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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Russell Crowe: The Art of Divorce
• Sale Date:
  07 Apr 2018 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  129
• Lot Description:
  The important Australian 'Baggy Green' Test cricket cap of 'W.A.S. 'Bert' Oldfield' from the 1932-1933 'Bodyline' series
  green wool, embroidered with the Australian coat-of-arms worked in gold and silver wire and coloured silk, the series date below '1932-33', with a 'Farmers Sydney' label inscribed in ink 'W.A.Oldfield', framed with a black and white photograph of Oldfield, together with a copy of The Larwood Story: A Cricketer's Biography, (the dust jacket framed separately), opened at the page describing the infamous encounter between Oldfield and the English fast bowler, Harold Larwood, on 17 January 1933, when Oldfield was struck in the head off Larwood's delivery, suffering a fractured skull. An area of separation to one of the seams in the cap where Oldfield was struck, is a further reminder of the incident.
  88 x 97.5 cm (overall)
• Notes:
  Accompanied by a letter from Russell Crowe stating his ownership.
• Estimate:
  A$40,000 - 60,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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