I have the professional and the Imperial.
Both still strung up and playable.
I have an amazing stringer!
I also scoured EBay to get playing models of ALL the rackets I used from Jr. High through college.
Kramer Autograph, Wilson ProStaff, Yamaha YFG30 and PDP Professional (Roscoe Tanner’s racket).
The only one I can’t get (in playing condition) is the one I started with, my mother’s Spalding “Pancho Gonzales”.
It pushes $250 for a good condition, original model.
I’m envious, cletus.
I only had a Kramer + TAD’s
A Pancho Gonzalez tennis racket? Now you’re really pegging my gaydar fer sur. There’s one here. Spalding. Pitcher of Pancho on both sides of the handle. Looks to be re-strung but swingable. I’ve never wanted to swing that laminated bow at anything. It’s gotta be 50 or more years old. I worked at a sporting goods store about ‘60 and learned how to string them but I didn’t do this one. It has a couple skid marks on the tip of the bow, grip looks to be original and looks to be playable if you have the nerve to hit anything with it.
And there’s another one here labeled “ Trophy” “tournament play”. Looks Spalding but doesn’t say so.
I think the kids must have had them. Been hanging in the garage for at least 30 years. They took a back seat to my Winchester tool collection. Can’t do everything. Or so I’ve been told.
And don’t you ever tell my Mom I was even talking about tennis-——