eyeglasses News Archive

08-Mar-2009

 

  • Owner says he's withdrawing Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses, other items from New York auction (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
    Was it an accident?? Or was the Judge related to Bin Laden. NEW YORK - Owner says he's withdrawing Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses, other items from New York auction.


  • India, in turnabout, aids winner at Gandhi auction (The Buffalo News)
    NEW DELHI--India's government said Friday it assisted an Indian businessman in his successful $1.8 million bid to buy Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items, despite initially protesting the auction in New York as a ?crass commercialization? of the pacifist leader's legacy.


  • Gandhi items sell for $1.8M; owner has cold feet (Muzi)
    NEW YORK - 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.


  • India says it helped in bid for Gandhi's belongings (The Globe and Mail)
    India's government said yesterday it assisted an Indian businessman in his successful $1.8-million (U.S.) bid for Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items, despite initially protesting the auction in New York as a ''crass commercialization'' of the pacifist leader's legacy.


  • Owner withdraws Gandhi's eyeglasses, other items from NY auction. (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
    NEW YORK - The owner of Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other personal items says he's withdrawing them from a New York City auction.


  • Gandhi's eyeglasses, other items sold at NY auction for $1.8 million (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
    NEW YORK - Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other items have been sold at auction for US$1.8 million to an Indian freight company that says it wants to donate the possessions to the Indian government.


  • New Delhi says it helped in bid on Gandhi items (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
    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 in New York as a "crass commercialization" of the pacifist leader's legacy.


  • FBLA chapter community service project (Elbert County News)
    The Elizabeth High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter recently collected used eyeglasses from residents in Elbert and Douglas counties as part of a donation project.


  • Japanese gadget controls iPod in blink of an eye (AFP via Yahoo! News)
    A wink, a smile or a raised eyebrow could soon change the music on your iPod or start up the washing machine, thanks to a new Japanese gadget.


  • 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.


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