2020 August Golf Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/9/2020
Original 1935 Bobby Jones, Ed Dudley, Dick Metz, & Ky Laffoon 11x14 Tony Sheehan Double Weight Photo
In Clifford Robert's book 'The Story of Augusta National Golf Club' included is a chapter about the first unofficial Augusta National photographer by the name of Tony Sheehan and the tough breaks that he had during his life. The lighter side came out of Roberts when he wrote this quote about Sheehan: "Tony was an oddball in appearance and dress, and he made comments at times that were just as unusual and unexpected accidents as we go through life, but I doubt that any man endured bad luck so often and so continuously for so many years as Tony Sheehan. Every time an epidemic of any kind came to town, Tony was the first to catch it. "Tony tripped over something and broke one or more bones so often that it almost appeared to be habit. On one occasion, while he was waving to friends, his car plowed into a large stone marker on Walton Way in Augusta, which cost him a number of teeth but gave him some distinctive battle scars on his face. "In another instance, just after leaving the hospital on crutches, Tony undertook to cross Augusta's Broad Street. As he left the curb his crutches skidded and he fell to the pavement in the gutter. A passerby said to him, ‘Let me help you up.' Tony is said to have replied, ‘No, I think I'll be safer down here.'
This offering includes one of those early original Augusta National Golf Club photos of club founder Bobby Jones posing with club pro Ed Dudley, Dick Metz and Ky Laffoon inside the ropes. ** Notice Bobby Jones is holding his Calamity Jane putter with three whippings on the lower half of the shaft. This example is oversize at 11x14 and carries ink labels of each golfer pictured towards the bottom of the double weight photo. Tony Sheehan's photography stamp is embossed in the bottom right corner with 'Masters Tournament' written just below. The photo is in good condition
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