US OPEN 1955 HAND PAINTED GOLF DESIGN 1 " COIN GOLF BALL MARKER OLYMPIC CLUB
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THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COMMEMORATIVE SERIES GOLF BALL MARKER - MADE BY GOLF DESIGN USA.
HAND PAINTED AND IN EXCELLENT UNUSED CONDITION. ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE COMMEMORATIVE SETS OF THE OLDER DATED BALL MARKERS WERE MADE.
THEY MATCHED THE CURRENT YEAR COIN BALL MARKERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SOLD AT THE US OPENS EACH YEAR FROM THE EARLY 1980s ONWARDS. THE... COMPLETE SETS WERE FIRST MADE AVAILABLE IN 1987 - AS A LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 SETS - MADE BY GOLFDESIGN USA.
CREATIVE USA ALSO MADE DATED BALL MARKERS FOR SOME OF THE US OPENS AND ALSO MADE COMMEMORATIVE BALL MARKER SETS FOR THE USPGAs, THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RYDER CUP MATCHES.
THE SECOND PHOTO SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SETS WERE ACTUALLY DISPLAYED AND SOLD. I HAVE TAKEN MARKERS FROM THIS SET AND SOLD THEM INDIVIDUALLY. US OPENS 1895 - 1987.
THE BALL MARKERS FROM THE EARLY SETS HAD PLAIN BRASS BACKS - THOSE MADE LATER HAD THE GOLFDESIGN LOGO EMBOSSED TO THE REAR OF THE BALL MARKERS.
IN THE MID 1990s BOTH CREATIVE USA AND GOLFDESIGN USA WERE ASKED BY THE USGA TO STOP MAKING THESE OLDER DATED COMMEMORATIVE BALL MARKER SETS - AND ISSUED THEM WITH A NOTICE THAT THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR LICENSE TO SUPPLY CURRENT MAJORS AND THE RYDER CUP IF THEY DID NOT COMPLY.
OF COURSE BOTH MANUFACTURERS CEASED TO MAKE THESE 'OLDER DATED COMMEMORATIVES' AND THAT THIS WHY THEY ARE SO COLLECTABLE TODAY.
FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN 2003 THE USGA DID ACTUALLY MAKE A SMALL NUMBER OF THESE COMMEMORATIVE SETS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS - GOLF DESIGN MAGNAMARK TYPE BALL MARKERS. THESE WERE SOLD STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF ONE SET PER MEMBER WITH THE STRICT PROVISO THAT THEY WERE FOR COLLECTION PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED FOR RESALE. SOME MEMBERS DID SELL SOME OF THE SETS AND AS A RESULT THE USGA IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ISSUING THESE SETS.
NO LONGER AVAILABLE THESE BEAUTIFUL BALL MARKERS ARE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS. THEY ARE TOP QUALITY ITEMS TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
ALL THE GOLF BALL MARKERS I SELL ARE ORIGINALS AND IN MOST CASES ARE AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD.
POSTAGE IS COMBINED IF YOU WIN OTHER ITEMS OF MINE ON E BAY THIS WEEK.
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HAND PAINTED AND IN EXCELLENT UNUSED CONDITION. ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE COMMEMORATIVE SETS OF THE OLDER DATED BALL MARKERS WERE MADE.
THEY MATCHED THE CURRENT YEAR COIN BALL MARKERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SOLD AT THE US OPENS EACH YEAR FROM THE EARLY 1980s ONWARDS. THE... COMPLETE SETS WERE FIRST MADE AVAILABLE IN 1987 - AS A LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 SETS - MADE BY GOLFDESIGN USA.
CREATIVE USA ALSO MADE DATED BALL MARKERS FOR SOME OF THE US OPENS AND ALSO MADE COMMEMORATIVE BALL MARKER SETS FOR THE USPGAs, THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RYDER CUP MATCHES.
THE SECOND PHOTO SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SETS WERE ACTUALLY DISPLAYED AND SOLD. I HAVE TAKEN MARKERS FROM THIS SET AND SOLD THEM INDIVIDUALLY. US OPENS 1895 - 1987.
THE BALL MARKERS FROM THE EARLY SETS HAD PLAIN BRASS BACKS - THOSE MADE LATER HAD THE GOLFDESIGN LOGO EMBOSSED TO THE REAR OF THE BALL MARKERS.
IN THE MID 1990s BOTH CREATIVE USA AND GOLFDESIGN USA WERE ASKED BY THE USGA TO STOP MAKING THESE OLDER DATED COMMEMORATIVE BALL MARKER SETS - AND ISSUED THEM WITH A NOTICE THAT THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR LICENSE TO SUPPLY CURRENT MAJORS AND THE RYDER CUP IF THEY DID NOT COMPLY.
OF COURSE BOTH MANUFACTURERS CEASED TO MAKE THESE 'OLDER DATED COMMEMORATIVES' AND THAT THIS WHY THEY ARE SO COLLECTABLE TODAY.
FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN 2003 THE USGA DID ACTUALLY MAKE A SMALL NUMBER OF THESE COMMEMORATIVE SETS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS - GOLF DESIGN MAGNAMARK TYPE BALL MARKERS. THESE WERE SOLD STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF ONE SET PER MEMBER WITH THE STRICT PROVISO THAT THEY WERE FOR COLLECTION PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED FOR RESALE. SOME MEMBERS DID SELL SOME OF THE SETS AND AS A RESULT THE USGA IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ISSUING THESE SETS.
NO LONGER AVAILABLE THESE BEAUTIFUL BALL MARKERS ARE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS. THEY ARE TOP QUALITY ITEMS TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
ALL THE GOLF BALL MARKERS I SELL ARE ORIGINALS AND IN MOST CASES ARE AT LEAST 20 YEARS OLD.
POSTAGE IS COMBINED IF YOU WIN OTHER ITEMS OF MINE ON E BAY THIS WEEK.
00061
