An auction mishap helped a quick-thinking Tiger Woods fan make $3,000 off the back of a piece of rare memorabilia.
The savvy collector spotted a ball which was listed by an unnamed UK auction house as having been signed by golf legend Tom Watson, and paid $43 for the item, as confirmed by The Collectibles Guru on Twitter.
However, the signature on the Titleist ball actually belonged to Woods, and it has since been sold on for $3,037 at Golden Age Auctions.
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Despite sharing initials, Woods and Watson’s signatures are clearly very different, so it is not clear how the incident happened.
This Tiger Woods signed golf ball was mislabeled by a UK auction house as a Tom Watson autograph.
A savvy collector noticed this, bought the signed ball for $43, and just sold it for $3,037 at Golden Age Auctions. pic.twitter.com/nhVdYYAiOq
— The Collectibles Guru 🧠 (@ericwhiteback) December 12, 2022
Memorabilia from Woods’ stellar professional career has been going for a premium this year, with another signed ball – used when he had a hole-in-one on his professional debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1996 – selling for $186,000.
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