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GOLF REFERENCE BOOKS

The following reference books are available through Amazon.com Barnes and Noble and are highly recommended if you are into serious collecting of golf items.

 
The Clubmaker's Art : Antique Golf Clubs & Their History by Jeffrey B. Ellis  Click here to order book

The Clubmaker's Art is the most complete, authoritative, and stunningly beautiful book ever produced on antique golf clubs. Eminent golf club collector, dealer, and historian, Jeffery Ellis leads you on an incredible journey into the minds and workshops of golf's greatest craftsmen, exploring the remarkable evolution of the equipment of the game. Sumptuously illustrated with 800 full-color photographs depicting more than 640 antique clubs, The Clubmaker's Art reveals the most astonishing array of sporting equipment ever assembled.

Exhaustively researched and impeccably documented, the text describes in rich detail more than 1000 rare and innovative clubs, and brings to life the fascinating artisans who created and used them. Combining insightful historical information with entertaining anecdotes and quotations, Ellis vividly captures the exquisite artistry of the game and its equipment.

The Clubmaker's Art is for everyone who loves the game of golf. It is an absolute necessity for collectors and students of the game. It will be the standard reference work in the field for decades to come and a treasured possession of everyone who owns it.

Hardcover - 576 pages 1 edition (September 1997)

Zephyr Productions; ISBN: 096530390X                

 

Antique Golf Collectibles by Chuck Furjanic

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Features prices for thousands of antique clubs, balls, tees, books, ceramics, trophies and more. Plus  author gives insider tips on evaulating collectibles with 16 color pages. also includes maker's marks in fine detail.

Paperback - 504 pages (January 1998)
Krause Publications; ISBN: 0873415191 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x 10.99 x 8.54

[Image] Pete Georgiagy's Wood Shafted Golf Club Value Guide, 2000

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The complete price guide for hickory shafted golf clubs.

Format: Paperback, 4th ed., 320pp., ISBN: 1886752117, Publisher: Airlie Hall Press

Pub. Date: April 1999, Edition Desc: Revised

Gilchrist's Guide to Golf Collectibles by Roger E. Gilchrist

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Featuring thousands of entries, this invaluable book for those who love the game of golf or who love to collect golf treasures includes facsimiles of golfer's signatures--from Tommy Armour to Babe Didrickson Zaharias--copies of program covers from Ryder Cup tournaments, price information on collectible golf clubs, and much more.

Paperback - 512 pages - (August 1998)

NO COVER PICTURE AVAILABLE Antique golf clubs : their restoration and preservation by Bob Kuntz

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Paperback - 144 pages

Ralph Maltby Enterprises; ISBN: 0927956012

500 Years of Golf Balls : History & Collector's Guide

by John Stuart    Click here to order book

Paperback - 288 pages (August 1997)

Antique Trader; ISBN: 0930625722 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.55 x 10.75 x 8.50