Golf: Key Card // Arnold Palmer

dytch2220

Any golf collectors on here who can advise on what would be considered the key card for Arnold Palmer?

dytch2220

Looks like maybe a 1965 Bancroft Tiddlers. Pricey!

llafoe

llafoe

"Borrowed" the image from eBay... nice looking card. The left side is razor sharp and the right side has rounded corners. I wonder how these cards were distributed?

LarkinCollector

<< <i>Looks like maybe a 1965 Bancroft Tiddlers. Pricey! >>


That's the set, there's actually two cards needed: one for the front and a different one for the back.

ETA: Here's a link to the one with the Palmer back: Link

LarkinCollector

<< <i>"Borrowed" the image from eBay... nice looking card. The left side is razor sharp and the right side has rounded corners. I wonder how these cards were distributed? >>


They came in a booklet similar to this: Link The left edges had to be hand-cut near the spine, the right was the outside edge of the page.

Also, Palmer was featured in a 1959 booklet series by Shell Oil UK, but I have yet to see any of the 12 for sale. The Bancroft is the one most consider his rookie.

dytch2220

Thanks a bunch for the info guys.