eyeglasses News Archive

09-Mar-2009

 

  • 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.


  • 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.


  • Living simple, happy lives on the weekend (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
    Terri Mayes is doing end-of-Friday-night cleaning at King Putt Indoor Mini Golf. It opened in a shopping center on Lake Mead Boulevard in January, while the rest of the world was trying to stay in business.


  • 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.


  • 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.


  • GM Canada workers pact avoids wage cuts (International Herald Tribune)
    A deal would make GM Canada eligible for loans of up to $2.3 billion from the Canadian government.


  • 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.


  • Patricia Marx: Armani/5th Avenue, in midtown. (The New Yorker)
    Across the street from Bendel?s and around the corner from Niketown sits what you might call Mondo Armani (official name: Armani/5th Avenue). This brand-new four-story complex carries a batch of Giorgio Armani?s various clothing lines, as well as sporting goods, swimwear, jeans, eyeglasses, fragrances, jewelry, cosmetics, and . . .


  • 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.


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