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RARE Vintage Wood 1920 HSB Co Chicago REV-O-NOC CORK INSERTS Grip Tennis Racket
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RARE Vintage Wood 1920 HSB & Co Chicago REV-O-NOC w/ CORK INSERTS Tennis RacketAs nice and unusual as they come. Super cool CLASSIC antique old early wood wooden racquet from one of the mid-west’s great early hardware, gun and sporting goods stores, Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company.It has two CORK inserts in each of the four “wide” sides in the grip.NOTE: Part of a group of 12 rackets fresh to the market. I will list two rackets a day between April 20 and April 25. Will combine items for much reduced postage for multiple purchases.MODEL: 1920 “REV –O-NOC” HEAD: Classic period tear-drop oval; stock is square at the shoulders and then slightly chamfered as it goes around the top of head; retains most of original soft finish: a beauty.WARPING: noneFRAME: bright and clean in excellent condition; less than expected wear to the top of the head.THROAT WEDGE: concave and laminated in place, consistent with the periodSTRINGS: as shown; look like original lamb gut BANDING: none: pre-dates bandingDECALS: As shown; excellent conditionGRIP: 5 ¼ inches; rare cork inserts grip; very shallow grooves on the smaller corners and two cork inserts on each of the four “broad sides”; pre-dates grip material STAMPS: E ; 13 oz. for the weight as shown WEIGHT: weighs 13.1 ounces actual weightEND CAP: leather strip in excellent condition with minor wear; end cap as shownPostage will be based on 3.5 pounds of packed weight. International buyer: please wait for the invoice. International shipping: Approximately $45 for one racket; $4 for each additional racket in the same box.Last racket in this collection will be listed on April 25HSB started in business around 1870; they introduced the REV-O-NOC brand in the early 1900s and used it on many different lines of tools, guns, and sporting equipment to identify their store. They were bought out by ACE Hardware in 1962. The advertisement in my photos IS NOT included in this auction.
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RARE Vintage Wood 1920 HSB & Co Chicago REV-O-NOC w/ CORK INSERTS Tennis RacketAs nice and unusual as they come. Super cool CLASSIC antique old early wood wooden racquet from one of the mid-west’s great early hardware, gun and sporting goods stores, Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company.It has two CORK inserts in each of the four “wide” sides in the grip.NOTE: Part of a group of 12 rackets fresh to the market. I will list two rackets a day between April 20 and April 25. Will combine items for much reduced postage for multiple purchases.MODEL: 1920 “REV –O-NOC” HEAD: Classic period tear-drop oval; stock is square at the shoulders and then slightly chamfered as it goes around the top of head; retains most of original soft finish: a beauty.WARPING: noneFRAME: bright and clean in excellent condition; less than expected wear to the top of the head.THROAT WEDGE: concave and laminated in place, consistent with the periodSTRINGS: as shown; look like original lamb gut BANDING: none: pre-dates bandingDECALS: As shown; excellent conditionGRIP: 5 ¼ inches; rare cork inserts grip; very shallow grooves on the smaller corners and two cork inserts on each of the four “broad sides”; pre-dates grip material STAMPS: E ; 13 oz. for the weight as shown WEIGHT: weighs 13.1 ounces actual weightEND CAP: leather strip in excellent condition with minor wear; end cap as shownPostage will be based on 3.5 pounds of packed weight. International buyer: please wait for the invoice. International shipping: Approximately $45 for one racket; $4 for each additional racket in the same box.Last racket in this collection will be listed on April 25HSB started in business around 1870; they introduced the REV-O-NOC brand in the early 1900s and used it on many different lines of tools, guns, and sporting equipment to identify their store. They were bought out by ACE Hardware in 1962. The advertisement in my photos IS NOT included in this auction.