Vintage 1961 Masters Golf Tournament Badge-#000 Augusta National Golf Club

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This BUY IT NOW is for one very rare Masters Badge. This badge is in near mint condition. The history of it can be found at green jacket auctions below. I have had it for a few years and it is time to let it go. I will consider 2013 Masters tickets as payment. 1961 Masters Badge #000 This may be the holy grail of Masters badges. Even badge collectors that had heard of this fabled 1961 #000 badge did not know for certain that it existed, and certainly had never seen one. 1961 was the first year that the Masters Tournament issued a now-iconic "badge". For that reason, 1961 Masters Badges have long been the highlight of any badge collection. Masters Collectors also challenged each other to see who could find the lowest number 1961 badge, with lower numbers selling for a lofty premium. Well you can't get a number lower that this - #000. So where did this badge come from? Well, the badge is almost certain to be a 1961 salesman's sample from the Bastian Bros. badge and pin company from Rochester, NY. This rare badge was recently discovered at an estate sale in Atlanta, Georgia alongside numerous other salesman samples and similar non-golf badges and pins that appear to have all been from Bastian Bros., the producer of the 1961 Masters Badge. Amazingly, this elusive badge was given no special treatment whatsoever in the collection it read more

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