Get your hands on rare golf memorabilia!

Some rare golf memorabilia, including portraits of St Andrews, golf balls, medals and books have gone up for auction to coincide with the 144th Open Championship at the Home of Golf next month.

Coordinated by Lyon & Turnbull, an international fine auctioneer with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, 37 lots will be up for grabs at the Eden Club on the eve of the Open with estimated prices of up to £50,000.

The ‘Rare Golf Memorabilia’ lots can be viewed at Lyon & Turnbull’s Edinburgh office on Broughton Place on Sunday, July 12 from 12pm-4pm and Monday, July 13 from 10am-5pm.

Due to the nature of the venue, places at the evening auction – which starts at 7.30pm – must be booked an advance, while there is also the chance to see the lots at the Eden Club by appointment only from 11am-6.30pm.

Here are five of the best of those items:

Lot 6 :: Arnold Palmer at 80 – £2,000-£3,000

A watercolour of the seven-time major winner by Stephen Shankland (41cm x 32cm).

Lot 11 :: Tom Morris long-nosed play club – £3,000-£4,000

The club, inscribed ‘T.MORRIS’, has a hickory shaft with worn leather grip, slight split above the restored bottom whipping, the beech head with brass sole insert held in place with three wooden pegs and lead weight to the rear.

Lot 20 :: Rare stars and stripes ball – £20,000-£30,000

One of only 12 reported to have been made by Willie Dunn back in 1897. One currently resides in the USGA collection, the rest split between just two private collections. This is a rare chance to own one of the world’s most collectible golf balls.

Lot 30 :: Golfer’s Yearbook 1866 – £8,000-£12,000

The first edition of the Golfer’s Yearbook for 1866, compiled and edited by Robert Howie Smith. Cloth-backed pictorial green boards together with a modern custom-built slipcase.

Lot 35 :: Rare presentation piece given to Gene Sarazen – £20,000-£30,000

In 1952, Masters winner in 1935 Gene Sarazen was handed this presentation piece by Ben Hogan.

The tri-fold piece has a picture of the clubhouse inside the first leaf, while the next leaf is inscribed “Gene Sarazen, Member, Masters Club, August Georgia. The following side is inscribed “Ben Hogan, Founder, Clifford Roberts, Honorary Member, Robert Tyre Jones Jr, Honorary Member. The final leaf shows a portrait of Hogan, with the initals “G.S.” inscribed on the rear.

To view the rest of the lots, visit http://auctions.lyonandturnbull.com/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=2&ps=30&sale_no=451&st=D