BABE RUTH ATTRIBUTED BOBBY JONES MODEL SPALDING PUTTER
BABE RUTH ATTRIBUTED BOBBY JONES MODEL SPALDING PUTTER
BABE RUTH ATTRIBUTED BOBBY JONES MODEL SPALDING PUTTER
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BABE RUTH ATTRIBUTED BOBBY JONES MODEL SPALDING PUTTER

1930'S

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BABE RUTH ATTRIBUTED BOBBY JONES MODEL SPALDING PUTTER
1930'S
Provenance
Sotheby's (date unknown, lot 404)

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Lot Essay

Period club done by Spalding bears their impressed logo on the leather handle wrap with opposite reading "Babe Ruth" in block letter. Reverse of the hitting surface carries an impressed Bobby Jones facsimile signature along with "Spalding Kro-Flite", and "Calamity Jane Model" marks. Spalding marketed this type in the mid-1930's, modeling it after the club Jones used to win the Grand Slam. In very fine overall condition with perhaps a touch of light use and some light/mild general age and storage related wear. Babe Ruth was an avid golfer playing frequently as supported by the bevy of images in which he can be seen enjoying the sport: EX-EX/MT

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