Sports & Olympic Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a fob for the 4th Annual LIFE PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) National Golf Day held on June 4, 1955 reading "I Beat Ed Furgol", the reigning U.S. Open Champion from the previous year. LIFE Magazine began sponsoring...

ARTIFACT: This is an early caddie badge for Sunnycrest Links of Syracuse, New York. The badge dates to the golf course's original opening in late 1920s, The design of the course, which was originally of regulation length, is attributed to renowned golfer...

ARTIFACT: Great 1935 Kingswood Golf Club Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Championship Trophy in silver plate by Wallace Trophy. The nicely detailed trophy has a slender profile, and reads: "KINGSWOOD GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 1935" on the front. The...

ARTIFACT: Lovely 1943 Los Angeles Metropolitan Golf Association 3rd Place Medal awarded to S. E. Davis in enameled and coppered sterling silver. The center of the medal features a golfer teeing off inside a white enameled ring that reads: "LOS...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1920's sterling silver and enamel golf themed money clip by the Webster Company in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The clip features a golfer dressed in period style, poised to drive a golf ball, a visible horizon line with tree are...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1916 mesh golf ball by W.B.C. The square lattice design became quite popular around 1912, a twist on the earlier dimple design. VINTAGE: Circa 1916. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a football trophy from Brooklyn Preparatory School named to Ed Walsh and dated 191The trophy has a classic urn-like shape with two handles. A gold-filled coat-of-arms at center reads SANITAS SCIENTIA SANCTITAS. VINTAGE: Circa 1914...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid badge for the 1968 Laconia, New Hampshire World Championship Sled Dog Derby, an annual event since 192The badge features a great graphic of a dog team and its "musher" on the front. VINTAGE: Circa 1968...

ARTIFACT: This is a program for the 1961 Laconia, New Hampshire World Championship Sled Dog Derby, an annual event since 192The cover features a photo of Peg Nansen, "Grand Lady" of the sled dog world and invited judge. The program has ranks...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful circa 1940s or 1950s boxing helmet in leather by Brine Company of Boston Massachusetts. The helmet has ear openings, a padded interior flap, rear laces, a chinstrap with a sliding buckle and elasticized straps spanning the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s member badge for the Touring Club of France (TCF). The TCF was primarily a bicycling association, but essentially became a pioneer bureau of tourism through its promotion of everything from maps to camping to road signage...

ARTIFACT: 1920's – 1930's Velodrome Cycling Racing Club member lapel pin. C (Century?) Cycling Club. Velodrome cycling takes place on an oval track and the bicycles do not have any brakes. The velodrome cycling was established as an Olympic Sport in...