Top card captioned: "Surfing--Karridene" photographed & published by H. Duncan Abraham. Karridene Beach is near Durban, which has always had the largest population of surfers in South Africa. Lower card captioned: "Bathing Enclosure Durban" (refers to shark nets), published by Valentine & Sons Cape Town, and annotated as follows: "This is where we going surfing on boards during the summer time at our Beach. Note the way the surfboards are put flat on the water & the force of the waves pushes it along until you strike the sandy shore. Love from Vi, 1926." (At the time many had not heard of the sport.)

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"Action On the Board" showing a male surfer on a good-wave, unused chrome, fairly fresh. $1.00 s(s)

    "HUMEWOOD BEACH, PORT ELIZABETH // S.A R. / Publicity / Dept." sepia-tone postcard, unused, printed in Great Britain, serrated edge from booklet. Some surfing activity evident. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cs

    "QSL FROM STATION / SURFPLANK / LOKATIE: MIDDELBURG" POMA postcard 82 / 547 with classic commissioned surfing art,3 handstamps in address area, writing on back dates to 1982. Nice. $2.00 nps

    "THE ROSE SERIES P. 5615  SURFING AT CRONULLA, N.S.W." Unused real photo postcard, toning at all corners & left front edge from album contact. $8.00 ns

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    "Reviewing the Swimming Races, Coronado Tent City, / Coronado, Cal." color post card published by Reider circa 1915, unused, album marks on back. $8.50 (cs)

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"Andre Agassi: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" alertly awaiting a serve, copyrighted 4x6 color photo by Brian W. Oates. $3.00

"Andre Agassi: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" backhand with a 2-handed shot, copyrighted 4x6 color photo by Brian W. Oates. $3.00

"Andres Agassi: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" close-up with him smiling, copyrighted 4x6 color photo by Brian W. Oates. $3.00

"Andres Agassi: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" just prior to backhand contact, copyrighted 4x6 color photo by Brian W. Oates. $3.00

ASMP "IMAGE" magazine no. 64 (September - October 1996). Cover by Dan Francis shows a northern Indiana farm, featured photographer Gordon Baer, and photos from the ATP tennis championship by Tom Guenther. $1.75 as(t)

"CALIFORNIA" art of a man playing tennis, unused continental with trivial corner wear. $1.00

"Cols. (Columbus Ohio) East High / Tennis Star / Anne Hall '93" serving, 3.5x5 black & white photo with yearbook markings on back. $2.00 os

"Columbus (Ohio) East / tennis star / Corey Ballenger '93" in action in a practice session, 3.5x5 black & white photo, yearbook markings on back. $2.00 os*%

Columbus Ohio East High varsity tennis practice, Tim Robinson (class of 1994) vs. Scott Trinter '95, black & white 3.5x5 action photo, yearbook markings on back. $2.00 os

    "Gruss von der Salzquelle / Jah. C. Wille / Magdeburg" multiview with rowing, lawn tennis, sailing & the air cure place;  monochromatic dark green mailed there 1899 to Berlin, stamp removed, corner crease & trivial corner wear. $10.00

    "G. S. / HOTELS in Kingdom of Kerry / Bathing  Fishin  Boating / Golfing  Lawn Tennis  Excursions" monochromatic green multiview postcard with 5 captioned scenes--Kenmare tennis, Waterville tennis, Killarney exterior, Caragh Lake rowing & Parknasilla-on-Sea setting; mailed JY 29 09, 2 corner creases (one tiny), toning from album contact. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 is(t)mg

"John McEnroe: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" deciding whether to swing at a ball nearing the line, copyrighted 4x6 color photo by Brian W. Oates. $3.00

"John McEnroe: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" at Columbus Ohio, copyrighted 4x6 action color photo showing him airborne to serve. $3.00 os

"John McEnroe: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" raising his racket triumphally, copyrighted 4x6 color photo by Brian W. Oates. $3.00

"K...P.-de-C.) -- Parc et Tennis" with location information scraped off in censorship, writing on back from soldier at the 1st Army Rest Camp dates to July 1917. small stain along one back edge, small corner crease. $4.00

"Old Fort Comfort Inn Tennis Court / and Neptune Fountain." with doubles game halted for the shot, Azo real photo (triangles up), unused, slight oxidation, minor wear to one corner. $8.00

    "Photo Butin - Tours / The Brunswick Garden - 64. Boulevard Béranger - TOURS" including a tennis court (fenced in area with long net inside) with people beside it, sepia-tone postcard with green back, unused, browning back edges. In France, circa 1920. $3.75 fs+

"SAVE 66% / ... / Let Pete Sampras and all of TENNIS Magazine's / world-class Playing and Instruction Editors show / you how..." unused business reply card for subscription, circa February 1997. $1.00

"Tennis Court and Brown House, Haydenville, Ohio" prominently showing 2 couples at play with the ball in mid-air, black-and-white, mailed there 1909, light album marks at front corners, minor corner wear, light toning on front, internal crease not into image. Haydenville used to be a company town. We speculate that the tile company owner may have put out a few postcards such as this one to suggest an idyllic life there. That company, which later shut down in the 1960s, surely owned the house shown on this postcard. Rare. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (182,576 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 os

    "TENNIS COURTS FOR EMPLOYEES. THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, OHIO" showing them in use by men & women, color Phostint post card mailed 1922, one corner multiply creased, 3 internal creases, minor corner wear & rounding. SALE IN PROGRESS s(t)ois

"TENNIS COURTS, MOHONK LAKE, N. Y." color, Phostint with very late usage, 2 corner creases & minor edge wear. $4.00

"TENNIS TEA HOUSE  BUCK HILL FALLS, PA." black & white from the Buck Hill Falls Co., Albertype with very late usage at Wallaceton. $2.50

    "TENNIS / TUTOR / Your Own Portable / Tennis Ball Machine..." unused business reply card from Sports Tutor in Burbank, California. Also advertises the Batting Tutor. (2 available) $2.00 each

    "THE ROSE SERIES P.3200  MAYER CHALET, FROM TENNIS COURT, WARBURTON, VIC." real photo with good composition & contrast, mailed there 1954 to Missouri (almost complete cancel on 1 / lyrebird stamp), corner crease, small corner crease, mild corner wear. Warburton is in Victoria Australia. $3.25 vs*

    "Three Queens" art showing three women at a fence (one holding a racket up), mailed 1908,  writing on front puts names neatly under two, minor corner wear & rounding. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00

Uncaptioned color slide of a well proportioned woman wearing nothing but a helmet and tennis racket caught in a tennis net, date stamped July 1976, good focus & contrast. Ready for projection! [Original, not a copy.] $12.50

Uncaptioned real photo of a bedroom in which a tennis racket is prominently hung on the wall, fairly fresh, low-contrast  / grayish. $5.00

"Vitas Gerulitas: 1993 Big Bear Challenge" at Columbus Ohio, copyrighted 4x6 action color photo of him going for a backhand. $3.00 os

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"WEST POINT. Tennis" showing 3 games in progress on 4 courts, Tuck Post Card Series No. 2322 Life at West Point, undivided back mailed 1906, a little extraneous writing on back, minor corner wear & rounding. $6.50 &

"'WONT (sic) YOU COME AND PLAY WITH US?'" with two women standing at a fence, one with a racket, undivided back, numeral stamped on back, lightly toned back, faint corner crease, small tear at bottom edge. $4.00 &

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"Columbus (Ohio) East Track Star Donavan Johnson '93" negotiating the hurdles in a race, 3.5x5 black & white photo, yearbook markings on back. $2.00 os

    "Die ersten drei im 3000-m-Hindernislauf; (von links) Dompert, Iso-Hollo und Tuominen" real photo souvenir card showing the athletes who won the 3000-meter steeplechase seated together in the stadium, Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 46 Gruppe 61. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 os(t)

"Die USA, fierten im Zehnkampf ihren / schönsten und wertvollsten Erfolg. An allen / drie Masten wehte das Sternenbanner" real photo souvenir card showing three US flags marking the 1-2-3 finish of Morris, Clark & Parker in the decathalon, Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 62 Gruppe 61, no postcard back, much pertinent information on back. $5.00 os(t)f NEW / NEU / NUOVO

    "GREATER LOS ANGELES POST CARD & PAPER SHOW / PASADENA ELKS HALL / ..." prominently featuring a woman discus thrower, printed back notes tie-in with LA 1984 Summer Olympic Games, fresh appearance. $2.75 (csp)

"Langsteckenläufer im Kampf: Der Engländer / Burns führt im Läanderkampf Deutschland- / England vor Meister Syring" real photo souvenir card showing German & English long-distance runners in action, Sammelwerk Nr. 13 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band I / Bild Nr. 129 Gruppe 53, no postcard back, much pertinent information on back. $5.00 os(t)

Photo of Columbus Ohio East High track star Natasha Clark in relay action circa 1991, yearbook markings on back. $2.00 os

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"Weitsprung meim Zeznkamfp: Erwin Huber / (Deutschland) springt" real photo souvenir card showing the long jumper in midair, Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 65 Gruppe 61, no postcard back, much pertinent information on back. $5.00 os(t)g

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    "113 EVIAN-les-BAINS. - Ski nautique" good action shot of a water skier, sepia-tone from Cie Des Arts Photomécaniques, unused, minor wear to 2 corners. $4.50 fs

"AQUA-MAIDS perform spectacular waterskiing / feats at Florida's Cypress Gardens" showing 4 of them skiing side-by-side, unused chrome from Natural Color Publishers, small album adherences on back. $2.00 s(w)f(c)%

    "BAREFOOT SKIING AT CYPRESS GARDENS / Dick Pope Jr., Men's World Water Ski / Champion, barefoot skiing at Cypress Gar- / dens..." showing him close-up performing the feat that he originated, unused 1951 Curteich chrome, small spot in address area, unusual subject matter. $4.50 s(w)f(c)+%

"BEAUTIFUL AQUAMAIDS AT FLORIDA'S / CYPRESS GARDENS" showing 6 of them skiing side-by-side, unused chrome from Ridge Distributing Company, fresh & colorful. $2.00 s(w)f(c)%

"CG.22--'Backward Swan' Water Ski Trick Riding / Florida Cypress Gardens" showing an Aquamaid close-up performing it, unused linen from Lakeland News Company, small corner crease, one corner chipped away, the other corners showing wear. $1.25 s(w)f(c)

"CG.26--Pyramid of / the Aqua Skiers / at Florida Cypress Gardens" unused linen, brownish paper on back, small corner crease, one corner well-worn & rounded. $2.00 s(w)f(c)

    "HELICOPTER SPIN / AN ACT OF THE THRILLING SKI JUMPING / SHOW AT FLORIDA'S BEAUTIFUL CYPRESS GARDENS" showing a man soaring well over another, both on water skis; unused chrome from Lakeland News Company, 4 tiny spots on back. $2.50 s(w)f(c)+

    "HUMAN KITE, AT FLORIDA'S BEAUTIFUL / CYPRESS GARDENS / ... / A WATER SKIER SAILING THROUGH SPACE / CLINGING TO A GIANT KITE" unused chrome from Ridge Distributing Company, fairly fresh, unusual subject matter. Cypress Gardens closed, after 67 years, in April 2003. $2.50 s(w)f(c)k+

"Skiing is Fun in the Florida Sun" showing a woman riding on the shoulders of a male water skier, linen mailed 1955 by Martha Cross from Miami Florida, slight yellowing of the paper with age on back, trivial corner & edge wear. $2.00 s(w)

"Summer Fun" unused Curteich 3-D Natural Color Reproduction, 2 tiny corner creases not into image. $1.00 s(w)

"The Aquamaids performing their water ski ballet at / FLORIDA'S BEAUTIFUL CYPRESS GARDENS" showing 7 ladies linking arms to form one long line, chrome with mild corner wear, scribble & ink spots in address area. $1.50 s(w)f(c)%

Uncaptioned home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard showing a male water skier from a distance, mailed OCT 15 1965 at Urbana Ohio (clear 'PRAY / FOR / PEACE' cancel), cancel ink on front. $1.00 s(w)-o

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    "Der Olympiasieger im Federgewicht, Anthony / Terlazzo (USA.), stemmte insgesamt 321,5 kg" real photo souvenir card showing the weightlifter in a successful lift, Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 140 Gruppe 61, no postcard back, much pertinent information on back. $5.00 os(w)

    "Janssen (Essen) rückte im vorolympischen / Jahr durch seine grossartigen Leistungen / in die Weltklasse der Gewichtsheber auf" real photo souvenir card showing the weightlifter in action, Sammelwerk Nr. 13 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band I / Bild Nr. 151 Gruppe 53, no postcard back, much pertinent information on back. $5.00 os(w)

"The Best Grip You Can Buy! / www.VERSAGRIPPS.com" continental advertising card illustrated on both sides, near mint. $1.25 s(w) NEW / NEU / NUOVO

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    "1437 Gr. Salon de 1906. -- Fête de Luiteurs dans les Hautes-Alpes Suisses, par Charles Giron / ND Phot." real photo of art depicting an open-air wrestling tournament, mild wear at one corner, unusual subject matter. $9.50 ss

"Bill Parks" on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. $3.25 s

"Billy Goelz" shown with championship belt, on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. $3.75 s

Captioned entirely in Japanese, showing crowd gathered round sumo wrestlers ready to compete, unused, faint corner crease. $4.00 s

    "Cyclone Amaya" on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. $3.25 s

    "Enrique Torres" shown with championship belt, on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back, lightly toned front. $3.25 s

    "Farmer Don Marlin" on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 s

"George Drake" on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back, toned upper left front corner. $2.75 Similar but no toned front corner. $3.25 s

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    "George Macricosta" (2nd & 3rd characters of last name hard to read) on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back, light toning to lower right front. $3.50 sg+

"Icelandic grapplers / wear leather handles" showing 2 wrestlers in action, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 in the US, trivial wear at one corner. $2.00 is

"Nature Boy Rogers" in an unusual costume on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. $3.75 s

    "Pete Bartu" on arcade card made in USA, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format (104,903 bytes). $1.50 s

Photo of Columbus (Ohio) East High Wresting star P. Sayacheck in action, black & white 3 / 5x5", 1991, 2 cropping marks on front. $2.50 cs

"Roger Mackay" on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. $3.25 s

    "Roy Mcclarity" on an arcade card printed in US, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format (244,408 bytes). $1.50 s

"Rudy Kay" on arcade card made in USA, good edges, lightly toned back. (2 available) $3.25 each s

"RYOGOK BRIDGE, TOKYO" showing sumo site in the distance, interesting annotation on back. $4.25

    "SUMO / Sumo is the national sports (sic) of Japan. Two naked..." showing a bout in progress on a continental mailed at Yokota Japan with US stamp (zip 96328, smudged cancel), ink smear on back, minor corner & edge wear. $2.00 sj

    "The national sport hall ..." multiview postcard also captioned in Japanese, 2 corners with tiny crease. Two scenes, one showing the beginning of a Sumo wrestling match. $7.50 jsm NEW / NEU / NUOVO

    "Un pugilat. / (Bacotjé)." showing two Belgian Congo natives wrestling outdoors for the entertainment of black spectators in various states of dress, black & white on undivided back with dark red caption, mailed to Belgium but stamp removed. small tear & long crease at one corner (not into image), lightly toned front, lightly toned back. $10.00 sb

    "Walter Palmer" made in USA, good edges. Arcade card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 s

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Wanted to buy--post cards or arcade cards featuring wrestler Pete Bartu. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--postcards or arcade cards featuring wrestler Ruffy Silverstein, a Chicago-area wrestler. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c2

Wanted to buy--post cards or arcade cards featuring wrestler Walter Palmer. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

    "27:-VIEW OF HUNTINGTON YACHT CLUB, HUNTINGTON, L. I., N. Y." white-border era from Photo & Art Postal Card Co., very late usage at Mastic, good edges. $6.50 n

'88 / KENWOOD / CUP' 4 unused stickers publicizing the event, 3 different sizes, area totals roughly to postcard size. Nice art. $2.00 s(y)

    "In Kiellinie begeben sich die Olympia-(Ein- / mann-) Jollen zum Start" real photo souvenir card showing small sailboats at the start of their race, Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 123 Gruppe 61, no postcard back, much pertinent information on back. $5.00 os(y)

    "LAGOON, TOLEDO YACHT CLUB, TOLEDO, OHIO" sepia-tone, circa 1920, album marks on front, album marks on back. $3.00

"Left over from the twenties / Yacht Club on Montauk / Point still comes to life" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1959. $2.00

October-December 1981 Australian Stamp Bulletin No. 157, including write-up on the yachting in Australia issue. $1.50

    "PARSONS MAT. / NIGHT NOV. 8 / THE (CORNELL) ROWING and / COLUMBIA YACHTING GIRLS in / Simple Simon Simple" black & white image with partly red captioning on undivided back postcard mailed 1905 at Hartford Connecticut, minor corner wear, toning both sides. Based on a book by Otis F. Wood & Charles H. Brown, this Broadway musical first opened October 30 1905 for a short 8 performances; then came this production. $25.00 s(r)s(y)c(h)c(c)tm

"Point Concord Lighthouse and Havre de Grace Yacht Club, Havre de Grace, Md." unused linen with fresh color, lightly toned back. $2.50

"S-1020 / Yacht Race on Saginaw Bay, Bay City, Michigan" unused linen from Curteich's Sailboat Scenes, grayish paper, corner crease. $1.75 ms(y)

    "SLOOP RACING ALONG MAINE COASTLINE" chrome postcard from photo by Paul A. Knauf Jr., writing on back dates to 1973. $1.00 msr

"Smyrna Yacht Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida" linen mailed 1946, stamp removed. $2.50 f(n)s(y)*+ NEW / NEU / NUOVO

    "The Cup Defender, 'Reliance'" cutting through the water, black & white on undivided back, mailed 1903 at Asheville North Carolina, browning paper on back, small corner crease, tiny scrape on back, unimportant corner & edge wear. very light amount of cancel ink on front. The 'Reliance' was notable for the extraordinary amount of sail area carried (seen to great advantage on this postcard), making it what many consider to be the fastest monohull Cup defender of all time. $35.00 s(y)s(s)

"Yacht Racing, Halifax, Nova Scotia" color on yellowish paper from Photogelatine Engraving Co., mailed at Bedford 1952, minor wear at 3 corners. $1.75 ns

    "Yacht Dauntless, Essex, Conn." With 2 masts, color Litho-Chrome from G. L. Burrows, mild corner wear, faint small spots near bottom front center, lightly toned back. $7.50 cs

"Yachting at Chester, N. S." color from J. E. Evans, No. 1126 on back, circa 1915, fairly fresh. $5.00 ns

"Yacht Club House, Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, N. Y." including some of the nearby fenced shoreline, color from William Jubb, mailed there 1908, small corner crease, light album marks on back. noticeable wear at one corner. $6.50 n(s)sn(o)

    "--Yacht Race-- / Scene from Portage Point Inn, Onekama, Mich." sepia-tone real photo mailed 1947 with  writing on front. $3.25 ms(y)+

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