Vintage wood RARE SPALDING NATURAL Belgium sz 4 5/8L-M Start Price USD 349.99 Current Price USD 349.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 05, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location Eugene, OR. See more about 'Vintage wood RARE SPALDING NATURAL Belgium sz 4 5/8L-M ' Description I sell only the world's finest wood rackets ....WOW !..  Was there a production racket that could be considered a " Stradivari" of rackets ?.... Here is the Unbelievable .........SPALDING NATURAL..!...and FRANKLY in my opinion should be selling for $1000...This racket looks like a FINE guitar !..Dazzling indeed !....sz. 4 5/8 Light-Medium marked.... w/ matching original burlap and vinyl case...VERY NEAR MINT !...The great world wide respected designer, collector and racket authority, Siegfried Kuebler of Germany wrote, of this incredible racket, in his famous " Book of Tennis Rackets" ...he said " The manufacture of quality frames (wood) ceased with this frame" (in 1977). He goes on to say " One of the Most Beautiful Rackets Ever Made."  Enough said, and who would ever argue that ?...This one is near MINT with one ding on top.....I am not real wild about the original matte finish on these, so I hand polished the surface of this one with 0000 steel wool and added a few hand rubbed coats of Satin ( not gloss) Polyurathane !  Call me crazy, but oh my goodness...it came out SOOO NICE !...I really HATE like HELL to sell something this nice !...I want to keep it, but circumstances don't allow that........VERY PLAYABLE ( string it, if you're crazy enough) & VERY COLLECTABLE ....RIDICULOUS  LOW OPENER WITH NO RESERVE !!!!!!!. All bidders are welcome including new and foriegn bidders. .......NO STUPID "HANDLING" fees..'''''''.NO STUPID "PACKING" fees........ACTUAL cost of USPS PRIORITY shipping anywhere in the world !...... Positive feedback left when you pay ! ....We do not hold feedback hostage for yours ! ! Place a Bid!