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John Daly’s Claret Jug from 1995 Open Championship is up for auction

John Daly’s Claret Jug from 1995 Open Championship is up for auction

Now’s your chance to own one of the most famous trophies in sports. Just be prepared to pay a hefty price.

John Daly’s Claret Jug from his 1995 Open Championship victory at St. Andrews is up for auction at Golden Age Auctions. The starting bid was $500, and with a little more than three days to go until bidding closes, the price to own a rare piece of golf history is up to $152,463 (as of Thursday morning).

The jug is being sold by a consignor, who originally purchased the trophy directly from John Daly in 2015. The Claret Jug comes with a signed letter of authenticity and provenance from Daly, too.

Daly beat Costantino Rocca in a four-hole playoff to win his first Open Championship and second major title.

Earlier this year, Golden Age Golf Auctions sold Gary Player’s Claret Jug from 1974 for $481,068. That Claret Jug was a 90 percent scale of the real Claret Jug that every Champion Golfer of the Year gets to parade around for a year.

Per the listing, Daly’s Claret Jug is “sterling silver (hallmarked), and measures 12 ¼” tall (50 percent scale of permanent traveling Claret Jug). The magnificent case measures 14 ¼” x 8 ½” and is embossed with the R&A logo on its silk-lined interior.”

As of Thursday morning, there have been 66 bids for Daly’s Claret Jug.

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