Bradman cap fetches record price at auction

A dishevelled inexperienced cap worn by Donald Bradman fetched A$460,000 (U.S.$319,000) at public public sale in Australia on Monday (January 26, 2026), a report value for a cap worn by the Australian cricket legend.

The worth paid for the cap, as soon as a 16.5% purchaser’s premium of A$75,900 is added, totals A$535,900, beating the earlier report holder, a dishevelled inexperienced from the identical collection – in opposition to India in 1947/48 – that was offered in 2024.

That cap was purchased for A$479,700, together with the customer’s premium, at public sale.

Bradman, who died aged 92 in 2001, had given the cap offered on Monday (January 26) to Indian all-rounder Sriranga Wasudev ‘Ranga’ Sohoni.

Inside, it bears the inscriptions: ‘D.G. Bradman’ and ‘S.W. Sohoni’.

Again in Bradman’s day the dishevelled inexperienced cap was awarded for every collection they performed – a distinction to the current day the place just one is handed out on Check debut.

Sohoni’s household sorted the cap till it was put up for public sale – Sohoni died in 1993 aged 75.

The customer requested anonymity, however it can go on show at an Australian museum.

“That’s over three generations below lock and key,” stated Lee Hames, the Chief Working Officer of Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers, who held the public sale.

“In case you have been a member of the family you have been solely allowed to have a look at it while you have been 16-years-old for 5 minutes,” he stated.

The collection was notable for being India’s first as an impartial nation and Bradman’s final on dwelling soil.

Bradman made it a memorable one, scoring 715 runs – together with his one centesimal first-class century – because the Australians romped to a 4-0 collection win.

Bradman is broadly thought to be cricket’s greatest-ever batter and averaged 99.94 in his 52-match Check profession.