eyeglasses News Archive

13-Feb-2009

 

  • Gandhi's glasses, shoes headed for NY auction (Crain's New York Business)
    Antiquorum Auctioneers plans to sell the wire-frame eyeglasses, leather sandals and pocket watch that once belonged to Mahatma Gandhi.


  • Gandhi's eyeglasses to be auctioned in NYC (KIVI Boise)
    Associated Press - February 12, 2009 12:03 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Mahatma Gandhi's (Ma-hot-ma Gand-hee's) distinctive wire-frame eyeglasses, a pair of worn leather sandals and an inexpensive...


  • GANDHI GLASSES GO UNDER GAVEL (New York Post)
    A pair of distinctive round, metal-rimmed eyeglasses worn by Mahatma Gandhi will go under the hammer next month - along with sandals and a pocket watch that belonged to the nonviolence icon. In the 1930s, Gandhi gave the spectacles to an Indian...


  • Gandhi's eyeglasses to be auctioned in NYC (The Star)
    NEW YORK (AP) - Mahatma Gandhi's distinctive wire-frame eyeglasses, which he said gave him the vision to free India, are among rare personal items that belonged to the spiritual and political leader going on the auction block next month.


  • Sales tax changes may prove tough (The Palm Beach Post)
    Floridians could pay more for bottled water, eyeglasses, Super Bowl tickets and other items if lawmakers decide to remove some of the 239 sales tax exemptions to help shore up a third consecutive year of budget shortfalls.


  • Gandhi's eyeglasses to be auctioned in NYC (The Star-Ledger)
    AP Photo/Antiquorum AuctioneersIn this undated photo released by Antiquorum Auctioneers, Mahatma Gandhi's glasses and case are shown. The items will be offered at auction by Antiquorum in New York on March 5, 2009. NEW YORK -- Mahatma Gandhi's distinctive wire-frame...


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