Wilson Legacy (Wood)
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rodracquet
Rookie
Wilson also made an aluminum model with a similar shape....must have been one of the first STING models. Has a nice cross hatch throat piece with strings exiting on angles. Also a nice collectable.
Apart from these two, this shape remains pretty unique.
There are some snow shoe designs but these Wilsons have peculiar angles.
Certainly not attractive, hence collectable. How did they play?
Apart from these two, this shape remains pretty unique.
There are some snow shoe designs but these Wilsons have peculiar angles.
Certainly not attractive, hence collectable. How did they play?
Baxter
Professional
I absolutely loved that racquet (it's my "Rosebud"). I went from hacker to 4.0 in about two years with it. I replaced it with a Max 200G and sold it back then for $40. I bought it new, and remember thinking that I had the coolest, most high tech toy on the planet.
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
My first decent racquet was one of the 'snowshoe' Wilson aluminum Stings. As a young, fashion-conscious teenager in California in 1982, I took a fair amount of ribbing for using it, but it actually hit rather well for an aluminum alloy frame, and I got better rapidly to the point of warranting nicer gear (a Head Graphite Vector, then Kneissl White Star Pro Masters) shortly thereafter.
The Legacy is beautiful and weird, though I can't imagine playing a tournament with it, then or now.
The Legacy is beautiful and weird, though I can't imagine playing a tournament with it, then or now.
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Baxter
Professional
I used one in several tournaments back in the day. I never realized how heavy it was, but since it was my first "real" racket, and not a hand me down from my parents, I had nothing to compare it to. I must say my game improved rather dramatically after moving on to the Max 200G.
If anyone has specs on this racket I would love to see them.
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Autodidactic player
Professional
I'd say $35.00 is a fair price. The racket is unusual and interesting as a collectable but not particularly rare. Wilson made lots of these and many are still available in NOS condition. As noted earlier in the thread, Wilson also made an aluminum "Sting" racket with a very similar shape:
A much rarer, and therefore more valuable, "snowshoe" shaped racket is the Keubler Phillips Moore:
federer777
Rookie
what is the reasonable price of a Keubler Phillips Moore with good used condition? thanks!I'd say $35.00 is a fair price. The racket is unusual and interesting as a collectable but not particularly rare. Wilson made lots of these and many are still available in NOS condition. As noted earlier in the thread, Wilson also made an aluminum "Sting" racket with a very similar shape:
A much rarer, and therefore more valuable, "snowshoe" shaped racket is the Keubler Phillips Moore:
joe sch
Legend
Rare collector rackets are buying opportunities.
Reasonable prices are associated with more common collector rackets
federer777
Rookie
thanks for your advice! great!Rare collector rackets are buying opportunities.
Reasonable prices are associated with more common collector rackets
Autodidactic player
Professional
The Keubler Phillips Moore is very hard to find, especially in North America. I believe a good one (7/10) would easily bring $200.00 - $250.00, an excellent one (9/10) double that and a NOS one double again. I've never seen a NOS Keubler Phillips Moore but $1,000.00 would seem reasonable to me. I'd probably pay another $100.00 - $150.00 for the cover.
Mine is in excellent (9/10) condition but I do not have the original cover:
Sanglier
Professional
Wow, David, this is Kuebler's personal inventory label (notice the funny German grammar "Of this racket were 2000 sold"), so this example is from his private collection! Who needs a cover when you have such a special provenance!
Yours is unit "31" from his inventory, a twin of unit "32" featured in his "Sturm and Drang" book (picture is courtesy of Rolf Jaeger):
Yours is unit "31" from his inventory, a twin of unit "32" featured in his "Sturm and Drang" book (picture is courtesy of Rolf Jaeger):
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federer777
Rookie
one of my friend owned a 9/10 one and asked me for 350 Euro, but I really know few about it. thanks, yours are a great collection, thanks!The Keubler Phillips Moore is very hard to find, especially in North America. I believe a good one (7/10) would easily bring $200.00 - $250.00, an excellent one (9/10) double that and a NOS one double again. I've never seen a NOS Keubler Phillips Moore but $1,000.00 would seem reasonable to me. I'd probably pay another $100.00 - $150.00 for the cover.
Mine is in excellent (9/10) condition but I do not have the original cover:
Autodidactic player
Professional
If your friend still has the racquet, €350 (≈ $392.00) seems like a good price to me. This racket is quite rare and unusual. If you have been wanting to add this racquet to your collection, I'd go for it! Please post some pictures if you buy the racquet.
federer777
Rookie
1071470904@qq.com please email me and I will send you pics, racket is in Nertherland now, not in my hand, thanks!
Autodidactic player
Professional
Sorry my post was not clear to you. I was not offering to purchase the racquet (I already own one in 9/10 condition). I was only offering my opinion that €350 was a reasonable purchase price if you wanted to purchase the racquet.
In case you were unaware, selling and trading racquets in this forum violates message board rules. If your friend wants to sell the racquet, the message board has a for sale or trade forum.
If you have access to the racquet, and the owner doesn't mind, please post pictures. I think many of us would appreciate seeing another example of this rare racquet.
federer777
Rookie
new on the forum, sorry and thanks!
I just don't know how to post pics from computer. sorry.
Steve Huff
G.O.A.T.
I have one, but as of yet, I haven't taken it out to play with. Certainly interesting.
joe sch
Legend
Can Not post pictures from your computer. You need to use a photo sharing website and then use the link with the TW photo linker.new on the forum, sorry and thanks!
I just don't know how to post pics from computer. sorry.
joe sch
Legend
Hey Steve, what rackets do you hit with these days, when you do hit ?
Autodidactic player
Professional
On my MacBook I use PostImage. It's free and very easy to use. It even formats your pictures for this message board. All you have to do is choose the picture you want from your hard drive, click the "hot-link for forums" and paste the link into your message.
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
Wow, earlier in the week this old thread pops up again, and then on Friday, I am on the road, traveling coincidentally to TW’s home city on the Central Coast of California. A visit into a thrift store there nets a nice Legacy with its original cover, in probably 8/10 condition!
Steve Huff
G.O.A.T.
Joe, I haven't played in 5 years. Health issues caused me to stop. However, I just got my 2nd kidney transplant on 3/37 at Indiana University. I spent 6 weeks in a hotel in Indianapolis, had labs drawn twice/week. Came back to Richmond on 4/30. Still get labs drawn twice/week. I have an incision that runs from just under my L breast, down at an angle, under my belly button. Still pretty painful. My wife donated one of hers to me. 6 weeks in a hotel got old. Everything seems to have gone as planned. Still get blood drawn twice a week and faxed to MD. I lost 15L (almost 4 gallons) of fluid in the 1st 12 hours. Dr Bill Goggins (surgeon) was great, and so is Muhammed Yaqub, my nephrologist. Glad to finally get this done.
joe sch
Legend
Maybe karma and destiny. Im glad for you. BTW, you just missed the eroica and knowing your a cyclist, maybe not old school like tennis, wonder if you ever rode?
https://www.eroicacalifornia.com/
joe sch
Legend
Best wishes Steve! Sound like you have good care and got it under control.
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
You remember well, Joe, thanks! The Eroica is right in my wheelhouse of interests, and on my short bucket list of things to do. Presently, I don’t have a bicycle of suitable vintage to participate—currently, my oldest is a nice Bridgestone that is slightly too new. I kick myself for selling my old, pristine 1977 Peugeot PX10LE; that would be a nice bike for that tour. Maybe I should sell a few racquets, and start looking for a nice old Masi or DeRosa?
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
And may I echo our colleagues’ wishes for a full return to health (and hopefully the tennis court) to you, @Steve Huff !
