Two match-worn 'Invincibles' baggy green caps are expected to break records when they are auctioned on Sunday.
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With many galleries and museums removing their big ticket items from display in the midst of current restrictions due to COVID-19 and plummeting sales, one Australian online auction company is disrupting the market listing their biggest multi-million dollar fine art and memorabilia auction.
Lloyds Auctions conducts 10 online certified art auctions per month in Australia however that number has increased 500% and their latest offerings are set to top 10 million AUD.
"Two legendary Australian Baggy Green caps on offer are expected to fetch over half a million alone," Head of Fine Art and Antiquities for Lloyds Auctions, Amanda Benson, said.
The original game-worn Baggy Green cricket caps were worn by 'Invincibles' Arthur Morris and Sam Loxton, both regarded by many as true jewels in the international cricket collectables space.
Regarded as Australia's greatest ever left-handed batsmen, it will be the first time Arthur Morris's baggy green has been offered for public auction in almost two decades.
Morris and Loxton are known as key players of Sir Donald Bradman's 'Invincibles' side, which made an undefeated tour of England in 1948.
There are even calls for the 'Baggy Greens' to be re-united and placed on display in the Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame.
"The sheer scale of this arts and memorabilia auction means we will definitely break Australian records with over 200 one-of-a-kind and extremely rare pieces of fine art and luxury items," Ms Benson said.
The auction is listed online now at www.lloydsauctions.com.au