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Auction archive: Lot number 190

A WHITMAN & BARNES 'WILLIE DUNN'S STARS AND STRIPES' BALL CIRCA 1897

The Sporting Sale
24 Oct 2018
Estimate
£18,000 - £22,000
ca. US$23,232 - US$28,395
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 190

A WHITMAN & BARNES 'WILLIE DUNN'S STARS AND STRIPES' BALL CIRCA 1897

The Sporting Sale
24 Oct 2018
Estimate
£18,000 - £22,000
ca. US$23,232 - US$28,395
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

US Patent No. 27,441: Its beautiful cover pattern shows the main elements of the US flag. It was inspired by Willie Dunn Jr. who was a runner up in the inaugural US Open in 1895 and who immigrated to America from Scotland in 1896. This extremely rare golf ball is only one of 12 known surviving examples. Patented 27 July 1897, the first golf ball patent in the USA

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Edinburgh 22 Queen St Edinburgh EH2 1JX Tel: +44 131 225 2266 Fax : +44 131 220 2547 edinburgh@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

US Patent No. 27,441: Its beautiful cover pattern shows the main elements of the US flag. It was inspired by Willie Dunn Jr. who was a runner up in the inaugural US Open in 1895 and who immigrated to America from Scotland in 1896. This extremely rare golf ball is only one of 12 known surviving examples. Patented 27 July 1897, the first golf ball patent in the USA

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Edinburgh 22 Queen St Edinburgh EH2 1JX Tel: +44 131 225 2266 Fax : +44 131 220 2547 edinburgh@bonhams.com
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