Bradman cap fetches record price at auction
The Hindu
A baggy green cap worn by cricket legend Donald Bradman sold for a record A$535,900 at auction in Sydney.
A baggy green cap worn by Donald Bradman fetched A$460,000 (U.S.$319,000) at public auction in Australia on Monday (January 26, 2026), a record price for a cap worn by the Australian cricket legend.
The price paid for the cap, once a 16.5% buyer’s premium of A$75,900 is added, totals A$535,900, beating the previous record holder, a baggy green from the same series – against India in 1947/48 – that was sold in 2024.
That cap was bought for A$479,700, including the buyer’s premium, at auction.
Bradman, who died aged 92 in 2001, had given the cap sold on Monday (January 26) to Indian all-rounder Sriranga Wasudev ‘Ranga’ Sohoni.
Inside, it bears the inscriptions: ‘D.G. Bradman’ and ‘S.W. Sohoni’.
Back in Bradman’s day the baggy green cap was awarded for each series they played – a contrast to the present day where only one is handed out on Test debut.
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