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.