May worth a million dollars one day
Gandhi's sandals up for auction in Britain
Published on May 10, 2013
10:34 PM
LONDON (AFP) - A pair of sandals formerly owned by India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi is to go under the hammer in Britain later this month.
Auction house Mullock's said the battered leather shoes, due to be sold on May 21, were expected to fetch up to £15,000 (S$28,600) despite being "in a bad state".
The scandals are among the star lots in "one of the largest collections of memorabilia relating to Mr Mahatma Gandhi ever to be offered", the auction house in Shropshire, central England, said.
The collection also includes Mr Gandhi's will - written "in a neat secretarial hand" and signed by him in Gujerati - which is expected to sell for up to £40,000, as well as a shawl hand-woven from thread that he spun himself.
Gandhi's sandals up for auction in Britain
Published on May 10, 2013
10:34 PM
LONDON (AFP) - A pair of sandals formerly owned by India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi is to go under the hammer in Britain later this month.
Auction house Mullock's said the battered leather shoes, due to be sold on May 21, were expected to fetch up to £15,000 (S$28,600) despite being "in a bad state".
The scandals are among the star lots in "one of the largest collections of memorabilia relating to Mr Mahatma Gandhi ever to be offered", the auction house in Shropshire, central England, said.
The collection also includes Mr Gandhi's will - written "in a neat secretarial hand" and signed by him in Gujerati - which is expected to sell for up to £40,000, as well as a shawl hand-woven from thread that he spun himself.
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