2015 December Exclusive Merchandise and Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/13/2015
1930 Time Magazine with Bobby Jones on Cover - Highly Desired & Top Quality Example
Lets take this collectible and analyze it step by step. Very seldom do athletes ever grace the cover of Time Magazine by themselves. In the year 1930 some of the news makers pictured on the cover were Queen Mary, Al Capone, Herbert Hoover, The Duchess of York and oh yes on the September 22nd, 1930 issue Bobby Jones. It was only the second time a male golfer had made the sought after cover of this weekly in the seven years of printing since 1923 (yes, the first and only other to that time was Jones, himself in 1925). Point number one athletes, and in particular golfers seldom appear. With World War II paper drives much pre 1940's paper is scarce, case in point The Golf Auction has had several copies of the Time cover of Ben Hogan (1949) but has never previously had the Bobby Jones issue. Point number two this is a seldom seen collectible. Point number three is condition. This example of the complete magazine is a great one for any collection with only the slightest of corner wear in the lower left corner, and minimal wearing along the binding(please examine the photos presented). We are going to start this one with an inexpensive minimum bid, and see were it goes. In the end the points all add up to say this is a great Bobby Jones memento from a memorable season, so memorable it made the cover of Time magazine
8 1/2" x 11 1/2"
*All winning bidders who pay their balance in full by December 18th will have their items by December 24th for all domestic shipments*
Please note: This auction will end at 7:00pm EST on December 13th with extended bidding to follow. All items in the auction will remain open until no items have received a bid within a 15 minute time period. All lots are free to be bid on until extended bidding has ended
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