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Lot 410: A Collection of Vintage Table Tennis Balls in Original Packaging Including Dunlop, Stiga and Nittaku
A collection of vintage table tennis balls retained in their original cardboard retail packaging, representing various international manufacturers and eras. The assortment includes multiple boxes from Dunlop, notably a red box for 3 Barna Crown Super balls made in England and an orange and black Three Star pack. Some Dunlop packaging features the company address at Challenge Court, Barnett Wood Lane, Leatherhead, Surrey. Stiga is represented by white boxes featuring a photograph of the Swedish National Team and text commemorating world championships in 1989, 1991, and 1993. A large yellow box for TSP astoll three-star colour balls is present alongside several red and black Nittaku boxes from Nippon Takkyu Co. Ltd, including product code NB-1013. Other brands include Double Fish from Guangzhou, China, with ITTF and CTTA approval markings, a Schildkröt Meisterschaft box featuring the turtle logo, and a long green Spalding Villa Regd box. One loose orange ball is visible within the group.
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