Green Jacket Auction Of Old Tom's Photo Collection

With pretty lousy weather around the country, you might yourself with a few minutes of extra web browsing time and I highly recommend the latest Green Jacket Auctions auction.

There are many neat objects, but the Old Tom Morris photos up for sale are the real prize. Many are believed to have decorated his walls and were found after Eric Auchterlonie passed and these were discovered in an old horse stable.

From the auction description:

On the property grounds, inside an old horse stable and hidden behind two large hessian coal stacks, was one of the most historically significant golf collections in the world. Word of this so-called “Stable Find” quickly spread throughout collecting circles.

The collection – consisting of more than 40 original photographs from the 1800’s – was personally owned by the legendary Old Tom Morris, and then passed down in the Auchterlonie family for almost 90 years.

Maybe because I sought out the golfing ghosts at Leith Links this year, this one from there with Old and Young Tom Morris really looked special. From the description:

1867 Leith Links Gravure w/ Old & Young Tom Morris

At the 1867 Grand Golf Tournament, a photographer was present to take 3 group photographs of the early professional golfers. This was simply unheard of at the time, though the exact reason for the photographer's presence has been lost over time. That group included both Old Tom Morris and his then-16 year old son Young Tom Morris. This is Old Tom Morris' personal copy of one of those rare images.

This original gravure (Version 1 - Young Tom on Steps) depicts the greatest golfers of 1867. The entire piece measures 15 1/4” x 12”, with the image (including names) measuring 9 7/8 x 7 3/4.

The auction ends January 18th.

And the image: