The Richard Nixon Foundation, part of the Nixon presidential library in California, also expressed interest. In an email, he added, “It would be an honor to preserve and promote legacy.” If donated, the paddle and accompanying items also would travel to world championships where the museum stages exhibitions. Chuck Hoey, curator of the ITTF museum in Lausanne, would love to see the items “preserved in our museum instead of scattered to the winds.” He offers to credit the donor by name. How special? Very - to the sport, to the Chinese, and in the United States. Smart collectors are by now getting the drift that the paddles and the accompanying photo are special both for what they represent and because of what they are. Because of 1971, Hoarfrost has returned as an honored guest multiple times, most recently to speak at the 150th anniversary of Chou-en-Lai’s birth. As much as the sport has grown here, in China it is a mania. According to Hoarfrost, “the visit of the Chinese team in 1972 was an important historical event” not just in ping pong, but “particularly in the history of diplomatic relations between the USA and China.” To this day, she receives inquiries related to that visit from Chinese students and press.
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