Golf Collectibles with Chuck Furjanic

With Chuck Furjanic
A former Golf Teaching Professional from Pittsburgh, Chuck Furjanic was first exposed to golf artifacts in the 1950’s. After a successful career in Numismatics, he embarked on a new endeavor, helping the golf collector acquire artifacts. He began publishing retail monthly catalogues in 1989 and produced 141 as of Sept. 2001, established an auction company which conducts four major golf collectible auctions yearly and has written the definitive reference book Antique Golf Collectibles, A Price And Reference Guide. This reference book has sold nearly 20,000 copies since 1997 and is available for Scigolf visitors at special pricing.

This Week: Wooden Shaft Club Values

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    Chuck Furjanic has the answers to all of your questions on golf collectibles. Click here to email your question to Chuck and your answer will appear on the Scigolf pages.  Please remember that Chuck deals only in wooden shafted, antique (1930s and older) clubs; he won't be able to answer questions about steel shafted or newer clubs.   Be sure to read Chuck's nearby article, Wooden Shaft Club Values, chances are you'll find your answer there.

    Previous Questions

    The Latest Question:

    Who Knows About Steel Shafted "Collectibles"?

    Chuck, I have a Karsten Ping putter with Ping by Karsten written on the bottom of the club head.   There is also the number 8, and Redwood City, Calif, and Pat. Pend written on the bottom.   The shaft comes down into the middle of the club head and it makes a loud pinging sound when hit.

    How old is this and how much do you think it is worth?

    On "Modern" so called steel shaft "collectibles" call Paul Downs - 702-553-6077. His email is PDGolf@cox.net

    He is both a buyer & seller.

    Thank you,

    Chuck Furjanic   702-553-6077


    What Is It?

    Parlor Putter Parlor Putter Parlor Putter Parlor Putter

    From Harvi:

    I'm having a hard time finding infomation on this item:   Parlor putter wellington-stone 1925.   Its been in my family all of my life, 41+ years, and I assume longer.

    Its always been in decent condition with most of the paint, however the paint has come in question by a person that also owns one.   There are differences in the paint, from pictures I can find on the web, on the section where the company put a sticker.  The photos on the web show this area as green where as mine is gold paint.

    My item looks untouched as the amount of effort it would of taken to repaint this item, like it is, would of been great, and I doubt my grandfather would of taken the time to do it.   I can't ask him as he passed a number of years ago..

    Thanks for any insight you can supply.

    You have an authentic, cast iron base putting game.   Parlor Putter with three putters, no grips on them. It came with a glass ashtray.

    Its value between $300-900 depending upon originality, overall condition and presence or absence of ashtray.

    Thank you,

    Chuck Furjanic


     

    Antique Golf Collectibles, A Price And Reference Guide
    The regular retail is $29.95 plus shipping. Email your order to Chuck and tell him you saw it on Scigolf and he will send you a copy for $30.00 including shipping.


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