2014 Spring Golf Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/10/2014
1. Oak Knock Block
15 1/2" x 3 3/4" x 3 ½”. This piece of hard wood was used to finish the grips on the clubs. This specific block was used by PGA professionals Charley and Toney Penna in the preparation of clubs
2. Club Refinishers/Collectors Delight Original Brass and Aluminum Screws and Sleeves Penna Collection
Tools of the trade from MacGregor's master club craftsman Toney Penna. Your club refinishing job will take a step forward when using the best of the best in screws and sleeves, straight from the Penna family collection. The Master Screw Weight was a Penna-originated feature which was used to properly balance wood clubs.
3. Toney Penna Box with 2 Ball Bags
Toney Penna Wooden Ball Box with 2 Leather Ball Bags. Great condition. Box: 12 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 3". Golf Bags: 3" x 7". Great conversation piece, a wooden golf ball box that comes complete with Leather golf bags
4. TP 5 Iron-Experimental to View Effect of Weather On Clubs
This club looks terrible, and it should. Toney Penna has had it buried with the head protruding up into the elements of the Florida weather patterns to gauge the wear of his irons when exposed to day and night moisture and sunlight.
This item comes from the Penna Family Collection. This highly successful and respected professional golfing family offers golf mementoes from the careers of brothers Toney Penna and Charley Penna, and Tommy Armour whom Toney and Charley worked under for many years as pros at Boca Raton in Florida and various courses in the Chicago area. Toney was a consistent top 20 money winner on the PGA Tour in the 1930's and 40's while his brother Charley competed in 20 U.S. Open and PGA Championships. We have it all from their storied careers in golf both on and off the course, including everything from contestant’s pins, to used sets of clubs, and prototypes for Penna's famous clubs. Toney is an icon when it comes to club making in the 20th Century, first with the MacGregor Golf Company as their chief of design and then later with his own brand of Penna clubs. Many of the designs of club heads used today were first developed by the genius of Toney. We introduce you to this extraordinary collection by offering various lots from the family’s collection in this special British Open offering. This is an opportunity to acquire golf history, possibly for the last time.
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