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Sir Donald Bradman s test debut baggy green has sold for just short of half a million dollars.
Australian businessman Peter Freedman has purchased Sir Donald Bradman s first baggy green cap for A$450,000 (NZ$481,869), the second-highest price ever paid for a piece of cricket memorabilia. Freedman, the founder of Rode Microphones who earlier this year paid $9 million (NZ$9.6m) to win an auction for a guitar used by Kurt Cobain, plans to tour Bradman s test debut cap around Australia. The price for Bradman s 1928 Australia cap sits behind the A$1,007,500 (NZ$1,078,851) paid at auction for Shane Warne s test cap earlier this year – the world record price for an item of cricket memorabilia.
Freedman, the founder of Rode Microphones who earlier this year paid $9m to win an auction for a guitar used by Kurt Cobain, plans to tour Bradman’s Test debut cap around Australia.
The 1928 Bradman cap price eclipses the $425,000 paid for the Australia’s great’s 1948 baggy green at a 2003 auction.
“Sir Don Bradman is an Aussie legend,” Freedman said on Tuesday. “Not only as one of our greatest talents on the sporting field and one of the most revered athletes of all time, but as an icon of Australian fortitude and resilience.
“All too often, memorabilia such as this ends up spending its life on the wall of some boardroom or in some basement bar of a well-heeled sports fanatic. I want as many people to enjoy it as possible.
Sir Donald Bradmanâs baggy green fails to sell
Cricket by Josh Fagan
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Subscriber only Sir Donald Bradman s baggy green cap from his debut Test series in 1928/29 has attracted a bid of $391,500 at auction. But it may not be enough to own the famous piece of headwear, with negotiations over the sale set to continue on Friday. The auction was run online through pickles.com.au and ended on Thursday night. The $391,500 offer fell below the reserve set for the cap. Another of Bradman s baggy green caps that he wore in the 1948 Ashes tour of England sold for $425,000 in 2003.
Sir Donald Bradmanâs baggy green fails to sell
Cricket by Josh Fagan
Premium Content
Subscriber only Sir Donald Bradman s baggy green cap from his debut Test series in 1928/29 has attracted a bid of $391,500 at auction. But it may not be enough to own the famous piece of headwear, with negotiations over the sale set to continue on Friday. The auction was run online through pickles.com.au and ended on Thursday night. The $391,500 offer fell below the reserve set for the cap. Another of Bradman s baggy green caps that he wore in the 1948 Ashes tour of England sold for $425,000 in 2003.