The lawsuits were “reluctantly” filed after a years-long dispute between Gary Player and Marc Player about the 87-year-old’s collectibles, said the attorney for the nine-time major champion.
In a response posted to Marc Player’s Twitter account, Heitner call’s the claims against Marc “petty” and"baseless." He said some memorabilia was given to Marc Player by his parents and has remained in his possession for decades.The statement also mentions a 2002 collection of 300 pieces of memorabilia that was sold to South African billionaire Johann Rupert by the London-based auction house Christie's.
People speculated about the reason for the sale but Player said he was doing it to raise money for his Blair Atholl School for 450 underprivileged children on his South African estate, to set up a trust fund for his family and to avoid any fighting among his children over the items after his death. "I don't want to see this divided among my children," Player said in the 2003 article."I would turn in my grave if I died and this one wanted the U.S. Open and this one wanted the British Open. I've seen a lot of people in my career that when they died, it was a tragedy the way the family bickered about whatever was left to them."
In August, an auction site was listing for sale a 1959 Gary Player Black Knight Putter, the 1968 Carreras Piccadilly World Match Play Golf trophy, Gary Player golf clubs used to win the 1965 US Open and the 1988 Belgian Classic Crystal Trophy, according to one of the lawsuits. On Dec. 8, Circuit Court Judge Gregory Keyser granted a temporary injunction against Marc Player and anyone working with him from selling Gary Player items that were in their possession at the time of the 2021 settlement agreement. It also ordered monies earned by selling previous items such as the 1974 Masters Tournament Trophy, to be put in a trust, and temporarily bars Marc Player from using his father's image or name on social media accounts.
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