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Vintage Wood Spalding Challenge Cup Oversize Bow Tennis Racquet and Press
Secondhand
R395.00
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19 Dec 23 19:01
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Product details
Condition
Secondhand
Location
South Africa
Sport
Racquet Sports
Time Period
1950s - 1980s
Type
Equipment
Bob Shop ID
600115189
Title: Vintage Wood Spalding Challenge Cup Oversize Bow Tennis Racquet and Press.
Manufactured By: Spalding.
Length of Racquet: 68.5cm
Width of Racquet: 25.5cm.
Height of Racquet Head: 33cm.
Info: The Spalding Challenge Cup racquet has an oversized bow for greater hitting area and is Hand Crafted from
North American Ash and Hardwoods.
Includes an SBK Made In England Wooden Press.
The racquet has Fiber Re-inforced throat, bow and shaft. Stamped with "4 1/2 L"
Spalding is an American sports equipment manufacturing company founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago, in 1876, although it is now headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Spalding currently focuses on basketball, mainly producing balls but also commercializing hoops, rims, nets and ball pump needles. Softballs are commercialized through its subsidiary Dudley Sports.
The company was one of the first to use high-profile athletes to endorse its products when tennis player Pancho Gonzales was signed to an exclusive endorsement contract in 1951. Wikipedia.
Condition: Very Good condition, all the strings and decals are still in excellent condition with very few scratches and marks. The tennis racquet has hardly been used. The original grip is still in great condition too. The white plastic butt cap is still present. The press is in working condition. The racquet is in still in the normal flat shape, no curvature on the frame.
Price: R 395.00 Inc Vat.
