Bob Zafian

A true pioneer in the golf memorabilia industry, Bob’s collecting interests actually started with baseball. In 1978, Bob went to work for Roy White, then outfielder for the New York Yankees. This provided him with invaluable personal connections with many great athletes, including Thurman Munson, Reggie Jackson and others. Over the next couple decades, Bob’s collecting interest grew, and he sought-out and obtained thousands of autographs at sporting events, rock concerts, charity functions and, most notably, golf tournaments.

It was during this time that Bob became widely-known throughout collecting circles; if you wanted an autograph that was hard to find, and wanted to be sure that it was authentic, Bob was the first call to make. This fact was never more apparent than when he was enlisted to help sell one of the most famous pieces of Rock and Roll memorabilia in existence – “The John Lennon Album”. The John Lennon Album was the album that the Beatles legend autographed for would-be killer Mark David Chapman earlier on the same evening of that historic murder.

The album fetched a whopping $460,000 – a record price that has never been topped and likely never will. During the last 20 years, Bob’s personal and professional focus has been on golf autographs and golf memorabilia. He has personally amassed one of the largest golf autograph collections in existence. Impressed with this extensive knowledge of golf autographs, leading authenticator PSA/DNA asked Bob to come on board in 2007 as a consultant/authenticator strictly handling golf autographs. He remains in that capacity as golf autograph authenticator today.