GOLF TREASURES:
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

I have aquired a set of old spaldling clubs.The irons look like they have wood handles.Some fella named ky laffon endorsed them.Also on the back is the letter"C".
Karl Otto

Dale Concannon writes:

Such is the popularity of golf that enthusiasts have collected items connected with the game – known as 'golfiana' – for many years now. However, despite what you may have heard about thousands of pounds being paid at auction for old clubs, balls, books, balls etc., the reality is only a small percentage of items are worth more than a nominal amount.

That said, there is nothing connected with golf, no matter how remotely, that is not of interest to some enthusiast. Collectibility, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and what might be looked upon as a real 'find' by one collector can be dismissed as worthless by another. Therefore when judging the financial value of your golfing item/s you have to bare this important fact in mind. What I have done is offer an estimate of its value but to the right collector it might be worth more and to the wrong one less. That is the fun of golfing antiques.

Regarding your golfing item/s: Ky Laffoon was a famous pro golfer back in the fifties of Red Indian extraction. A fantastic character best known for his red hot temper, he once tied a putter to the bumper of his car and dragged it along for miles 'just to teach it a lesson!' Unfortunately, no clubs with his name on have any real value - perhaps £5 each for curiosity value. That said, if they are hickory-shafted clubs and not plastic covered irons as I suspect, then you are looking around £300 for the set.