Cold Painted Bronze Casted Sculpture Of A Golfer On A Marble Pen Stand Base
This highly coveted figure is known in the trade as a Vienna Bronze. The golf bag is stamped “Austria” on the bottom. The golfer figure is cupping his hands in an attempt to light a cigarette and is dressed in red bandana, grey sweater and brown knickers. Figure stands approx. 6 ½ “and the marble base is approx. 7 ½ x 6 ½ “. The golf bag has three clubs and there is a partial stem for an apparent 4th club (not present). The Fountain pen in the pen holder has a 14k gold nib marked “Shaeffer’s Lifetime 14K”. Cast in strikingly accurate detail including the depiction of tassels on the golfer’s socks. The only other similar one of these we have ever seen come to market was in the 1995 Sporting Antiquities Auction held by Kevin McGrath which hammered at $5500.
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