2017 January Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2017
Butchart-Nicholls Co Spade Mashie
This lot features a hand forged Mashie by Butchart-Nicholls company. The company was an outgrowth of Cuthbert S Butchart's Golf works in the mid 1920s. Their chief claim to fame was the large number of clubs they sold with shafts of laminated bamboo or a combination of bamboo and hickory. Butchart was a transplanted Scot with a fine reputation as a clubmaker and Pro golfer. This Mashie has several stamps. The face features the company's B N logo. On the sole:
5 Spade Mashie
Butchart-Nicholls Co.
Company B N logo
Warranted Forged Special
383
This seldom seen club would bolster any collection.
**THE JOHN ROTH COLLECTION**
The January Auction features many items from the collection of John Roth (1940-2015.) John spent 25 years amassing a collection of golf memorabilia and golf antiques that would rival most of the golf museums around the globe. John had a passion for the history and nuance of the game, its traditions and the ever-changing evolution of the manufacture of its equipment. John was a member of the Golf Collectors Society, and actively participated in many of its events around the country. John was also a long-time player in the Society of Hickory Golfers’ tournaments around the country, which honor the traditions of the game by playing with antique, wooden-shafted clubs. During his lifelong participation in the two organizations, John won or placed highly in several tournaments and made many lifelong friends with whom he found camaraderie in his pursuit of all things golf. It is his family’s wish that the items that John treasured so much find loving new homes where they can continue to be enjoyed and tell the history of the sport that meant so much to their husband and father.
Please note: This auction will end at 7:00pm EST on Sunday, January 29th 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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