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Published in 1997, the first edition of The Clubmaker's Art received
widespread acclaim. Golf World listed it among the top 10 golf books of
the 20th century. Travel and Leisure Golf called it the "heavyweight champion-literally"
and included it on a list of the top 25 golf books ever written. It won
the prestigious Murdoch Medal, awarded in Great Britain for outstanding
achievement in golf literature.
The best
just got bigger and better. The Clubmaker's Art - Second Edition Revised
and Expanded consists of 784 pages in two volumes in a slipcase. It
includes every club found in the first edition plus 220 more. The page
size is 20% larger than the first edition. The complete set weights 15.9
pounds, twice that of the first edition.
All the
original images have been redone, and over 400 new images have been added.
All the layouts have been reworked and extensive new information has been
included. Many exceedingly rare and historically important clubs have been
added to every chapter in the book. The section on fakes and replicas is
five times as large as that in the first edition.
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leather bound sets will be produced, each individually numbered and signed
by the author. The books will be bound using two different leathers and
will have gilded pages. 2800 regular edition sets, complete with slipcase
and dustjackets will be sold. In total, this is around half of the entire
production run of the first edition.
The
Clubmaker's Art - Revised and Expanded is the most complete, in-depth
book on antique golf clubs ever written. Over 1,250 pictures illustrate
over 850 clubs selected from among the most valuable, historical, and rare
antique clubs in the world. Hundreds of others are described and identified.
The text, written after extensive research in the United States and the
United Kingdom, documents not only the clubs but also their makers and
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"The best just got bigger and
better."
(1997 first edition on left, 2007 second edition on right)
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ON Sept 27-28, 2007, Sotheby's
in New York City, will auction off the entire Jeffery B. Ellis Antique
Golf Club Collection.
Every antique golf club in "The Clubmakers Art Second Edition,"
with the exception of the Troon clubs, will be auctioned off in four sessions
across two days.
The collection will be on display prior to the sale at Sothebys NYC
from Sept. 20th to the 26th.
All the antique clubs pictured in "The Clubmakers Art Second Edition,"
with the exception of the
Troon clubs, will be sold at auction at that time. For
more information contact Lisa Ladish
<Lisa.Ladish@sothebys.com> or Lee Dunbar <Leila.Dunbar@sothebys.com>
at Sotheby's
in New York City (212 606 7910).
To obtain your own golf antiques prior the auction, please visit Jeff
Ellis Golf Collectibles.
All images and text are © 2007 The Clubmaker's
Art and may not be duplicated or reproduced without written permission
from the author.
Please contact Jeff
with
questions about this site.
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