These early golf cards featured vintage pictures of the sport. Cards were distributed by Cope Brothers & Company Ltd., a firm based in Liverpool and London England. The company issued the cards inside of their tobacco products (backs merely state they were packed in Cope’s Tobaccos).

The fronts feature full-color cartoon golf images as well as a title for each card. The back, like many late 19th-century cards, includes a complete checklist.

Some cards feature generic pictures of golfers while others depict actual players and include their names. Because the set is such an early issue, it includes recognized rookie cards for several stars of the sport.

This lot includes cards #11-20 of the series. They have been nicely framed and are ready for display.

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