Lillee's cap could fetch $20,000 |
 Dennis Lillee's Austgralian "Baggy Green" Test Cap Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 VIEW AND BID ONLINE |
 HOWZAT: Dennis Lillee celebrates after capturing his sixth wicket bowling against Pakistan in the second Test at Melbourne in 1977. His Baggy Green is expected to fetch up to $20,000 at auction next month. |
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Posted July 30, 2008 06:03am Article from: PerthNow STAR Perth cricketer Dennis Lillee's Baggy Green cap is tipped to attract bids of up to $20,000 when it is auctioned in Melbourne this month. Lillee was regarded as the outstanding fast bowler of his generation and his record haul of 355 Test wickets places him among the all-time greats of cricket. The one record that still endures is his partnership with wicket keeper, Rod Marsh. The scorecard entry "c Marsh b Lillee" appeared 95 times in Tests, a partnership record between wicketkeeper and bowler that ranks ahead of Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath. It is extremely rare for a Dennis Lillee Baggy Green to come up for public auction, which explains the presale estimate of $15,000 - $20,000. It could eclipse the price realized for the Allan Border cap auctioned by Leski Auctions in June this year. It will be one of three Baggy Greens offered for sale by Leski Auctions in Melbourne on Monday, August 18. The other caps are Tom Veiver’s 1964 Baggy Green and Graeme Wood’s 1985 Baggy Green, which have pre-sale estimates of $12,000 - $15,000 and $10,000 - $12,000 respectively. “This year has been rich pickings with a record number of Baggy Greens being offered by Leski Auctions,” Leski Auctions CEO Charles Leski said. “In any given year we might see three or four, but in the first eight months of this year we will have auctioned three times that number.” Mr Leski says memorabilia is proving to be one of the most resilient investments and he expects spirited bidding from investors and "cricket tragics" the world over via an on-line, real-time bidding system. Courtesy PerthNow - Link to original article | |