The Golf Auction is looking for quality Golf Memorabilia consignments!

The Golf Auction coming off an exciting July Golf memorabilia auction
is looking for Masters badges, champions winner medals, contestants
pins, vintage hickories and more! We will be at the National Sports
card convention at booths 921p (Kip Ingle) and 1535p (The Golf
Auction) please bring your golf collectibles by for us to see! Www.thegolfauction.com
or 813-340-6179

1946 US Open Champion medal in July golf auction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Kip Ingle (770) 883-1131

 

THE GOLF AUCTION FEATURES ESTATE OF HALL OF FAMER LLOYD MANGRUM INCLUDING 1946 US OPEN WINNERS MEDAL

 

The Golf Auction.Com announces that they have  entered into agreement with the daughter and grandson of the late World Golf Hall of Famer Lloyd Mangrum to present his estate of medals, badges, documents, photos and other assorted memorabilia from his PGA career in auction. This public offering will take place  the week of the British Open and will end on 7/18  and viewing of the lots will begin on Sunday 6/20.

Featured items to be bid on from Mangrum's career include his Championship Golf medal from the 1946 US Open, personal contestant badges from past US Opens, along with mementoes from his four Ryder Cup appearances. Also in this offering of roughly 50 items will be several items from Mangrum's 36 Tour championships that saw him win the Western Open twice and the Los Angeles Open four times.

Mangrum's daughter and grandson have also agreed to provide the winner's of each lot from the estate with a letter of authenticity detailing that the purchased item has come directly from Mr. Mangrum's family.

Mangrum, with movie star good looks was a member of the "Texas Gang" that rode out of the hardscrabble caddie yards to plunder the PGA tour in it's first Golden Age, along with Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. He joined the Tour in 1937 and quickly established himself setting the course record of 64 in his first round of play ever at the Masters in 1940. This score would not be matched until Jack Nicklaus carded it in the 1960's. Duty to country fighting under General Patton in the second World War saw Mangrum fight bravely at the Battle of the Bulge and earn two Purple Hearts. This only slowed his golf career as he returned better then ever winning the 1946 US Open.

The win at the Open in 1946 was only the start of greatness as he would go on to win 30 more times on Tour for his career total of 36 wins, the 12^th most wins ever by a player in his career. In 1951, Mangrum led the PGA money list. He earned the Vardon Trophy in both 1951 and 1953 with the lowest seasonal scoring average on Tour. An excellent Ryder Cup performer, Mangrum appeared in four matches highlighted by his role as player/captain in the 10^th ever matches in 1953. His career has twice been recognized with the highest honor with induction into the PGA Hall of Fame in 1964 and the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998.

President of The Golf Auction, Kenley Matheny, summed up the company's excitement about the upcoming July auction "The British Open week auction with the 1946 US Open Championship medal and one of the only Horton Smith signed Golfball known to exist will make this auction one of the strongest offerings of the year".

The auctioning of the medal is important to the golf collecting community as Mangrum medal's  joins only a couple of US Open champion's medals ever sold in a public auction and bidding expects to reach mid five figures.

To participate in the bidding in this internet, phone and mail auction or to place consignments in future auctions please contact through website:www.TheGolfAuction.Com or phone at (813) 340-6179.

The Golf Auction is accepting consignments of golf memorabilia

The Golf Auction is now looking for the best in golf memorabilia for
our up coming Masters week auction. Masters related items such as
Masters badges, masters winner medals, trophies, old Augusta national
gifts always do well. Please visit www.thegolfauction.com and fill out
a consignment form or call Kenley at 813-340-6179 to discuss your golf
memorabilia, you can also email the golf auction at sales@thegolfauction.com

Lloyd Mangrum 1940 Masters Runner Up Silver Medal With letter from Heir! Auction Ends today!

For Immediate Release

November 21, 2009

Contact : Kip Ingle
(770) 883-1131

 

 

MASTERS MEDAL WON BY LLOYD MANGRUM IN 1940 ENDS NOVEMBER 22ND

 

www.TheGolfAuction.com is pleased to announce today that the Masters medal given to Lloyd Mangrum by the Augusta National to recognize his accomplishment as the runner-up in the 1940 Masters has been consigned. It has been consigned to The Golf Auction for its internet based auction house.  The auction for the medal closes on November 22nd.  This very exclusive item of Masters history joins the 1941 Champions medal of Craig Wood as the only other cherished Masters medal to go to public auction. The Wood medal drew high five figure hammer prices at auction. Kenley Matheny, president of The Golf Auction, expects this item to draw active bidding interest. As stated by Mr. Matheny, "the scarcity of contestant  medals combined with the collectability of Masters memorabilia makes this item a cherished item among our advanced golf collector base which has challenged us to come up with this type of material".

 

This Original silver medal takes the place of a Replica gold medal that was listed in our November 22^nd auction. The gold medal was in fact a replica that was found in a stolen golf bag in New Mexico. The Golf Auction was still researching the gold medal when they were contacted by a heir of Lloyd Mangrum who was able to tell us the story behind it. With the help of the Mangrum Family we are able to put this mystery to rest and offer the Real 1940 Masters runner up medal from 1940. This Medal comes with a detailed Letter of authenticity from Lloyd Mangrum's grandson detailing how the Medal has been in the family for over 69 years since Lloyd Mangrum finished second in the Masters in 1940.  

 
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 Mangrum playing in his first Masters in 1940, carded a 64 in his first round to set the course record, earning runner-up honors to Jimmy Demaret,. This was the start of a great run of golf in the majors for Mangrum who would finish in the top ten in ten consecutive Masters and go onto win the 1946 U.S Open as highlights to his Hall of Fame career.   

 

In light of Mangrum's distinguished career and the significance of Masters memorabilia in the world of golf collectibles, the Golf Auction is proud to feature the 1940 Masters medal in their winter auction in which  bidding ends  on November 22^nd . The Golf Auction specializes in a wide variety of items including vintage clubs and balls, autographed memorabilia, and other treasures from the top courses of the world. The medal can be viewed at www.thegolfauction.com and any questions regarding the medal can be forwarded to Kip Ingle at (770) 883-1131.  Please call (813) 340-6179 to discuss consigning or to register to bid in the November  auction.

 

 

MASTERS MEDAL WON BY LLOYD MANGRUM IN 1940 GOES TO AUCTION

 

For Immediate Release

November 5, 2009

Contact : Kip Ingle
(770) 883-1131

 

 

MASTERS MEDAL WON BY LLOYD MANGRUM IN 1940 GOES TO AUCTION

 

The Golf Auction.com is pleased to announce today that the Masters medal given to Lloyd Mangrum by the Augusta National to recognize his accomplishment as the runner-up in the 1940 Masters has been consigned. It has been consigned to The Golf Auction for its internet based auction house.  The auction for the medal closes on November 22. This very exclusive item of Masters history joins the 1941 Champions medal of Craig Wood as the only other cherished Masters medal to go to public auction. The Wood medal drew high five figure hammer prices at auction. Kenley Matheny, president of The Golf Auction, expects this item to draw active bidding interest. As stated by Mr. Matheny, "the scarcity of contestant  medals combined with the collectability of Masters memorabilia makes this item a cherished item among our advanced golf collector base which has challenged us to come up with this type of material".

 

The original find of the ten (10) carat Mangrum 1940 Masters medal was made by Larry Brooks of New Mexico. Mr. Brooks hit the lottery of golf memorabilia purchasing the priced treasure for $5.00 in an old Callaway golf bag found at a thrift sale. Contained at the bottom of the bag was the approximate one (1) ounce, 1 ¾ inch diameter medal. The front of the medal is inscribed with the words Augusta National Golf Club and shows a detailed raised etching of the clubhouse. The reverse  of the medal contains the inscription Masters Tournament and "Lloyd Mangrum", "runner-up", "1940" and "10k". The 1940 Tournament was the seventh time the event had been contested and marked only the third year in which it was known as the Masters Tournament.

 

 Mr. Matheny noted,"it is a dead match with the 1941 Craig Wood medal in size, and attention to detail on both font size of wording and depiction of the Augusta National clubhouse".  Matheny, recently with the help of the USGA museum, also completed a detailed study of Ben Hogan's Masters medals on display at the USGA museum. The runner up medals were made out of silver after 1951, this medal is ten (10) carat gold, and is from 1940.  Mangrum playing in his first Masters in 1940, earning runner-up honors to Jimmy Demaret, carded a record 64 in his first round to set the course record. This was the start of a great run of golf in the majors for Mangrum who would finish in the top ten in ten consecutive Masters and go onto win the 1946 U.S Open as highlights to his Hall of Fame career.   

 

In light of Mangrum's distinguished career and the significance of Masters memorabilia in the world of golf collectibles, the Golf Auction is proud to feature the 1940 Masters medal in their auction which opens for bidding on November 12. The Golf Auction specializes in a wide variety of items including vintage clubs and balls, autographed memorabilia, and other treasures from the top courses of the world. The medal can be viewed at www.thegolfauction.com and any questions regarding the medal can be forwarded to Kip Ingle at (770) 883-1131.  Please call (813) 340-6179 to discuss consigning or to register to bid in the November auction.

 

 

One week left in Golf Memorabilia Auction

The Golf Auction's Fall golf memorabilia auction ends this Sunday ,
august 16 th. Go to www.thegolfauction.com and place your bids. Or you
can phone bids in by calling 813-340-6179

Golf Memorabilia Auction set For August 16th

 

Our Next Golf Memorabilia auction will be Augusta 16^th, we have pushed it back, so we can show the auction lots off at the National Sports card Convention in Cleveland Ohio. We will have two booths at the show and will be working the show all week long. You still have a chance to get a consignment in for this auction CALL Kenley today at 813-340-6179 to consign! Pictured is  LOT #1       1916 Us Amateur Contestants Pin, BOBBY JONES’S 1^st as a 14 year old, NONE KNOWN TO EXIST, (Till Now!!)  watch for an upcoming showcase of this lot.   Signup to be part of our auction at www.Thegolfauction.com