SAM "SLAMMING SAMMY" SNEAD - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/25/1951

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SAM "SLAMMING SAMMY" SNEAD - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/25/1951 - HFSID 272269
SAM SNEAD
Sam Snead signs a carbon typed document for The Mennen Company to use him in their advertising.
Carbon Typed Document Signed: "
Sam Snead
" in ink, 2p, 8½x11, separate sheets.
Hot Springs, Virginia, 1951 January 25.
In letter form to Endorsements, Inc., New York, New York.
The golfer agrees to lend his endorsement to The Mennen Company. Headed:
"Release"
Begins:
"
Gentlemen
".
In part:
"
In consideration of the sum of one dollar (.00) to me in hand paid and other valuable considerations,
I hereby grant to the Mennen Company
and/or its dealers and to Endorsements, Inc., its agent in these negotiations,
permission to use
...My photograph or a reproduction thereof...My name...The attached testimonial...for television and any and all advertising, trade, or art purposes and I specifically release you and your client, The Mennen Company and/or its dealers of any liability of any nature arising out of such use...
Any and all rights, excepting television, granted herein are effective for a period of only 12 months
from the date of signature of this release.
Television rights shall be effective for 6 months
from the said date and shall
in no event require my personal appearance or recording of my voice
....
"
The testimonial
, which follows on page 2,
in full:
"'I'M
ONE
UP
ON PERSPIRATION ODOR!'/'Whether you're out on the golf links or just working at your desk or machine, you're sure to perspire! That's why
I always play safe with Mennen Spray Deodorant for Men.
It's sure-fire protection and I like the masculine aroma.'"
Also signed:
"
Fred J. Corcoran
"
as Witness
. Lightly creased with folds, light horizontal fold through signatures. Staple holes at upper left corners, two file holes at upper blank margins.
Accompanied by
ALS: "
Fred Corcoran
", 1p, 7¼x10½.
Miami Beach, Florida
, no date. On letterhead of The Kenilworth by the Sea to "
Dear Joan
".
In full:
"
Enclosing signed contract for Sam Snead. Please mail check to me here at the Kenilworth Hotel for Sam. Thank you
". Lightly creased with folds, not at signature. Nicked at upper right edge, two file holes at upper blank margin. "Mennan" written (unknown hand) in pencil at upper right margin. Fine condition.
In the year he signed this document, Snead won his third PGA Championship title.
"Slammin' Sammy" Sam Snead (1912-2002)
won both the Masters and the PGA three times
and the
British Open once
. In 1965, Snead became the oldest player (52 years, ten months) to win a PGA tournament (the Greater Greensboro Open). He was inducted into the
World Golf Hall of Fame
in 1953.
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