Children's tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, and fine grooved handle, flaring slightly at the butt. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Gut, Leather, Painttennis

A Dunlop 'Eclipse' tennis racquet, with black Gosen 'Hy-Sharp' netting. Materials: Graphite, Carbon, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Ink, Synthetic material, Adhesive tapetennis

A Bobby Riggs Fox 'Hustler' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge. Materials: Metal, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Painttennis

A Bobby Riggs, Fox 'Hustler' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge. Materials: Metal, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Painttennis

A Puma 'Boris Becker Winner' tennis racquet. Handle sealed in clear plastic. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Adhesive tape, Leather, Nylon, Plastic, Metaltennis

A Wilson 'Pro Staff 5.7' racquet. Handle sealed with clear plastic and adhesive sticker. Materials: Graphite, Plastic, Nylon, Adhesive tape, Rubber, Adhesive labeltennis

A Donnay 'Bjorn Borg Pro Comfort 680' racquet. Handle sealed in clear plastic wrap. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Nylontennis

This object consists of 4 identical racquets. Each is a Spalding 'Pancho Gonzales Autograph' racquet with no net. Materials: Wood, String, Adhesive tape, Leather, Plastic, Painttennis

A Spalding 'Pancho Gonzales Autograph' racquet with handle covered in original plastic retail packaging. Materials: Wood, String, Adhesive tape, Leather, Plastic, Paint, Nylontennis

A Slazenger 'Challenger No.1' racquet with clear vinyl net strings and clear plastic wrapped over handle. Materials: Wood, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A transitional flat-top wooden tennis racquet with a solid, convex throat, and, a grooved, slender octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Gut, Leather, Gluetennis

Real tennis racquet. Velvet trim on throat and handle. String tassel tied onto shaft.Gut strings. Teardrop head. Materials: Gut, Wood, Velvet, Stringtennis

Wood tennis racquet branded Buckley & Nunn Melbourne. bare wood handle. Convex throat piece. Small oval head. Materials: Metal, Wood, Leathertennis

Wood tennis racquet branded Buckley & Nunn Melbourne. bare wood handle. Convex throat piece. Small oval head. Materials: Metal, Wood, Leathertennis

An R.M. Co. (or M.R. Co.) West End flat top tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, and fine-grooved handle. Manufacturer and model details on throat on obverse, and seem to be a very early use of decal and laminated framing. Impressed inscription: ORIENTAL GUT, along right side of shaft implies silk was used for racquet strings. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Silk, Inktennis

A wooden racquet with red and white plastic shoulder bands, red gut, and a grooved handle. Inscription across throat of obverse: ACE. Decal trademark featured across throat on reverse, comprising of an encircled racquet presented behind two ribbon devices. Inscription: C.L.GODFREY/THE PEAK/OF QUALITY/TRADE MARK/PAWTUCKET,/R.I. Materials: Wood, Gut, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Cloth, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

An Ellsworth Vines Blue Ace tennis racquet. Decal head and neck image of Vines features on throat. Racquet features perforated leather handle grip. Inscription along left side of stem: WILSON SPORTING GOODS CO./MADE IN U.S.A. Scratched name, 'FRANK' features along stem on obverse. Materials: Wood, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tapetennis

A Spalding, Rosie Casals Signature tennis racquet, with plastic-coated string whipping around shoulders; leather handle grip with X-formation perforations; and, a plastic butt cap. Model name features across base of racquet head; manufacturer's name features along shaft, across crown, and across butt cap. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Nylon, Leather, Plastic, Stringtennis

A Spalding, Rosie Casals Personal tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders; leather handle grip; and, a plastic butt cap. Model name features across base of racquet head; manufacturer's name features along shaft, across crown, across handle grip, and across butt cap. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Nylon, Leather, Plastic, String, Paint, Adhesive tapetennis

A wooden tennis racquet with red and white string whipping, and a bald handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: TARTAR, accompanied by illustration of Mongol warrior. Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I./... Accomapnying decal trademark comprises of an eagle grasping a tennis racquet, in front of the Globe, with motto: USED/THE WORLD OVER. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Stringtennis

An H.B. Shattuck 'Eton' flat-top tennis racquet, with bevelled frame, solid concave throat, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Guttennis

A SIRT Quardruplex tennis racquet, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the company's founding in 1901. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Ribbon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Painttennis

A children's toy tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, red painted collar, and plain handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Papertennis

A children's tennis racquet, featuring solid convex throat, red-painted collar, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paint, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A PremierTrophy tennis racquet, with plastic whipping around shoulders and shaft, and vinyl handle grip. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Vinyl, Cloth, Plastictennis

A Pennant Honour tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, String, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Leathertennis

A double-handled Inova 'Handler' composite metal tennis racquet. Handles wrapped in non-original grip tape. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A Kuebler 'Mark 77' composite metal tennis racquet. Original retail tag still attached to shaft. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A Kuebler 'Wide Body 280 Hz' tennis racquet. Clear plastic vacuum sealed onto handle. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

A BBC Tennis Racket Co. 'Intrepid' tennis racquet. Also customised with markings: 'The Snake' and 'Ross Case Autograph' Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis