BINGS 39TH NATIONAL PRO AM PGA ASI GOLF DECANTER 1980 CYPRESS POINT * PEBBLE BEACH * SPYGLASS HILL Start Price USD 475.00 Current Price USD 475.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 16, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location PACIFIC COAST See more about 'BINGS 39TH NATIONAL PRO AM PGA ASI GOLF DECANTER 1980 ' Description UP FOR AUCTION IS A RARE AND HARD TO FIND GOLF DECANTER.  IT IS  "BING'S" 39TH NATONAL PRO AM PLAYED IN 1980.  MADE FOR THIS TOURNAMENT BY "AESTHETIC SPECIALTIES, INC.  AND ARISTO-CRAFT CREATION. THESE DECANTERS WERE MADE ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRO AMS PLAYED EACH YEAR AND GIVEN ONLY TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE EVENT, SO THEY ARE RARE AND HARD TO FIND ESPECIALLY ONE THIS OLD.  THE DECANTER STANDS 10-1/2" TALL AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE.  THERE ARE NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR CRAZING ON THIS DECANATER THAT I CAN SEE.  THE DECANTER IS EMPTY BUT THE TAX STAMP IS COMPLETE AND INTACT.  I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE CORK BECAUSE THE TAX STAMP IS FIXED TO THE TOP OF THE DECANTER. THE  AMARETTO LABEL ON THE BACK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  THERE IS A BLACK SPECK ON THE BACK OF THE DECANTER (SEE PICTURE) DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, NOT A CHIP OR CRACK, IT APPEARS FLUSH WITH THE DECANTER .   THE LID FITS SNUGLY INTO THE DECANTER.   NOTHING HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF OF THIS DECANTER; SOMETIMES YOU FIND THIS RARE PIECE BUT THE PIPE IS BROKEN OR THE CLUB IS NOT IN PLACE.  THIS SPECIFIC TOURNAMENT WAS PLAYED AT CYPRESS POINT, PEBBLE BEACH AND SPYGLASS HILL.  THIS IS A RARE DECANTER BECAUSE OF WHERE THE TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE.  CYPRESS POINT IS NO LONGER PLAYED IN THIS HISTORIC TOURNAMENT, I BELIEVE IT IS POPPY HILLS NOW!... THIS DECANTER DEPICTS "BING" INFRONT OF THE OLD FAMOUS CYPRESS TREE ON THE MONTEREY PENNINSULA WITH HIS FAMILIAR PIPE IN HIS MOUTH AND GOLF CLUB IN HIS HAND.  IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF GOLF MEMORABILIA OR RARE DECANTERS, THEN DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS AUCTION.  THIS A CHANCE IN A LIFE TIME TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OF GOLF HISTORY.  THERE ARE OTHER RARE DECANTERS OUT THERE, IN FACT I JUST SOLD "BING'S 40TH".  IT WAS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  SO HAVE FUN COLLECTING ALL THESE RARE DECANTERS FROM THE PEBBLE BEACH PRO AMS.  I HAVE DESCRIBED THIS DECANTER THE BEST I CAN SO PLEASE E-MAIL ME PRIOR TO BIDDING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AUCTION. INSURED SHIPPING IS FREE TO THE LOWER 48 STATES ONLY.  I WRAP AND SHIP THESE DECANTERS AND NEVER HAVE HAD A BROKEN ONE DELIVERED TO A BUYER.  SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE. . .GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING. . . . . . . . . . . .ULA55  Place a Bid!