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Antique wooden tennis rackets priced at $49 to $99 see below Above pictured rackets are described and pictured grouped below. These racquets are examples of some of the most popular rackets from the 1895 to 1925 era including models from Wright & Ditson, Spalding, Kent, Horsman and a few other manufactures. Click for combo pic of antique Spalding tennis rackets ... Click for combo pic of antique Wright & Ditson tennis rackets ... Click for combo pic of antique dayton steel tennis rackets ... Click for combo pic of mixed vintage tennis rackets ... Click for combo pic of all below listed rackets ... Click for combo pic closeup ... Click for combo pic throats ... Click for combo pic handles ... Click for listing of tennis racket periods & generations details ... Click here for picture of below listed racket : Click for Horsman Special pic ... Horsman Special - $99.99 - Scarce horsman special the only model was made with the bulbous shaped handle. This racket was surely loved by the owner as indicated by the branding and well used condition of the wood. Still a very nice item to add to your racket collection. Horsman was a fine early racket maker of high quality and prized racquets and stopped productions in the early 1900's. Click here for picture of below listed racket : Click for Reliable with Press pic ... Reliable with Presto Press - $59.99 - Nice racket with press combo displaying one of the many different version of the popular J.Hunter wood Prestopress racket head covers. Another nice display item for a racket collection. Click here for picture of below listed racket : Click for Slazenger Dougherty pic ... Slazenger Dougherty - $99.99 - Very distinctive model with the taped shoulders above the special heart shaped convex wedge protection layer. Very heavy sold dark woods with ash give it a very vintage appearance. This racket is very close to the initial production model of 1896. These shoulders are only found on early Slazenger rackets as it was one of thier patents. Click here for picture of below listed racket : Click for Wright & Ditson Greenwood convex wedge pic ... Wright & Ditson Greenwood - $79.99 - Very distinctive model with unusual stringing of target areas around the sweetspot old natural gut with red tremlings added for decorative appearance or hitting practice. Click here for picture of below listed racket : Click for Wright & Ditson Greenwood pic ... Click for Greenwood string bed closeup pic ... Click for Greenwood wedge pic ... Click for Greenwood handle pic ... Wright & Ditson Greenwood - $89.99 - This is another early 1900 convex wedge model that shows a good amount of usage. This racket is very unusual in that it appears that the owner made several natural gut string patches to fix breaks and also added red natural gut designs around the sweetspot area to appear to be targets. Also the top 3 cross strings are doubly wrapped with the thick guage natural gut string. The strings are still pretty tight and I would expect that this racket produced some awesome power & spin. Sorta a prototype to the later speghetti strung rackets that were outlawed in the 1970s. This racket would surely be a good conversation piece to display in your collection.

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