Collectibles
BOOKS FOR SALE
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"ATP Player Guides" -- 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 -- softbound
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"WTA Media Guides" -- 1984-85 (combined), 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 -- softbound
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"The Art of Lawn Tennis" (1922) -- by Bill Tilden -- hardcover
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"Covering The Court" (1968) -- by Al Laney -- hardcover
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"Lawn Tennis" (1953) -- by J.G. Smyth -- hardcover
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"Court Hustler" -- by Bobby Riggs -- hardcover
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"The Bjorn Borg Story" -- by Bjorn Borg -- hardcover
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"Tennis" -- by Pancho Gonzales -- hardcover
- "Rod Laver's Tennis Digest" -- by Bud Collins and Rod Laver--
oversized softbound
- "Hard Courts: Real Life on the Profe$$ional Tennis Tours" --
by John Feinstein -- hardcover .
- "Monica: From Fear to Victory" -- by Monica Seles with Nancy
Ann Richardson -- hardcover
- "Australia's Wimbledon Champions" -- by Allan Kendall -- softcover
- "Davis Cup by NEC: The Year in Tennis 1997" -- by Christopher
Clarey -- hardcover
- "Jubilee Publication -- European Tennis Association 25th Anniversary"
-- hardcover
- "1997 ATP Player Guide" -- softbound
- "World of Tennis '73"; yearbook -- Edited by John Barrett and
compiled by Lance Tingay -- softbound
- "2004 Davis Cup Media Guide" -- softcover
- "Passing Shots: A big serve of anecdotes from the ATP Tennis
Tour -- By Brod Dyke -- softcover
PHOTOS FOR SALE
- Becker -- 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 action shot of
him from 1986 actually jumping in the air to hit a backhand
- Ashe -- 9 x 7 -- casual shot, thigh to head, of him walking
confidently with racket in hand in very stylish sleeveless sweater
- Connors -- 9 x 7 -- nice action shot of Jimbo really bending
low to hit two-handed backhand with T-2000 racket and ball near
it --about 1980
- Connors -- 9 x 6 1/2 really shot shot because the ball is front
of Jimbo's face while he's bending super low to hit it.
- Borg -- 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 -- unusual photo because it's from down
looking down as he's serving and racket has that "in-motion" effect.
Also Borg has super concentration and classy Fila attire.
- Pancho Gonzales -- horizontal 9 1/2 x 7 -- nice Wimbledon shot
of him hitting forehand volley with old Spalding Smasher racket
in 1969 with linesman and fans in background
- Jack Kramer -- looks like in his 30s or 40s here, in ready position,
to promote his Wilson Kramer wood racket
- Rod Laver -- 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 -- excellent knee to head action shot
of Rocket intensely hitting forehand volley with old Dunlop Maxply
with other ball in his right hand
- Ilie Nastase -- horizontal 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 -- neat athletic, action
shot of Nasty on the run for forehand with Adidas outfit and linesmen,
ballboy and fans in stands in background
- Stan Smith -- 9 x 7 1/2 -- at Colgate Masters in 1973, about to
hit forehand return of serve
- Bill Tilden -- 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 -- action shot in 1920s on grass
of "Big Bill" hitting high forehand with long pants
and classic V-cable stitch sweater with linesman in suit in background.
- Mats Wilander -- 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 -- action shot of him classically
stroking two-handed backhand
- Portrait photo of Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912) inventor
of modern lawn tennis -- 8 x 6 1/4 -- classy shot of him in military
uniform
- Helen Wills Moody -- 7 1/2 x 6 -- shot of her serving in interesting
(shall we say) kind of white dress, I'm not expert at describing
- Alice Marble -- 6 x 4 1/2 -- smiling shot of her standing in tennis
dress and sweater with two rackets in left hand
- Ken Rosewall -- 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 action shot of him volleying. What
makes this most unusual is that somehow the image got reverse
and he's showing swinging LEFT-handed
- Aussie photo of legendary Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman with
hands over the shoulders of his 1950s stars Ashley Cooper and
Mal Anderson -- all are smiling -- horizontal 6 3/4 x 4 3/4
- Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly -- 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 -- looks like
she's about to half-volley in pretty white dress, good-looking
chick
- Jack Kramer -- horizontal 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 -- nice action shot of
him with excellent footwork -- looks like a drop volley
- Althea Gibson -- 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 -- smiling while holding big cup
that actually gleams and shows reflections of people and the court
to some extent
- Don Budge -- 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 -- posing for 1930s photo -- of chest
to head with the head of the racket in front of his classy sweater
-- nice pleasant, earnest expression on his face
- Suzanne Lenglen -- 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 -- hitting high volley -- in
pretty white dress and stockings and bandana -- dark background
with some people visible below striped canopy of what could be
a fancy clubhouse
- Jimmy Connors -- 9 1/4 x 7 -- really nifty 1970s action shot of
Jimbo whacking forehand with T-2000 racket on the rise with linesman
intensely looking and ballgirl in the background
- Fred Perry -- about age 80 here digging into birthday cake enscribed
with "From us at the Newport Beach Tennis Club" -- 6
1/2 x 4 1/2
- Chuck McKinley -- 1963 Wimbledon champ -- 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 -- really
topnotch action shot of him low-volleying
Please Note: I also sell posters
(hundreds!) of star athletes in virtually every sport, tennis trading
cards, and photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles.
Send an e-mail
with your requests - Thank you!!
Please note:
1. The cost of postage will be
added.
2. Customers outside of USA are required to pay with an international
money order.
3. Orders are mailed via "Priority Mail" in the U.S.
and via "surface mail" rate (unless air mail is requested)
to foreign customers.
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