Fantastic auction in New York.The owner of the objects belonging to the Mahatma had first wanted to cancel the sale.Finally, it is an Indian billionaire who won the great man's glasses.
Present in the merchant Antiquorum Auctioneers, an agent wearing a white turban, Tony Bedi, has bid for the Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, and won the lot consists of the famous round glasses, watch of pocket, leather sandals with straps, and a bowl of a dish, for $ 1.8 million.
The president of the auction Antiquorum Auctioneers, Robert Maron, told journalists that he had always hoped the collection would be repatriated. "I am very pleased that these objects back to India," he said. "It is expected to be exposed to the public," he added.
When asked whether the menager possessions of a man who rejected the material wealth worth $ 1.8 million, Tony Bedi, who was on the phone with Vijay Mallya throughout the sale, said: "I think that they are worth six (million).
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