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Lot 382
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← Sporting Memorabilia 26th & 27th October 2015

Three boxed table tennis sets, i) TABLE TENNIS THE NEW AND POPULAR PASTIME, by F.H. Ayres, inscribed inside ''For Gina with cousin Katie's best love''

Hammer Price:
£160
Estimated Price:

£200 - £250

Three boxed table tennis sets, i) TABLE TENNIS THE NEW AND POPULAR PASTIME, by F.H. Ayres, inscribed inside ''For Gina with cousin Katie's best love'', with pair of battledores, circa 15cm., a very rare pair of heavy posts designed in the same style as Ayres' lawn tennis posts (but without the winding mechanism), net, 3 early balls, no laws but clearly circa 1910 ii) TABLE TENNIS, by Gray's of Cambridge, circa 1940s, and sold for 5 shillings, with pair of Gray, wooden bats, one side covered with sandpaper, pair of lightweight posts and 3 balls iii) PING-PONG by Parker Brothers, Salem, Mass., U.S.A., protected in America, Great Britain and Canada, with very attractive, colourful cover, with sandpaper-covered wooden bats, quality adjustable metal posts and net, photocopy of earlier laws, 3 old balls, the box is in need of restoration