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SIRT Sirtflex Wood For Championship Tennis Racket (Hard to Find) Made in Italy
Estimated price for orientation: 99 $
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The influence of the English bourgeoisie in Bordighera holiday in Italy probably did take off in what was perhaps the first Italian manufacturer of racquets, the SIRT , say "maybe " for lack of absolutes . At the end of the nineteenth century the healthy Ligurian town was frequented by a dense colony of British tourists , almost all of extraction military , that relocating from London fogs , had elected domicile as the coastal area of the Riviera dei Fiori. Bordighera was famous for the furniture industry and interior art in general and the British, all with good availability of pounds and lovers of beauty , do not hesitate to grab the most valuable pieces to beautify the interiors of their villas . These villas , for the most part surrounded by parks and gardens, possessed in some cases a " court" , theater lovers match tennis match . Captain CW Murray, sick of having to arrange for correspondence to London the "tools of the trade" , came to mind one day to build on the place you need to play tennis and turned to the renowned firm of Bordighera Nada & Billour that, in addition to the furniture , is dedicate , at least in part , to the realization of racquets.Within a few years , shoe "Made in Bordighera " , complete with a British brand , conquered tennis fans for their excellent features.The S.I.R.T. (Italian Society Rackets Tennis) , thus , had a common starting to almost all the factories Italian and perhaps the world in those days : it had acquired the necessary experience in woodworking . The brothers John and Frederick Billour , the sons of one of the founders of the company, had a nose for businnes and after the end of World War I is outfitted with large and changed the social activity devoted exclusively to the works of racquets.The S.I.R.T. immediately went booming to the point of winning a good share of the foreign market towards which accounted for the major part of the production . That's why snowshoes direct to the Italian market were few and of those few is almost nothing left in the hands of collectors, especially those built in the first two decades.If, therefore, the company was fine , we thought the regime to spoil the party with the famous sanctions in 1936 that prohibited both exports and imports . It was the turning point in history . On the one hand the SIRT could no longer be exported abroad , from another part of a small newly formed company formed by two talented tennis players, John P. Stone and Stanley G. Prouse , who could no longer import in Italy and the balls Dunlop rackets of which he was the representative . These were the basis of the formation of a joint venture destined to achieve great results with the creation of the brand name " Maxima " .The SIRT began producing rackets for the new company and the collaboration between the two companies became increasingly shared up to the 1971, when the company Bordighera , transformed into a joint stock company , sold 50 % of the company to Maxima which in the meantime had become a small empire . The figures tell us that at the time of the merger of the two companies had been produced and sold 90,000 and 107,000 Maxima Tournament rackets other models.Do not forget that the SIRT had in the past a very broad field of production for third parties both for Italy and for other countries. There were many foreign companies that relied on the construction of some models, but also several Italian companies have been drawn to the factory in Bordighera, between these " Tennisa ", " PZ " , "Queen of Sports ", " Simonis ", " Thaler " etc .After the crisis of the wood SIRT was present in the market until the late 80s , with models that used the materials in fashion at the moment as glass fiber , carbon , ceramics, graphite etc. After those years came to an end the life cycle. Subsequently, the brand was sold to the chain of sporting goods stores VIP Bordighera. The owner Franco Randone launched into the market a line of racquets produced in Taiwan which he distinguished between the model ultralight " feather " . After this experience , which, however, led to a sales area of approximately 10,000 rackets , the brand went out of business SIRT , frozen in anticipation of better times . As for the collecting, I must add that the rackets are worthy of attention to form, materials and design , while not including the whole vast production models which may be deemed extraordinary . The best quality you can find in the models Nova Sirt , the Flying Deer and Sirtwood just to name a few. Reviews are absolutely cheap as the big production has never created models rare or hard to find.Rackets :Ace of Diamonds (1987) – Ace 3300 (1991) – Ace 7000 (1991) – Ace 7700 (1991) – Ace 9000 (1990) – Advantage (1988) – Avenger (1988) – Biancasirt (1955) – Black and White (1965) – Blue Sirt (1973/1975) –Candida (1945) – Carbon Line (1979) – Ceramic (1987) – Champion (1945) – Enneby (1945) – Europe (1978) – Evolution (1979) – Flex (1988) – Flying Deer (1953) –Futura 80 e 90 (1979) – Invicta (1945) – New Sirt (1975) – Novasirt (1953 / 1975) – Prima (1940) – Primasirt (1945) – Professional (1961) – Professional Extra (1963) – Revence (1962 ca.) – Rondine Blue (n.p.) – Sirtex (1945) –Sirtflex (1953 /1975) – Sirt Special (1955 / 1975) – Sintonia (1945 / 1973) –Sirtflex (1975) – Sirt Glass (1975) – S Graph (1987) – Sirt Line (1975) –Sirtlamina (1945 /1964) – Sirtmatch (1964 / 1973) – Sirt Royal (1964 – 1973) –Sirtwood (1967 – 1973) – Splendor (1961) - Spesila Sirt (1964) – Superb (1945)– Super Control (1989) – Super prix (1964) - Super Match (1975 / 1978) –Victor (1945) – Victory (1973 / 1978).Original leather grip and cloth butt capIf you intend to purchase more than one item, we would be happy to combine shipping to help you to save even more. Please contact us immediately after winning the first auction to communicate your intent to combine shipping. Here is what we can offer:• Combine up to 6 standard size tennis rackets• Combine up to 4 mid- and/or mid-plus tennis rackets• Combine up to 3 oversize tennis rackets• Combine up to 3 carrying cases• Combine up to 10 standard size wood covers• Combine up to 60 dampenersSorry, we cannot combine any auction items with wooden presses.******Please e-mail before bidding for any combination of orders******
Description
The influence of the English bourgeoisie in Bordighera holiday in Italy probably did take off in what was perhaps the first Italian manufacturer of racquets, the SIRT , say "maybe " for lack of absolutes . At the end of the nineteenth century the healthy Ligurian town was frequented by a dense colony of British tourists , almost all of extraction military , that relocating from London fogs , had elected domicile as the coastal area of the Riviera dei Fiori. Bordighera was famous for the furniture industry and interior art in general and the British, all with good availability of pounds and lovers of beauty , do not hesitate to grab the most valuable pieces to beautify the interiors of their villas . These villas , for the most part surrounded by parks and gardens, possessed in some cases a " court" , theater lovers match tennis match . Captain CW Murray, sick of having to arrange for correspondence to London the "tools of the trade" , came to mind one day to build on the place you need to play tennis and turned to the renowned firm of Bordighera Nada & Billour that, in addition to the furniture , is dedicate , at least in part , to the realization of racquets.
Within a few years , shoe "Made in Bordighera " , complete with a British brand , conquered tennis fans for their excellent features.The S.I.R.T. (Italian Society Rackets Tennis) , thus , had a common starting to almost all the factories Italian and perhaps the world in those days : it had acquired the necessary experience in woodworking . The brothers John and Frederick Billour , the sons of one of the founders of the company, had a nose for businnes and after the end of World War I is outfitted with large and changed the social activity devoted exclusively to the works of racquets.The S.I.R.T. immediately went booming to the point of winning a good share of the foreign market towards which accounted for the major part of the production . That's why snowshoes direct to the Italian market were few and of those few is almost nothing left in the hands of collectors, especially those built in the first two decades.If, therefore, the company was fine , we thought the regime to spoil the party with the famous sanctions in 1936 that prohibited both exports and imports . It was the turning point in history . On the one hand the SIRT could no longer be exported abroad , from another part of a small newly formed company formed by two talented tennis players, John P. Stone and Stanley G. Prouse , who could no longer import in Italy and the balls Dunlop rackets of which he was the representative . These were the basis of the formation of a joint venture destined to achieve great results with the creation of the brand name " Maxima " .The SIRT began producing rackets for the new company and the collaboration between the two companies became increasingly shared up to the 1971, when the company Bordighera , transformed into a joint stock company , sold 50 % of the company to Maxima which in the meantime had become a small empire . The figures tell us that at the time of the merger of the two companies had been produced and sold 90,000 and 107,000 Maxima Tournament rackets other models.Do not forget that the SIRT had in the past a very broad field of production for third parties both for Italy and for other countries. There were many foreign companies that relied on the construction of some models, but also several Italian companies have been drawn to the factory in Bordighera, between these " Tennisa ", " PZ " , "Queen of Sports ", " Simonis ", " Thaler " etc .After the crisis of the wood SIRT was present in the market until the late 80s , with models that used the materials in fashion at the moment as glass fiber , carbon , ceramics, graphite etc. After those years came to an end the life cycle. Subsequently, the brand was sold to the chain of sporting goods stores VIP Bordighera. The owner Franco Randone launched into the market a line of racquets produced in Taiwan which he distinguished between the model ultralight " feather " . After this experience , which, however, led to a sales area of approximately 10,000 rackets , the brand went out of business SIRT , frozen in anticipation of better times . As for the collecting, I must add that the rackets are worthy of attention to form, materials and design , while not including the whole vast production models which may be deemed extraordinary . The best quality you can find in the models Nova Sirt , the Flying Deer and Sirtwood just to name a few. Reviews are absolutely cheap as the big production has never created models rare or hard to find.Rackets :Ace of Diamonds (1987) – Ace 3300 (1991) – Ace 7000 (1991) – Ace 7700 (1991) – Ace 9000 (1990) – Advantage (1988) – Avenger (1988) – Biancasirt (1955) – Black and White (1965) – Blue Sirt (1973/1975) –Candida (1945) – Carbon Line (1979) – Ceramic (1987) – Champion (1945) – Enneby (1945) – Europe (1978) – Evolution (1979) – Flex (1988) – Flying Deer (1953) –Futura 80 e 90 (1979) – Invicta (1945) – New Sirt (1975) – Novasirt (1953 / 1975) – Prima (1940) – Primasirt (1945) – Professional (1961) – Professional Extra (1963) – Revence (1962 ca.) – Rondine Blue (n.p.) – Sirtex (1945) –Sirtflex (1953 /1975) – Sirt Special (1955 / 1975) – Sintonia (1945 / 1973) –Sirtflex (1975) – Sirt Glass (1975) – S Graph (1987) – Sirt Line (1975) –Sirtlamina (1945 /1964) – Sirtmatch (1964 / 1973) – Sirt Royal (1964 – 1973) –Sirtwood (1967 – 1973) – Splendor (1961) - Spesila Sirt (1964) – Superb (1945)– Super Control (1989) – Super prix (1964) - Super Match (1975 / 1978) –Victor (1945) – Victory (1973 / 1978).
Original leather grip and cloth butt capIf you intend to purchase more than one item, we would be happy to combine shipping to help you to save even more. Please contact us immediately after winning the first auction to communicate your intent to combine shipping. Here is what we can offer:• Combine up to 6 standard size tennis rackets• Combine up to 4 mid- and/or mid-plus tennis rackets• Combine up to 3 oversize tennis rackets• Combine up to 3 carrying cases• Combine up to 10 standard size wood covers• Combine up to 60 dampenersSorry, we cannot combine any auction items with wooden presses.******Please e-mail before bidding for any combination of orders******