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Bradmanâs debut baggy green flops at auction The first baggy green given to Sir Donald Bradman has sold at auction - but the famous cap fell well short of early expectations.
Cricket by Russell Gould
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Subscriber only The baggy green cap Sir Donald Bradman wore on Test debut has sold for $450,000. Australian businessman Peter Freedman, founder and chairman of electronics company Rode, bought the cap which was passed in after the initial online auction ended last week. The week long auction for the cap, given to the legendary Australian batsman in 1928, managed a highest bid of just $391,500.
Auctioneer awaiting instruction after bidding on Don Bradman s first baggy green falls short of expectations
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DecDecember 2020 at 9:42am
Sir Donald Bradman s first baggy green had been hoped to attract between $1 million and $2 million.
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Bidding for Sir Donald Bradman s first baggy green cap has ended well below expectations and for much less than the record for one belonging to the legendary Australian cricketer.
Key points:
He gave the cap he wore to Peter Dunham
It is being sold to pay Dunham s creditors
An online auction for the 1928 cap ended at 7:00pm ACDT, with a $391,500 bid from someone with the initials S.C. from the Brisbane suburb of Greenslopes.
An online auction for the 1928 cap ended on Thursday night with a $A391,500 bid.
Auctioneers had hoped to attract between $A1 million and $A2 million for the cap, which is being sold to pay creditors of the owner, former bankrupt Adelaide accountant and convicted fraudster Peter Dunham.
Sir Don Bradman s first test cap - bids fell well short of what the piece of Australian cricket memorabilia was expected to go for.
Photo: Pickles Auctions
Gavin Dempsey from auction house Pickles said he was awaiting instruction on the sale.
The current record price for a baggy green is just over $A1 million, for Shane Warne s Test cap.