(i) An American Pim racket manufactured by Wright & Ditson, ca. 1900, with convex wedge and heavily-scored octagonal handle (several main strings distressed) with the original 1896 manufacturer's advertisement.

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(i) An American Pim racket manufactured by Wright & Ditson, ca. 1900, with convex wedge and heavily-scored octagonal handle (several main strings distressed) with the original 1896 manufacturer's advertisement.
(ii) A Favorite racket manufactured by A.G. Spalding & Bros, ca. 1905, with two-tone strings, convex wedge and unusual hatched octagonal handle (several main strings distressed).
(iii) An early lawn tennis racket, model name partially appears at top of frame, manufactured by Wright & Ditson, Boston, Mass. U.S.A., ca. 1905, patented on shaft, convex wedge with manufacturers trademark transfer and scored octagonal handle (several strings distressed).
(iv) A Newport racket manufactured by Draper-Maynard, ca. 1905, convex wedge with gold trademark transfer of dog and flared fan-tail handle (two main strings defective). (4)

Lot Essay

The Pim racket is named after Dr. Joshua Pim, Wimbledon runner-up in 1891 and 1892 and Wimbledon champion in 1893 and 1894. The Newport model is named after the site of the early U.S. National Championship matches.

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