Gandhi Items Auction

Mahatma Gandhis personal belongings, including his wooden sandals and what is believed to be the last photo of him taken alive, are expected to raise more than half a million pounds at an online auction in the UK.

A small, rusted metal bowl, two wooden spoons and a wooden fork -- once used by Mahatma Gandhi -- will be sold at an auction in Bristol, United Kingdom, on January 10 at an opening price of GBP 55,000 which, after adding auctioneer's commission, GST, insurance, freight and Indian customs duty on import of antique items would all add up to Rs 1.2 cr...

Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament is expected to be the most sought after lot as part of an auction of rare items and documents being held in a small English town on Tuesday.

A rich archive containing thousands of items related to Mahatma Gandhi will soon return to India after the Union Ministry of Culture signed a contract with auctioneers Sotheby's to purchase it before it was put up for auction on July 10.

Antony Chittattukara, a 70-year-old antique collector from this Kerala town, had expected to make over Rs 500 million from the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia. But the auction, held at Mullock's in London on Tuesday, fetched him only Rs 8.5 million.

Mahatma Gandhi's round-lensed spectacles, a personal prayer book and the soil upon which he fell when he was assassinated are among an incredible lot of items that will be sold at an auction in Britain. Gandhi was shot at point-blank range on Jan 30, 1948 and moments later a bystander, P.P. Nambiar, collected the dirt and some blades of grass from...

A German national has demanded royalty from a veteran Gandhian for using Gandhi's pictures in his book claiming copyright over them.

Mahatma Gandhis personal belongings, including his wooden sandals and what is believed to be the last photo of him taken alive, are expected to raise more than half a million pounds at an online auction in the UK.

A small, rusted metal bowl, two wooden spoons and a wooden fork -- once used by Mahatma Gandhi -- will be sold at an auction in Bristol, United Kingdom, on January 10 at an opening price of GBP 55,000 which, after adding auctioneer's commission, GST, insurance, freight and Indian customs duty on import of antique items would all add up to Rs 1.2 cr...

Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament is expected to be the most sought after lot as part of an auction of rare items and documents being held in a small English town on Tuesday.

A rich archive containing thousands of items related to Mahatma Gandhi will soon return to India after the Union Ministry of Culture signed a contract with auctioneers Sotheby's to purchase it before it was put up for auction on July 10.

Antony Chittattukara, a 70-year-old antique collector from this Kerala town, had expected to make over Rs 500 million from the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia. But the auction, held at Mullock's in London on Tuesday, fetched him only Rs 8.5 million.

Mahatma Gandhi's round-lensed spectacles, a personal prayer book and the soil upon which he fell when he was assassinated are among an incredible lot of items that will be sold at an auction in Britain. Gandhi was shot at point-blank range on Jan 30, 1948 and moments later a bystander, P.P. Nambiar, collected the dirt and some blades of grass from...

A German national has demanded royalty from a veteran Gandhian for using Gandhi's pictures in his book claiming copyright over them.