Collectors today can find gutta-percha golf balls for as little as $100, though they often average several hundred dollars. Rarity and condition, as for most antiques, determine value.

Gutta-percha, a natural plastic extracted from trees in Southeast Asia, sparked a craze in Victorian England, leading to its use in everything from golf balls to ear trumpets.

Gutta Percha. by Wiley Clapp; posted on March 13, 2012 News, Reviews, Handguns. Support NRA American Rifleman DONATE ** When you buy products through the links on ...

H. H. Day, of New York, has obtained a patent in England for extracting from gutta percha a peculiar etheric oil which it contains preparatory to its being subjected to the process of ...

Gutta-percha is a symbol of an age experiencing rapid acceleration. The 1850s saw a boom in which world trade expanded five-fold and millions of migrants ventured forth to settle what they called ...

Gutta percha was first introduced to the west by William Mongomerie in 1843. He demonstrated to the Royal Society of Arts in London, the materials’ ability to be heated and moulded. Properties of ...