Can Anyone Post A Copy Of Jack's "Hawaiian Elephant"?

[EmperorPenguin]

This is a fascinating story of a painting Jack and Barbara Nicklaus wanted, in case some of you guys don't know of it already. The incident occurred forty years ago, in 1974. Here is a composite excerpt from his books My Story and On & Off The Fairway.

 

After a poor job defending the Crosby in awful weather the first week of the new year, I had decided not to compete again until the Los Angeles Open a month and a half later. However, both Barbara and I are great lovers of wildlife art, and particularly the work of two world-renowned artists who specialize in that field, the Englishman David Shepherd and the American Guy Coheleach. Shepherd was then offering to sell a wonderful painting of three elephants, and I was eager to own it.

 

The mistake I made was to mention this desire in a business group meeting, plus the price. The general consensus was: Forget it, you can't afford it. "Oh no?" I told the guys. "Well, just you watch." I had rarely played in the Hawaiian Open, but there was still time to enter. I hadn't intended to play in the Hawaiian Open that year, but we wanted the painting, so I said, "To heck with you guys, I'm going to win what it takes to get it." Fortunately, my game that week was as big as my mouth. I won by three strokes from Eddie Pearce, and still get pleasure every time I look at David's magnificent elephants hanging in our living room. I call the painting my "Hawaiian Elephant."

 

Attached is a picture of Jack hoisting the winner's check of $44,000, which at the was a large sum of money (I think you could buy a car that time for about $3000). A Google search of David Shepherd shows many beautiful pictures of elephants, but can anyone here post a copy of the exact painting Jack bought?

[oldschoolrocker]

Can't help with the elephant pic, but I can tell you for certain that I bought a brand new 1972 Chevy Nova for $2996.00.

[Matt J]

It appears the BBC did a documentary about Shepherd in '72 that landed him a lot of attention. Maybe you can search what paintings he did before 1974?

[dbuck47]

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Can't help with the elephant pic, but I can tell you for certain that I bought a brand new 1972 Chevy Nova for $2996.00.
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I had a brand new '74 Dodge Charger with a V8, vinyl roof and mag wheels that cost $3700, and a '76 Chevy Monte Carlo with swivel bucket seats, 350V8, landau vinyl roof and of course an 8 track in the dash that was $5800 out the door.

When the Ford Maverick came out in around '70, it was advertised at $1995. Of course, A/C was extra.

Sorry for the side step, but any '70's automotive references usually pull me off task.

[HoganApexBlades]

[quote name='dbuck47' timestamp='1417705624' post='10541855']
[quote name='oldschoolrocker' timestamp='1417660630' post='10539989']
Can't help with the elephant pic, but I can tell you for certain that I bought a brand new 1972 Chevy Nova for $2996.00.
[/quote]

I had a brand new '74 Dodge Charger with a V8, vinyl roof and mag wheels that cost $3700, and a '76 Chevy Monte Carlo with swivel bucket seats, 350V8, landau vinyl roof and of course an 8 track in the dash that was $5800 out the door.

When the Ford Maverick came out in around '70, it was advertised at $1995. Of course, A/C was extra.

Sorry for the side step, but any '70's automotive references usually pull me off task.
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Gotta love those old 8 tracks!!! Oops, sorry off topic!

[cardoustie]

I don't have the elephant pic but just back from Vegas .. Saw too many rhino's

[cardoustie]

Robert Bateman is a huge wildlife guy up here in Canada

[cardoustie]

Love the 70's car references. Would love a late 70's 911

My first car, a mid 80's Honda Civic 1500s hade a choke pull .. Just like today's golf carts

Got it used for 4800. Gas was 29 cents a litre. Interest rate was almost 15% on the loan

Young guys at my club have a hard time believing it

[jonnygrouville]

Is crack cheap where you guys are as well? This topic is all over the place...

Oddly enough, I think Grouville senior has a couple of little David Shepherd paintings somewhere. Not worth that sort of money by a long way.

My first car was a Honda Civic as well. 1976, so older than me. Gold.

Why are there rhinos in Vegas?! Spearmint ones? Will need this explaining to me. Is this slang for strippers?

[oldschoolrocker]

Have no idea what the going rate for crack is, street price, or otherwise. Is crack slang for green fees?

[dbuck47]

My crack is the donut shop up the street and chocolate cream drops when you can find fresh ones this time of year.
Plain glazed is just under $6/dozen and the cream drops are about $3/pound.

Also, SoLos, Supersofts, and Duos. $20/dozen.

My apologies to EP for my contributions to getting off topic.

Let's all double up and see if we can come up with pics of Jack's elephants.

[jonnygrouville]

Yes. Golf isn't a fair comparison. I've heard you can quit crack.

And its cheap.

Saw a link to something elsewhere on GolfWRX where someone lists a collection of about 150 putters, the majority of which are Scotty Camerons. One comment below...

"Only a D*($less a hole would collect that many Cameron putters!"

Loving the interwebs...

[Wriggles]

My Dad bought a new base 1972 Dodge Polara for $3400. I bought a new 1976 Dodge Royal Monaco 2dr HT, nicely equipped for $5600 drive out. Hard to believe, I still have it. Never planned on keeping it 38 years.

I recall looking at 1980 Cadillacs. A new base model, drive out, cost $11,000. I recall the salesman telling me prices were going to skyrocket in a few years. He was right.

Can't help with Jack's Elephant.

[Matt J]

You can get a pretty good idea of what any of Shepherd's elephants would look like from a google image search. Like elephants, romping around the African bush.

 

I like this one in front of Kilamanjaro: