Flight of a Good Golf Drive This Week at LiveAuctionTalk.com
Rosemary McKittrick is a storyteller who spotlights artifacts from the past through the lens of the auction camera.


SANTE FE, NM, October 20, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Picture yourself driving a golf ball through unmowed greens into a weed-infested landscape. The greenkeepers on the course are grazing sheep and if you are lucky enough to be female you're smacking the ball through all of this in a bulky long skirt.

As far as I can tell that's what golf looked like in 18th century Scotland. It was a simple game played with primitive wooden-shaft clubs and leather-covered balls. Some historians argue the game was actually played at Royal Blackheath in London as far back as 1608.

"What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive," Arnold Palmer said.

A cross between romance and obsession. Not unlike many love affairs.

How often on the course has a foursome been engrossed in a "stymie" in which one ball is blocking another's path to the hole? Artists don't often miss much and in 1899 John Dollman captured the age-old dilemma in his hand-colored print called "The Stymie."

The 14 ½ inches by 24 inches, hand-colored print sold in the Fine & Rare Books & Memorabilia auction at PBA Galleries in San Francisco on Aug. 6.

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Rosemary has provided auction coverage and analysis on thousands-and-thousands of antiques and collectibles sold since the column started 16-years ago. She includes auction sale results to give readers a feel for what their treasures are worth because the power of auctions is simple.

When the bidding stops and the hammer falls, the value of an item is set. The buyer, not the seller, sets the price, and this simple distinction cuts through all the chitchat about what art, antiques and collectibles are really worth. The emphasis is on today's values, not yesterday's wishful thinking.

Each week another new article is posted featuring a particular area of collecting.

• Every article showcases an auction item and how it fits into the big picture.
• A compelling, historical context is provided for the treasures people collect.
• Collecting tips are offered.
• Current "prices realized" are listed.

Rosemary is the co-author of The Official Price Guide to Fine Art published by Random House and received her training in the trenches working as a professional appraiser and weekly columnist.

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