Links to Tennis Sites

1.0 Collector Resources

	TENNIS ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES by Jeanne Cherry, (TCA member)
	If you do nothing else, buy this book! Great pictures of wonderful rackets up through the 1940s and all sorts of memorabilia.
	website: www.tennisantiques.com. email: jcherry@tennisantiques.com

	THE BOOK OF TENNIS RACKETS (BUCH DER TENNISRACKETS) by Sigi Kuebler, (TCA member)
	If you can do two 'nothing elses' buy this one also. An encyclopedic source of information on all rackets up through the 1990s. (ISBN 3-9802903-9-5, $87.50) FIND A REVIEW OF THE 1999 EDITION HERE.
	website: www.racketantiques.com email: Siegfried.Kuebler@t-online.de

	WOOD TENNIS RACKETS, A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE by Clark Bensen, (TCA member)
	Your order for this helps our continuing research. A new guide designed for collectors and sellers of 20th century American wood tennis rackets. Now in a color laser format.
	website: www.woodtennisrackets.com email: info@woodtennisrackets.com

• A note on shipping of rackets bought online. I have bought a hundred or more online and the simplest and cheapest way to ship rackets for those who don't have standing accounts with UPS or FedEx is to use the USPS.
• You can procure two large Priority Mail boxes (free) and insert them end-to-end to create a great box for rackets. IMPORTANT: be sure to leave one of the pull-strips on the end of the box!
• Shipping can be easily determined online with just the zip code of the recipient with the USPS online rate calculator.
• Most rackets, without the wood presses, ship for about 1-2 pounds, depending on how heavy your wrapping is. This means a racket can go from the East to the West for about $5.75 and arrive in about 2-3 days.
• Therefore, it is logical to assume that a set-price of, say $6, should cover most shipping situations.
• As to the wood presses, in most cases these can be discarded before shipping. Unless they are truly unusual, the collector won't want them either and they just take extra weight, and cost.
• Another note, go easy on the tape inside the package! It is very frustrating to try and unravel a bunch of rackets without cutting your hands, letalone without marring the surface of the rackets.
• A final note. Check out the picture, and/or ask the seller questions. Rackets almost always look nicer online than they are in reality.