2016 June Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/19/2016
1940 US Open at Canterbury GC Contestant Badge #106
Top condition example in NR-MT state of the scarce 1940 U.S. Open Contestants pin is offered for your consideration in this lot. This item was manufactured some 75 plus years ago by the Robbins Co. of Attleboro, Ma (see stamping on reverse) with the intended use of this item as identification and admittance to the most secure areas of a professional golf championship, i.e. driving range and players locker room. The manufactured run is limited to the field, in this case roughly 150 pieces. Creating immediate rarity even if all items existed some 75 years after the pressing, and we as collectors all know that is not the case. Rich blue, white and gold enamel still gleams from this 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" badge of entry to tackle golfs greatest challenge a U.S. Open laid out course. As a reference point Contestants Badge #81 from the 1940 U.S. Open sold for $1,630.70 in The Golf Auctions 2013 Summer auction.
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1940 US Open at Canterbury GC Contestant Badge #106
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