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Golf rules the weekend
🚨 O.J.’s Bronco for sale
The owners of the infamous Ford Bronco from O.J. Simpson’s car chase tell cllct that they are looking to sell the car, hoping to receive $1.5 million on the heels of Simpson’s death and with the 30th anniversary of the slow-speed police chase coming in June.
🗞️ Origins of the Green Jacket
Scottie Scheffler was awarded the iconic Green Jacket after his second Masters victory Sunday. We traced the secret history of golf’s most recognizable prize.
Augusta National has a strict policy about Green Jackets never leaving the club. Club members are not ever allowed to take the Green Jackets off-site. The blazers can only leave club grounds when a player wins the Masters, and the champion is permitted to keep the jacket until the following year’s tournament.
Quite an accessory for a victory tour.
💰️ Auction round-up
⛳️ Golf has banner weekend
While the 2024 Masters came to a close, two massive golf auctions concluded as well. The Golf Auction sold a 1934 Masters Four-Day Badge for $470,857.49, marking the second most valuable ticket ever sold at public auction. Meanwhile, Golden Age Auctions sold an original Warhol portrait of Jack Nicklaus from Warhol’s famed ‘Athlete Series’ for $1.12 million, double the previous record for the painting and becoming just the second million-dollar sale from the series in auction history, according to Altan Insights’ Bradley Calleja.
🥊 Ali trunks pulled?
Hours before its planned auction Friday afternoon, Sotheby’s pulled down the listing for Muhammad Ali’s “Thrilla in Manila” trunks, despite early bidding topping $3.8 million. A Sotheby’s spokesperson told cllct it would be delaying the sale “until further notice.”
🎸 Mixed music results
The big ticket item of the weekend, a Paul McCartney and John Lennon hand-drawn Beatles concert poster, was bid up to $1.375 million but failed to meet the reserve price at Gotta Have Rock and Roll Auctions. The poster was purchased for $175,000 in 2015. This was one of many lots at the music-centered auction house that failed to sell or fell below estimates, including a 1972 John Lennon Grammy Trustee Award (0 bids, minimum price: $150,000), a Beatles and Brian Epstein signed copy of “Please Please Me” (failed to meet minimum price of $100,000), and a 1976 Lennon and McCartney duel-signed check, which sold for $13,000 (estimate: $20,000-$25,000).
🗓️ Anniversary: Jackie’s debut
We spoke to the owner of one of the only Jackie Robinson debut tickets still in existence. The Brewers owner purchased the ticket for a record $480,000 at auction in 2022.
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