In fact, the market in
golfiana has been something akin to a golfer's spirits when negotiating a difficult course - not exactly boom and bust, but certainly boom and decline to saner levels.
The pamphlet,
Golfiana or a Day at Gullane and printed in 1869, lay at the bottom of a cupboard for a decade before the mystery owner took it to be valued.
In fact, the market in
golfiana has been something akin to a golfer's spirits when negotiating a difficult course: not exactly boom and bust, but certainly boom and decline to saner levels.