The Vintage Era of Golf Club Collectibles: Identification & Value Guide
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Focuses on the vintage era from the 1920s through the 1940s. Over 450 color photos. Main sections include woods, irons, putters, adjustable clubs, fancy club faces, wedges and utility irons, shafts and grips comparisons, grading and condition scales, 2001 values, and a glossary. Manufacturers represented include Allied, MacGregor, Wilson, Spalding, and McGill. 2002 values. Read more
Publisher : Collector Books
Publication date : September 9, 2001
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1574322648
ISBN-13 : 44
Item Weight : 2.46 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,464,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #83 in Sports Memorabilia & Collectibles #3,036 in Antiques & Collectibles Encyclopedias
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Format: Hardcover
The Vintage Era in golf collectibles is generally viewed as the relatively short period after wood shafts became steel. During this time coated shafts, often made of a material called pyratone, were used to achieve the modern effect of steel, including protection against rust, combined with the look of hickory. This era began in the mid-1920s and lasted to around 1940. Many collectors have overlooked the unique designs, styles, ground breaking advancements and unsuccessful patents of these depression era club makers. Ronald John's wonderful book has a wealth of full color pictures depicting many of these styles and designers. Of particular note are the beautiful "fancy face" woods, odd patented designs, and the early versions of now common clubs like sand wedges and offset putters. Another useful feature of this book is the detailed valuations that are indicated for each club. In comparisons against prices on eBay I have found John to be surprisingly accurate, especially for exceptional examples of the various clubs shown. Ronald John has provided a valuable service to collectors by producing this book documenting an era of clubmaking that is clearly under-appreciated by collectors and historians alike. Over the coming years it will likely have an effect of helping to increase valuations of the vintage classics produced during this time.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2012 by Downeastgolf
Format: Hardcover
Another excellent reference
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2022 by Satisfied golfer
Format: Hardcover
Purchased for my golf nut husband and he loves this book! If you have any interest in the history of the golf club and fantastic photos of the evolution of same- get this volume!!! Great service from Amazon and Amazon Seller!!! Thank you Washington Spitfire-Vancouver Washington
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2012 by Architects Associative,Inc.
Format: Hardcover
this volume has page after page of the most wonderfully pictured clubs you will find in any reference book. the illistrations show clubs that tend to be less common and possibly over priced in todays market, but you will not find a better and clearer presentation anywhere. and the price is right.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2012 by irons and woods
Format: Hardcover
Good book
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2020 by Amazon Customer
Format: Hardcover
This books value is in a simplistic version of the Editorial review description: "This book helps fill a . . . gap in understanding a great era of golf, 1919 to 1942..." providing a chance to visually see some of the unique clubs designed during this era. It's nicely done and beautifully photographed, but, that's where it stops. The book also identifies unique designs, which is where one will gather the best value, though the pictorial representations are not supported by any text other than the simplistic descriptions and approximate values. Sadly, it lacks any degree of information. It appears to be more of a catalog of someone's collection than a reference work. Although there is a great deal of individually identified (cataloged) clubs, there are far too many instances where it reads more like an auction bulletin, with descriptions such as "Drivers, pyratone shafts 1923 - 1942 approximate value $55.00 each" to describe a page full of images that are all too small to allow the reader to identify any of the single clubs represented on the page. This is also a problem in other areas of the book such as the grips section. Other than the main chapter headings ("Metal Woods"; "Custom Clubs"; "Wood Heads, Steel, Pyratone, or Wood Shafted Clubs"; "Irons and Full Sets"; "Composite Materials"; "Fancy Face Woods"; "Fancy Face Putters & Irons"; "Utility Irons"; "Practice Clubs"; "Putters"; "Adjustable Clubs") the individual club listings do not appear to follow any order. The listings within each chapter do not follow any date order, and the dates are mixed from within the "era" of the titled subject matter: from the 1920s through the 1940s. On one page the reader can find clubs represented from 1920 and 1930, where the next starts with 1940 ending with1920. It appears that the order was controlled by the graphic designer with no thought given to the usage of the book as a reference source. Unfortunately, if you were looking to this book as a reference to learn more about any individual clubs you'd have to look through every page listed in the index under the manufacturer's name as the main chapter headings are the sole order. As example: a particular Spaulding wood might be in listed the "Wood Heads, Steel, Pyratone, or Wood Shafted Clubs" chapter because of the type of shaft utilized in its manufacture, whereas a different Spaulding wood could be listed in any one of the "Metal Woods", "Fancy Face Woods", or "Composite Materials" chapters. In closing if one is expecting this book to compare to The Golfworks series of "The Golf Club Identification and Price Guide" they will be disappointed. If they are looking for a coffee table pictorial of a good deal of the clubs that were manufactured before ones cataloged in The Golfworks price guides.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2008 by Louis Mauriello
Format: Hardcover
Excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2019 by Beatrice E. Kramer
Format: Hardcover
This book has all kinds of info on the age of clubs, an value a must have if interested in golf clubs and history
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2012 by paulfrank