Mullocks Auction House

Mahatma Gandhi's foldable 'charkha' or spinning wheel has been sold for 110,000 at an auction house in England.

A spinning wheel or 'charkha' re-invented by Mahatma Gandhi during his time at Pune's Yerwada jail in 1940s will go under the hammer at the prestigious British auction house Mullock's on November 5 with the minimum bid set at 60,000 pounds.

Mahatma Gandhi's descendants have expressed regret over the forthcoming auction of a "clump of soil with drops of the Mahatma's blood collected from the site of his assassination" by the British auction house Mullock's. "The auctioning of the clump of soil with a few claimed drops of Mahatma Gandhi's blood sounds reprehensible...morbid. But if the...

A set of three portraits drawn from the life of Mahatma Gandhi by artist Clare Winsten will be auctioned in England on Jan 24 at the Mullocks Auction House. The portraits estimated at 800-1,000 pounds ($1,230 to 1,530) each were drawn during Gandhi's visit to England 1930-31 for the Round Table Conference. Winsten, who was actively involved in soci...

Mahatma Gandhi's foldable 'charkha' or spinning wheel has been sold for 110,000 at an auction house in England.

A spinning wheel or 'charkha' re-invented by Mahatma Gandhi during his time at Pune's Yerwada jail in 1940s will go under the hammer at the prestigious British auction house Mullock's on November 5 with the minimum bid set at 60,000 pounds.

Mahatma Gandhi's descendants have expressed regret over the forthcoming auction of a "clump of soil with drops of the Mahatma's blood collected from the site of his assassination" by the British auction house Mullock's. "The auctioning of the clump of soil with a few claimed drops of Mahatma Gandhi's blood sounds reprehensible...morbid. But if the...

A set of three portraits drawn from the life of Mahatma Gandhi by artist Clare Winsten will be auctioned in England on Jan 24 at the Mullocks Auction House. The portraits estimated at 800-1,000 pounds ($1,230 to 1,530) each were drawn during Gandhi's visit to England 1930-31 for the Round Table Conference. Winsten, who was actively involved in soci...