"A baggy green cap worn by the Australian cricket great Sir Donald Bradman has sold for $460,000 to an anonymous buyer at a Gold Coast auction. Bradman wore the cap during the 1947-48 series against India his final home Test series before retiring in 1948 with a career batting average of 99.94, earning him the reputation as cricket's greatest batter. Bradman gifted the cap to the Indian cricketer SW Sohoni during the series and it remained with his family for generations, never exhibited publicly."
"Lee Hames, the chief operating officer of Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers, called the cap a holy grail of cricket before the bidding commenced. Hames said at the auction that Sohoni's dying wish was to have the cap return to Australian shores. It has been hidden for 75 years, that's over three generations under lock and key, he said. If you were a family member you were only allowed to look at it when you were 16 years old for five minutes."
Sir Donald Bradman's baggy green cap worn in the 1947-48 series against India sold for $460,000 at a Gold Coast auction to an anonymous buyer. Bradman gifted the cap to Indian cricketer S.W. Sohoni during his final home Test series before retiring in 1948 with a career average of 99.94. The cap remained in the Sohoni family for 75 years and was never publicly exhibited. Bids began at $1 and drew interest from Australia, India and the UK. Lloyds Auctions said the cap will remain in Australia and be displayed at a prominent museum. The cap interior bears the inscriptions D.G. Bradman and S.W. Sohoni.
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