Ping Karsten Redwood City Calif, Pat Pend 'No Model' Putter - Excellent Condition!
The crown jewel of the classic club market, preserved to very good condition 65 years later! As the title reads, this high-grade PING putter model not only contains the "Redwood City" marking with an origin story back to Karsten Solheim's original production location in his California garage, but elevating it even further in importance is the early first run "no model" designation. While this shares many design elements of the 1A putter it is not stamped with that model name. This is one of very few unmarked examples, without the weight number, and worthy of the "rare" scarcity descriptor, acting as a limited rookie card run for putter legend Karsten.
These original putters were manganese bronze cast prior to hand ground, sanded and and finished - with much of that finish still intact, as depicted in the accompanying lot photos! This lot contains the difficult circa 1959 PING by Karsten Redwood City putter that dedicated PING collectors reference regularly, representing the beginning of a putting era. This putter was the predecessor of the modern day putter, Karsten Solheim produced his first putters in his garage in Redwood City, CA before founding Ping. This is the very flat stick that makes the loud "ping" sound - where the PING company got its onomatopoeia name. For market reference purposes it should be stated that an overpouring, but warranted, amount of bids came in on an example of this putter we offered in our May 2022 auction resulting in a final price of $11,939. This Redwood City putter high-grade exemplar comes in great condition, outfitted with its aqua Golf Pride Informer grip and has sole stamps that include much of its original paint fill read "Ping by Karsten Redwood City, Calif. Pat. Pend." Please refer to the accompanying lot photographs for an in-depth condition report of this iconic putter. From the bottom of the heel to the top of the grip measures 34."
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