A Wilson Jimmy Connors Professional Champ tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat and shaft features model name, with a red and black stylised column device. Lower shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip features patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Ribbon, Plastictennis

A Wilson Chris Evert Champ racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features model name. Base of shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip features X-formation perforations. Autograph by Evert features along shaft on obverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Plastic, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Inktennis

A Regent, Don Budge Contender, Tournament Model tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the crown, and base of the head. Model name features on the throat and shaft. Decal head image of Budge features on lower shaft. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Leather, Ribbon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Plastictennis

A Regent, Flight II tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head. Model name featuresalong the shaft. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the right side of the shaft. Leather handle grip features X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Ribbon, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis

A Regent Triumph tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head and plastic butt cap. Model name features across the throat. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the left side of the shaft. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis

A wooden tennis racquet with parchment shoulder reinforcements (around underside), black and red whipping, and a bald handle. Partially legible inscription along throat on obverse: THE/W[INNER] . Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I. Manufacturing details also feature along left side of shaft. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, String, Parchmenttennis

A Bancroft Wimbledon tennis racquet, with plastic whipping from shoulders to shaft, and leather handle with patterned perforations. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat features model name, and a decal image of Wimbledon main court. 'B' trademark features on lower shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Cloth, Adhesive tape, Paint, Stringtennis

A Bancroft real tennis racquet, with traditional gut stringing, lobbed head, solid convex throat, double screwed shaft (dowels), and long, fine grooved handle. Bancroft logo, and wreathed black 'B' trademark feature across the throat. The inside of the base of the head is reinforced with hide. The throat is reinforced with white painted fibreglass. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Hide, Fibreglass, Guttennis

A Slazenger 'SFS-100' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, yellow plastic Slazenger-branded shaft casing; and handle wrapped in black perforated leather. Black plastic butt cap has adhesive paper label featuring manufacturer name & logo. Model name appears on shaft pillar. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive label, Nylon, Stringtennis

An Add In 'Wilshire T-2100' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, metal throat & shaft bridges; black shaft casing; and handle wrapped in black perforated vinyl. Has a plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring manufacturer's name & logo. Model name on decal on left edge of shaft. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Vinyl, Adhesive label, Nylontennis

A lobbed headed racquet with solid convex throat, velvet collar, and fine-grooved smooth handle, with leather end wrap and butt cover. Inscription across crown, on obverse: [THE ALEXAND]RA. Inscription across throat on obverse: 14OZ 1/2 /FELTHAM/LONDON. Feltham 'fleur de lis' trademark features in between text. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Velvettennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across neck of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/... Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company monogram 'L&C' is stamped on leather butt cap. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with size and production numbers punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across neck of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/... Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped on leather butt cap. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with size and production numbers punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Stringtennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet. Inscription along neck and stem of obverse: BLUE RIBBON. Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Company logo 'LEE' printed on leather and cloth butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Paint, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden, open throat, slotted handle racquet, with a 13 1/2 inch head. Inscription along base of head of obverse: LAKEWOOD. Inscription across base of head of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Paint, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet. Inscription across throat of obverse: VINCENT RICHARDS/GOOD SHOT! Inscription across throat of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped across leather butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Metal, Plastictennis

A transitional flat top tennis racquet with a convex throat. Inscription across throat on obverse: ECLIPSE/TRADE MARK/HORSMAN/N.Y. Across the top of the head is a partly illegible inscription, which may spell 'SPECIAL'. Across the length of the side of the stem is the inscription: ORIENTAL/GUT. Ornamentally latticed cuts into the handle around all sides act as the grip. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Leather, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, and altered handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: 1920/SPECIAL. Red and yellow Reach 'baseball' trademark features on throat on reverse. Manufacturing details feature across right side of stem: A.J. REACH/MAKERS. Trademark is also stamped onto butt cap. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Paint, Leather, Cloth tape, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat and an octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: HARVARD. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Company logo also features on blue butt cover, impress in gold. Handwritten inscription across handle on reverse reads: WILMA D. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Paint, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a split open throat, and long handle. The base of the head on the obverse features decal inscription: WOVEN-WOOD. The short stem on the reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Patent information across left side of stem. A hand poked, then inlaid inscription across the handle on obverse: CED. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Cloth, Stringtennis

'Slazengers' brand, 'Player' model wood tennis racquet. Flat or tilt top head. Leather taped grip. Black cloth tape wrapped around throat. Peeling green and white paint on throat and shaft. Purchased for $5 from Wagga Antique Centre, Fitzmaurice St, Wagga. Purchase date unknown, but probably between 1990 and 2005. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paint, Leather, Cloth tapetennis

An Horace Partridge Co., Wimbledon, American Tate Expert tennis racquet, with string whipping and hide reinforcements around shoulders, open throat, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Decal of model name features across the lower head on obverse and reverse; decal of manufacturer, with partridge and rising sun trademark, across shaft on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Leather, Gut, String, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, blue plastic shoulder and stem supports, white whipping, and grooved handle. Inscription along the throat on obverse: CONQUEROR. Manufacturer's mark, featured on throat on reverse, comprises of the letter 'M' at the centre of a circular, banded shield. Inscription: N.J. MAGNAN CORP./NORTH ATTLEBORO,MASS,U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Cloth, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Plastictennis

A wooden flat-top racquet with a solid, convex throat, and fine-grooved, bulbous handle grip. Across the throat of the obverse is a decal of the model 'ASHBY' above the Bliss company trademark of a 'B' linked to an anchor, within a shield device. Around the crown on the obverse is the barely legible decal inscription, in blue: EXPERT. Initials etched into the butt: McN. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

A wooden, transitional flat-top racquet with a solid convex throat, and fine grooved handle. Manufacturer's mark stamped across throat on obverse, comprises of a hexagram with the text: BEST IS BEST/S&S/L/THRO' THE WORLD. Stamped model name along stem on obverse: THE RENSHAW. Stamped inscription across throat on reverse: BENETFINK/LONDON. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

An oval racquet with an elongated head, red whipping, glazed, parchment-reinforced shoulders, and a fine-grooved handle grip. Inscription across crown on obverse: SLAZENGERS'. Inscription across throat on obverse: DOHERTY/SLAZENGERS/PATENT/STRINGING. Inscription along right side of handle: PATENTED/OCT. 12. 1915/SLAZENGERS' NEW YORK. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Ink, Parchmenttennis

A wooden racquet painted from throat to handle, with brown leather handle grip, and white plastic butt cap. Decal inscription across base of head on obverse: SLAZENGER. Below on throat is a decal image of the Slazenger 'Black Panther' trademark. Along the left side of the stem is inscription: DEMON. Materials: Wood, Paint, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Ribbon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet painted with a black and white design, from shoulders to handle, with black synthetic handle grip, and white plastic butt cap. Decal inscription across base of head on obverse: SLAZENGER. Below on throat is a decal image of the Slazenger 'Black Panther' trademark. Along the right side of the stem is inscription: DEMON. Materials: Wood, Paint, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with solid, convex throat, cloth tape, and parchment shoulder reinforcements, and deep grooved handle grip. Inscription across and along throat on obverse: DRIVA/WILLIAMS & CO. PARIS. Inscription across butt cover, in French: WILLIAMS & CO/1. RUE CAUMARTIN/PARIS/A GARDER SOUS PRESSE. Materials: Wood, Gut, Cloth tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Metal, Parchmenttennis

A Wilson Speed Flo racquet, with 'SUPER-FLEX SHAFT', red painted throat and shaft, black-painted shoulder undersides, perforated black leather grip, and white cloth butt cover with red-stitched 'W' trademark. Inscription: WILSON/SPEED FLO/SPEED FLEX/FIBRE FACE. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Adhesive tape, Paint, Ink, String, Cloth, Ribbontennis