Don Bradman's bat sells for $58,000
In a Sydney auction, Don Bradman's first Test bat sold for $58,000. I guess that's a fair price although barely more than the price Andrew Flintoff's Ashes bat went for in an auction last year. Perhaps if an Englishman had threatened to buy the bat and burn it, a few patriotic Aussie tycoons would've hiked the price up.
What I like best about the history of Bradman's bat was that it was given to a schoolboy for winning a fundraising competition. The kid sold a few lamingtons and he ended up with one of Australia's greatest historical treasures! Other items sold at the auction included Victor Trumper's handkerchief, some items from WG Grace and the playboy undies Shane Warne wore in that photo with the two English models.
| Posted by JC on Tue 30 May |  1 comments |
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