare U.S. Open Champion Chick Evans Signed 3 x 5 card

        Chick Evans became the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in the same year when he completed the feat in 1916. He then won the U.S. Amateur again in 1920.

        Very few autographs of the great champion Chick Evans exist since he died over 3 decades ago, in 1979. But presented here is a spectacular autograph of Chick Evans, complete with his own annotation about winning the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur. This autograph appears to have been obtained in 1946, as evidenced by the postmark on the reverse of the card. The original recipient of this autograph was apparently sending away for signatures decades before it was popular - and it resulted in this spectacular autograph of an early Major Champion.