'Insect damaged' Don Bradman baggy green sells for nearly half a million dollars at auction
The baggy green worn by Donald Bradman in his final Test series on home soil has fetched nearly half a million dollars at auction.
Bradman wore the cap in the 1947-48 summer against India, its first Australian tour as an independent country.
In five innings, Bradman scored 715 runs at an average of 178.75 including three centuries and a double.
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In a 10 minute flurry at Bonhams in Sydney on Tuesday evening, the hammer came down on the cap – which the auction house described as "sun faded and worn", with "some insect damage" and "some loss to edge of peak" – with the price at $390,000.
The baggy green cap worn by Donald Bradman in the 1947-1948 summer against India, his last on Australian soil. The Age
Once the auction fees and premiums are tacked on, the unknown bidder will fork out an eye-watering $479,700.
It's the highest price a Bradman cap has fetched. The baggy green from his 1928 debut sold for $450,000 plus fees in 2020.
Unlike today, players in Bradman's era wore fresh baggy greens for each tour.
The previous owner had brought the cap in 2003, and had been on loan to the Bradman Museum in Bowral since 2010.
