da casino： The baggy green cap worn by Sir Donald Bradman during the 1948 InvinciblesTour has been sold to an undisclosed buyer for between $A400,000 and $A420,000
Cricinfo staff15-Dec-2008
The auctioneer, Charles Leski, with Sir Donald Bradman’s cap worn in 1942 © Getty Images
The baggy green cap worn by Sir Donald Bradman during the 1948 InvinciblesTour, which failed to attract a bid at auction on Monday, has been sold toan undisclosed buyer for between $A400,000 and $A420,000. The auctioneerCharles Leski didn’t reveal the exact sale price but said it went for lessthan what the previous owner Tim Sersier bought it for in 2003.Sersier used his winnings from the TV show Who Wants To Be AMillionaire? to acquire the cap for A$420,000. The piece was initiallyexpected to fetch more than A$600,000.Leski said Serisier was aware that the global financial crisis could’vebeen the reason for the cap selling at a loss. “Yes, he agrees the timingwasn’t the greatest,” Leski told . “He’s accepted theconsequences of his decision.”The cap was given to the son of England’s Walter Robins, a friend ofBradman’s, after the Australian great noticed the boy playing cricket in asubstandard hat. “Sir Don said: ‘We can’t have that, we’d better get you adecent one’, and a short while later in the mail the 1948 baggy greenarrived,” Leski told Nine.