Sir Don Bradman’s iconic Baggy Green Australia cap has been sold at an auction.
The legendary cricketer wore the cap from 1947-48 with the piece of history being sold by Bonhams on Tuesday at an auction event in Sydney for a price of $479,700 including buyers premium rates.
The hat had been estimated to fetch a value of around $390,000, but fell short of the enormous amount paid for Shane Warne’s Baggy Green in 2020, which was sold for $1,007,500.
That sale set a landmark price for any piece of cricket memorabilia and had been driven to help raise funds for bushfire relief efforts.
Bradman, who played 52 Tests for Australia, returning 6,996 runs, wore the cap during Australia’s Test series against India, during which the Aussie batter averaged an astounding 178.75 across six Test innings.
That had also included four centuries while Bradman also scored his 100th Test ton.
It was also the last series that Bradman had played on home soil.
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