Mullocks Specialist Auctioneers & Valuers The Clive Pavilion, Ludlow Racecourse Two Day Sale of Golf, Tennis, Olympics and Other Sports Bromfield Ludlow and Rugby & Football Memorabilia Shropshire SY8 2BT Started 03 Apr 2013 10:30 BST United Kingdom Lot Description 3x various interesting wooden rackets – to incl Hazells Streamline Blue Star racket (head slightly warped) c/w original leather grip (F/G) 1 a Slazenger’s Pat Shoulder transitional flat top racket and a Grays Real Tennis racket both (A/F) 4x various wooden tennis rackets from the 1900s onwards to incl an Army & Navy CS Ltd “Champion”, a similar racket stamped 2 “Versandhaus Puppenfee, Hooflieferant Starssburg”, another stamped “Ready” to the throat and Thos Wallis & Co Ltd Holborn Circus &#82 ...[more] Collection of 10x various wooden concave tennis rackets from 1910 onwards – incl a late fishtail (G), plus others by Jaques and Son 3 Ensign, Sykes, Lillywhites, Ranelagh, et al – all with minor faults Collection of 9 various wooden tennis rackets to incl 2x with convex wedges an Oxonian and Spalding Exmoor together with 7 concave 4 rackets by Gunn& Moore, John Holden (heart shaped wedge), Varsity, Slazenger – all with faults 4x various metal tennis rackets and presses from the late 1920s onwards to incl Dayton USA with steel piano stringing plus 2x Wilson 5 incl model 1500 and an earlier Silver Fox fitted with wooden handle and period Zephyr alloy racket press (G) Late Fishtail wooden tennis racket c.1920 with concave wedge stamped with “Star” to the one side and “British Made “A” Star” to the 6 other - 6x vertical strings broken – head needs feeding Croquet – 6x F H Ayres croquet mallets with round handles and 6x smooth wooden balls from single stripe to multi stripes – some wear 7 balls Croquet – early boxed set to incl 4 mallets and balls, 6 white/coloured metal hoops (one broken), 2x coloured posts and 4x coloured 8 metal clips in the original box together with wooden mallet hammer – the pine box stamped to the front panel “Association Thornton & Co Ltd Edinbu ...[more] 9 Tennis/Pelota – A Grand Chistera basket fitted with integral leather glove – overall 34” no. round the hoop 10 Early J S Uberol & Sons mahogany tennis racket press for 4 rackets – pear shaped with brass inlaid handle and wing nuts Scarce French free standing tennis racket press for 4 rackets c. 1900 – stamped in gilt “Tennis – Sports, 9 Rue Sentil, Lyon” fitted with 11 large iron wing nuts – original leather handle (split) 12 Fine unnamed mahogany tennis racket press for 4 rackets – pear shaped with brass inlaid handle and wing nuts Scarce Kleenball Patent tennis ball hand cleaner – comprising wooden machine turned two piece hand cleaner c/w bristles and makers 13 ivorine inlaid logo. (G) 2x early brass lawn tennis tape measures to incl rare F H Ayres all brass and black lacquered measure with court details on the obverse 14 and on the reverse embossed “F H Ayres Manufacturers of Lawn Tennis, and All Outdoor and Indoor Games – Steam Mills - 111Aldersgates London” toget ...[more] An early brass 78ft Lawn Tennis measure - the face is applied with the original white label revealing the court shape and dimensions c/w 15 the original brass pull ring – the tape is complete with no shortening Rare 1921 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship programme - for the start of 2nd week on Monday 27th June – comprises a large A5 16 single multi folding sheet with up to date results as well as neatly hand written results up the semi finals – note that although W T Tilden won the Men’s C ...[more] 1991 signed Wimbledon Lawn Tennis programme – for the final day – signed by K Godfree to the cover, Virginia Wade plus two others 17 to the inside together with US Tennis Open programmes for ’94 and ’96 c/w the final days play draw sheets 1974 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship signed programme and postcard – for the 9th Day’s play signatures to the programme incl 18 Ladies Champion Billie Jean King, Virginia Wade, plus Bette Stove etc – together with a signed Wimbledon panoramic View Postcard signed on the reverse by ...[more] Rare & Early 1900 Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines from the year 1900 - to incl Vol. IV No. 94 to 96 issued monthly from 19 Wednesday 7th February to April 4th – to incl Home and European tennis articles together with Badminton and Croquet sections – all complete some minor folds and s ...[more] Rare and early 1900/01 Lawn Tennis and Croquet magazines – to incl Vol. V no 97 April 25th 1900 to No. 126 April 3rd 1901 – missing 20 no 115 – to incl weekly season al edition and then monthly out of season editions - all complete some minor folds, and slight wear nevertheless overal ...[more] Rare and early 1901/02 Lawn Tennis and Croquet magazines – to incl Vol. VI no 127 April 24th 1901 to No. 153 January 1st 1902 – 21 missing no 152, 154 to 156 – to incl weekly seasonal editions and then monthly out of season editions - all complete some minor folds, and slight wear nev ...[more] Rare and early 1902 Lawn Tennis and Croquet magazines – to incl Vol. VI I no 157 April 23rd 1902 to No. 182 December 3rd 1902 to 22 incl weekly seasonal editions and then monthly out of season editions missing 2 copies 179/180 - all complete some minor folds, slight wear and covers loose to one n ...[more] Rare 1917 wartime “Wisden’s Who’s Who In Lawn Tennis” complied by Herbert L Bourke containing 300 “brief” biographies and 100 23 photographs of Players of The World – published by John Wisden & Co with original paper wrappers - front cover loose and wear to ...[more] Early signed Tennis History – F. R. Burrow signed “A Fifty Years’ Record – The Beckenham Tournament 1886-1935” in the original 24 wrappers (minor fraying to covers) signed to the back free end plate by F.R. Burrows – quarto, 19p c/w 3x illustrated photographs and ful ...[more] Tennis handbook and Magazines from 1950/60s to incl 1958 Lawn Tennis Association Official Handbook and a collection of Lawn 25 Tennis and Badminton Magazines (Official Journal of the LTA) from 1960 onwards to incl 18x ’60, 7x ’62 and 13x ’66 (39) Early lawn tennis books from 1900s onwards (3) to incl ‘Everybody’s Lawn Tennis Book’ by E.E.M. (1923) with a tennis-themed book- 26 plate of Laurie Varnell Hill, “Modern Lawn Tennis” by P.A. Vaile (1904) and “Off The Racket” by Philip B Hawk (1937) complete wit ...[more] Fine 1923 Spalding’s Tennis Annual - ex Nat Fleischer library - a fine hard bound cover c/w private library stamp from Nathaniel Stanley 27 Fleischer (b.1887 – d.1927) – a noted American boxing writer and collector – the book is divided into 3 parts Pt II United States LTA and P ...[more] Helen Wills collection of tennis related photographs c. 1920/30s (4) – to incl fine head and shoulders portrait 8x6” and another three 28 quarter length seated plus to other informal photographs one on board ship Helen Wills collection of tennis related photographs c. 1920/30s(3) – to incl 2x action shots and another official press photograph 29 dressed in USA Whiteman team outfit cup Helen Wills and Lili d’Alvarez tennis press photographs c. 1927 – both on court at Wimbledon for 1927 Ladies Finals won by Helen Wills 30 incl an action shot of Alvarez – both 10x8” no. Collection of 3x Ladies Wimbledon Tennis Champions and finalist action photographs c. 1920/30s to incl Champions Suzanne Lenglen 31 and Dorothy Round, plus Finalist Elizabeth Ryan and another of Betty Nuthall – mostly 8x6” (4) 1930 US Men’s Tennis Singles Final press photograph – Forrest Hills Stadium c/w press details on the reverse titled “Thousands see 32 John Doeg become the New National Men’s Singles Champion – a general view during the match which to 4 sets Doeg taking the set 16-14. (10x ...[more] Collection of 1930s Tennis Glass Negative Images - depicting English lawn tennis – comprising 7x various images incl Fred Perry and 33 Sidney Wood leaving Centre Court, Perry in action at Paris, Henri Cochet and Bunny Austin on Centre Court (x2), Betty Nuthall and Mrs. Fearnley Whittingshall at W ...[more] Collection of 24 American Tennis Postcards c1900 – to incl mostly tennis matches in progress – all in colour bar two and comprise 34 Lincoln Park, Chicago; The Field Club, Omaha; West Point; A Tournament at The Country Club, Scranton; Jackson Park, Chicago & Avondale Athletic Club, Gold ...[more] 11x early lawn tennis original window-mounted prints - incl an early full-coloured lithographic print by E. K. Johnson, entitled ‘Our Lawn 35 Tennis Party’ from 1882, a Harry Furniss image of the Championships Wimbledon in 1879, a couple of German press images from the 1890s, a Heath Robins ...[more] Early Shuttlecock coloured print from 1877 – comprising a fine, rare and very early four-colour cartoon print from 1877 by André Gill (17 36 October 1840-1 May 1885) the renowned French caricaturist. This fragile print, measures 65 x 48 cms., is entitled ‘Rentree du Coeur Leger’ from ...[more] Original 1950s Silvikrin tennis advertising poster – featuring a gentleman tennis player – backed on linen – image 15.5” x 11” overall 19” 37 x 14” some minor faults 1957 Davis Cup advertising bill board poster – published by the local radio station 3XY, sponsored by auto loan car is East Brighton 38 featuring uninterrupted biscuit descriptions of each day’s play by Australian tennis stars Rex Hartwig and Jeff Brown – image 15.5 x 12.25” ove ...[more] Early Tennis glass slides c.1880s – 3x early and very rare tennis slides of Ernest Lewis serving (no.9) by GWW (George Washington 39 Wilson) taken during the1880s at The Fitzwilliam Tennis club in Dublin plus another possibly of A W Gore and third showing a Vic group of tennis players Tennis Film Reels – to incl 3x original 16mm films to CBS Rosewall v Emerson, Instructional Tennis with Margaret Court and 40 Elementary Fundamentals Tennis – an interesting racket stringers personal notebook containing diagrams and notes together with metal stringing clamps and 41 weights (3) Tennis Advertisement – an original Dunlop Fort circular coloured advertisement shop display - stamped on the reverse Dunlop Fort- 42 shop wear hence (F) overall 24”dia 43 1920s signed Tennis ball – an interesting and early tennis ball signed and dated 17/7/25 Rare Tennis miniature bisque dolls c.