Gandhi items sell for $1.8M (Deseret Morning News) Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items sold for $1.8 million Thursday at an auction that drew outrage from the Indian government, a last-minute reversal from the seller and a frenzy of bidding won by an Indian conglomerate that said the pacifist leader's possessions will be coming home.
New Delhi says it helped in bid for Gandhi items (AP via Yahoo! News) India's government said Friday it assisted an Indian businessman in his successful $1.8 million bid for Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items, despite initially protesting the auction as a "crass commercialization" of the pacifist leader's legacy.
India rejects deal to halt sale of Gandhi items (AP via Yahoo! News) India's government rejected a proposal Thursday by the owner of Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other personal items that would have halted their auction, but vowed to buy the independence leader's possessions.
New Delhi says it helped in bid for Gandhi items (The Charlotte Observer) (By MUNEEZA NAQVI, Associated Press Writer) India's government said Friday it assisted an Indian businessman in his successful $1.8 million bid for Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items, despite initially protesting the auction as a "crass commercialization" of the pacifist leader's legacy. An Indian court even filed an injunction in an attempt to prevent the auction in New York. But the ...