Cheshire sale sets new auction record for golf medal
SETTING an auction record for a golf medal, Willie Fernie's 1883 Open Championship winner's medal sold for £48,500 at the sale held by Maxwells of Wilmslow, Cheshire on July 15. In good condition and in its original box, the silver-gilt medal was won by Scotland’s four-times runner-up in his only Open victory at Musselburgh.
It just pipped the previous record of £48,000 for the medal won by Mungo Park in the 1874 Open, whic…