Condition

6

10: New
9: Mint
8: Excellent
7: Good
6: Fair
5: Average
4: Below Average
3: Poor

| Rarity

9

10: Impossibly rare
9: Extremely rare
8: Hard to find
7: Fairly rare
6: Uncommon
5: Common
<4: Big Seller

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About This Racket

Adidas developed a series of wooden rackets for Ilie Nastase starting with the Haillet racket, but he was a perfectionist and dissatisfied with it. Around 1976 they developed a core series of Ash wood laminated rackets with stunning liveries and superior leather grips, and Nastase used them at Wimbledon in 1977 (although he lost in the final to Borg). But with other grand slam successes Adidas adapted their Nastase line into a “signature” llie Nastase models. Actually they made at least three variants, this “Master” is a rare one. Adidas had huge sales with the Nastase signature but there was demand for more. In late 1980 techology had improved to allow large “mid” head sizes without undue flex. The result was this forward thinking Nastase Pro Mid. I haven’t seen many of these. Consider it very collectable. I found an advert from 1985 listing it for £30 (see below)

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Adidas History

The adidas brand is one of the most famous brands ever. This German company has an iconic name and a characteristic logo of three stripes – 3 stripes, which are inherent to this brand, which are known all over the world. Adidas is currently one of the largest manufacturers of sports and leisure clothing, footwear and accessories in the world. What is the history behind this fashion and sports icon?

They started in the washroom and gradually conquered the world. Every great story has a beginning. This one started in a small town in Bavaria, Germany. Adi Dassler started in his mother’s washroom, registered “Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik” in 1924 and began to provide athletes with the best possible sports equipment. A few years later, runner Lina Radke won a gold medal in Amsterdam in his sneakers. These were the first rewards and milestones – and only the beginning of the adidas history story.

Adidas was founded in 1949 by Adolf (Adi) Dassler at the age of 49 again under the name “Adi Dassler adidas Sportschuhfabrik”, after falling out with his brother Rudolf. He subsequently founded his own competing company, which we know today under the name Puma. Despite the fact that the brothers never reconciled, their competitive struggle was responsible for the fact that both brands rocketed into the public consciousness, which was further supported by the fact that the sports products from both of their workshops reached top quality. The company started with 47 employees in the small town of Herzogenaurach. In the same year, he registered the shoe, which included the registration of the soon-to-be-famous adidas 3-Stripes.