Jul 15, 2021 - Sale 2576

Sale 2576 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900
Stirling, Alexa (1897-1977)
Signed Photograph, May 20, 1921.

Sepia-toned image on matte paper likely trimmed from a printed publication and mounted on card, with handwritten instruction on verso, "Please sign opposite of card," depicting Stirling in her characteristic golfing garb, with dark hat, herringbone wool jacket, vest sweater, white button-down shirt, and striped tie; 7 x 4 1/2 in.

Stirling won the U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship in 1916, 1919, and 1920, and the Canadian Women's Amateur competition in 1920 and 1934. Signed photographs are rare on the market.