Augusta National Collectables

[Smiling JOe]

Does anyone have purchasing interest in a menu from the Augusta National Golf Club clubhouse, autographed by Tiger Woods, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer? This was from Tiger's first showing at Augusta, as an amateur. Included with the autographed menu, cover shown below, will be a silver plated spoon with the Augusta National Golf Club logo and a well worn book of matches with ANGC logo. If you are interested, make an offer.

 

[Miss Kitty]

That's awesome! This is like SoWalbay!

 

[DD]

Does anyone have purchasing interest in a menu from the Augusta National Golf Club clubhouse, autographed by Tiger Woods, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer? This was from Tiger's first showing at Augusta, as an amateur. Included with the autographed menu, cover shown below, will be a silver plated spoon with the Augusta National Golf Club logo and a well worn book of matches with ANGC logo. If you are interested, make an offer.

I have no idea what to offer, but mr. dd would love this. we went to the master's when we were still in lust. ebay has a starting bid...you?

 

[melissa]

That's awesome! This is like SoWalbay!

:clap_1:

 

[Smiling JOe]

I have no idea what to offer, but mr. dd would love this. we went to the master's when we were still in lust. ebay has a starting bid...you?

This is not an absolute auction. I have no idea what it is worth today, but I would think it would be highly sought out when Tiger is an old man. I will have to search for autographs and check some values. (You should have made me an offer before I researched it)

Side story - Wally Goodwin, Tiger's Golf Coach in college (this man is a trip and a heck of a story teller), (Wally and my brother go back a few years) had a bunch of Tiger stuff, and a well known sports reporter asked to see one particular item - he wanted to copy it into a story for SI. Wally, being technologically challenged, thought nothing of it and dropped it into the mail to the reporter after getting the reporter's promise to return it. The reporter claimed to have never received it. The "it" was a letter which Tiger wrote during the 8th grade to Wally stating how much he wanted to play for Wally at Stanford.


Edit: just did a quick search and I didn't see any of Tiger's autographed stuff for under $1000 and most of it is junk -- mine is the actual menu from the Clubhouse (I was working the Player's Dining Room during the tournament.) Heck, maybe I should search for Arnold Palmer's too.

 

[DD]

This is not an absolute auction. I have no idea what it is worth today, but I would think it would be highly sought out when Tiger is an old man. I will have to search for autographs and check some values. (You should have made me an offer before I researched it)

Side story - Wally Goodwin, Tiger's Golf Coach in college (this man is a trip and a heck of a story teller), (Wally and my brother go back a few years) had a bunch of Tiger stuff, and a well known sports reporter asked to see one particular item - he wanted to copy it into a story for SI. Wally, being technologically challenged, thought nothing of it and dropped it into the mail to the reporter after getting the reporter's promise to return it. The reporter claimed to have never received it. The "it" was a letter which Tiger wrote during the 8th grade to Wally stating how much he wanted to play for Wally at Stanford.


Edit: just did a quick search and I didn't see any of Tiger's autographed stuff for under $1000 and most of it is junk -- mine is the actual menu from the Clubhouse (I was working the Champion's Dining Room during the tournament. While Tiger wasn't a previous champion, he did get to eat in the dining room.) Heck, maybe I should search for Arnold Palmer's too.

Dang it! Yeah, I shoulda! Not in my budget. Great story too, btw.

 

[dbuck]

Where did you get this menu? How do you know the autographs are authentic? Did they sign it for you? I might be interested in making you an offer because hubby and son are both big golfers.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Where did you get this menu? How do you know the autographs are authentic? Did they sign it for you? I might be interested in making you an offer because hubby and son are both big golfers.

As noted above, I worked the Master's that year with a friend of mine. I personally received the autographs, and the spoon mysteriously appeared in my pocket. The match books were free. I also have my name tag which I could let go with the package to add a little more validity to the menu and the autographs. However, I did turn in the mustard yellow uniform.

Edit: Employees were specifically asked not to ask for autographs from the players. After seeing the security guard (ie- cashier) who was working the Players Dining Room get everyone's autographs, I thought, why not. My first signature was Arnold's. It had rained that morning and he had a crappy morning of golf. I was the first person to ask him when he came upstairs to go to the locker room. He gladly complied, but he was still pissed off from his bad performance. When the security guard asked, Arnold went bolistic! I ducked down a bit because I thought he was going to explode. Short story made even shorter, the security guard was trying to get all of the previous Master's Champions to autograph one menu. He received everyone's but Arnold's. That security guy has worked several years of tournaments and has received a crapload of autographs. He is very crafty to get collective groups of autographs too.

 

[JB]

SJ, I would get that thing appraised if I were you. There are all kind of sports memorabilia appraisal services out ther (some reputable, some not). That is awesome, though.

Heck, I thought I was lucky just to attend a Monday practice round a few years back.

 

[pineknot]

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