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Lot 275: A Collection of Vintage Sports Equipment including Cricket, Tennis, and Darts Accessories
An assortment of vintage sports equipment and accessories. The collection includes several wooden tennis and badminton rackets, some featuring wooden or metal presses. Visible markings on the rackets include Alpha and ROEhampton. The group contains a well-used wooden cricket bat with incised text reading EXTRA SPECIAL and C. CHAPMAN, alongside a vintage wooden field hockey stick. Further items include a plastic container holding red leather cricket balls and multiple wooden bails. The lot also features a vintage circular dartboard with wire numbering and various sets of boxed darts, notably a set of The Championship Dart with detachable feather flights. The equipment is constructed primarily from wood, metal, and leather.
Condition report:
The items exhibit signs of age-related wear, surface marking, and heavy use consistent with their vintage nature. The wooden components show scuffing, abrasions, and some loss to the finish. Racket strings show varying degrees of tension and some breakage. The leather cricket balls show significant wear to the surfaces and stitching. Boxed items show wear and tearing to the original packaging.
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