Collecting Golf Advertising
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Why Collect Golf Advertising?
Advertising collectibles in general (non-golf) include many options often with large followings (and sometimes large profits). They include metal signage, posters, calendars, paperweights, pens, etc. all created to promote a product or business and its brand (such as the popular field of “Transportation Advertising” related to oil, tire or automobile companies and their products). Countless items gifted or sold to a consumer with decorative packaging can serve as lasting advertisements long after the product inside was used, or while the clock on the wall that says Coca Cola keeps ticking.
Amongst the most sought-after Golf related Advertising items are those on the countertops in golf pro shops to promote the sale of golf balls of competing companies, but there are surely many others that can spark the interest of collectors who already collect anything from posters to thimbles to shoehorns, but with golf as the associated theme. Happy collecting!
Articles on Golf Ball Collecting from Our Publications
Here are a few relevant articles on ball collecting from our archives (in The Golf and The GHS Bulletin).
A Short History of Golf Ball Dimples and Patterns
Why/How to Collect Golf Balls
GHS Zoom Presentations
The GHS Ambassador Program
Doug Marshall, Canadian historical golf leader, 1937-2022
Member exclusive – video interview with Dr. Bob Jones IV
Leonard Fischer, March 2021
Lance Enholm, April 2019
Joe Meehan, August 2019
Dr. George “Willie” Gayle, October 2019
Dick McDonough, author of ‘Great Golf Collections’ 1942-2021
Gene Boldon – 1927-2020
Extra Holes for Autumn 2019
Membership news and notes
Extra Holes – The Golf, Summer 2019
GHS Board Meeting Minutes and President Statements
The Golf, Spring 2019 – Extra Holes
Some Advertising Sub-Categories
Golf Ball Advertising
Golf Tobacco Advertising
Signs/Posters:
Movies
Travel
Courses
Everyday Items:
Tins
Perfumes/Colog
Calendars
Beverages etc.
Golf Ball collecting Resources
Video Resources
Collecting Playlist
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From Our Blog
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Golf Ball collecting Resources
Recommended Reading Resources
- 500 Years of Golf Balls, by John F. Hotchkiss, 1997, Antique Trader Books
- The Essential Guide to Collecting Golf Balls, by Colin Palmer, 2010, Riley Dunn & Wilson Ltd.
- Antique Golf Collectibles, 3rd Edition, by Chuck Furjanic, 2004, Krause Publications
- Golf in the Making, by Ian Henderson and David Stirk, 1979, Henderson & Stirk Ltd.
- The Encyclopedia of Golf Collectibles, by John Ohlman and Morton Ohlman, 1985, Books Americanna
- Antique Golf Collectibles, Identification and Value Guide, by Pete Georgiady, 2006, Collector Books
- The Story of the Golf Ball, by Kevin W McGimpsey, 2003, Philip Wilson, London (winner of the 2004 Murdock Medal presented by the British Golf Collectors Society)
- The Collectible Golf Ball Directory, Folio I, ‘Gutta-Percha’ golf balls 1845-1903, by Kevin W McGimpsey, 2021
- The Collectible Golf Ball Directory, Folio II, ‘Rubber-Cored’ golf balls 1901-1919, by Kevin W McGimpsey, 2022
- The Collectible Golf Ball Directory, Folio III, ‘Rubber-Cored’ golf balls, A-K 1920-1945, by Kevin W McGimpsey, 2023 [November]