patrick_y
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Wow! Sidney Mobell!
The second advertisement features Sidney Mobell, a San Franciscan jeweler who was famous for creating ultra lavish jewelry, including a solid gold toilet (cost in the millions) and perhaps his most famous was a solid gold Monopoly Board Game set with Solid gold houses and jeweled hotels. This board game, which was valued at $2 Million over 20 years ago, is currently owned by the Smithsonian Museum. But yes! The big point here is that successful golfers like their Rolexes!
Rolex ads and sports: Golf.
For several decades, I think we were many to follow some ads on National Geographic. Music Directors, Golfers tennismen, racers, volcanologists.... All were shown wearing a Rolex. As for golfers, it seems that The Day Date was the most popular: Look at th...
Wow!! Back in the 70's, my brother got this Arnold Palmer golf game for Christmas.
The Driver Balls were some sort of closed-cell-foam/Styrofoam. The Putter Balls were white glass marbles. The Green was a thin foam sheet that was rolled up in the box and it would never lay flat. Scotch Tape was the cure to hold the edge down. The outer ...
Wow! Sidney Mobell!
The second advertisement features Sidney Mobell, a San Franciscan jeweler who was famous for creating ultra lavish jewelry, including a solid gold toilet (cost in the millions) and perhaps his most famous was a solid gold Monopoly Board Game set with Soli...
You're welcome!
Sidney Mobell later sold to Shreve & Co., a local jeweler that had been in business for over 100 years in San Francisco and was one of Patek Philippe's first retailers in the USA (either first or second, Tiffany & Co. being the other).
Thanks nice ads
Didn’t know theres a full gold datejust and platinum datejust exist before this