Hours of Mahatma Gandhi and glasses sold for 1.8 million dollars.

Personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi, including his watch, glasses, sandals, and dish and cup, on Thursday, March 5, were sold at auction for 1.8 million dollars in the evaluation of 20-30 thousand, reported Agence France-Presse.
Things Gandhi has acquired Indian billionaire Vijay Mallia (Vijay Mallya). According to his representative at the auction, Mallia "to bargain on behalf of the entire country." According to the agency, a significant number of participants in the auction or were Indians from India.
The items were sold despite the fact that their owner, James Otis a few hours before the auction has decided to withdraw their tender by giving an appropriate petition organizers - the auction house Antiquorum. As explained Otis, he took that decision in light of controversies, did not explain his comment.
According to the lawyer representing the interests of Otis, following a statement by the owner of the house had no right to put the lot for auction. However, after the auction is held, the lawyer said that Otis withdrew all claims to the bidding and was not opposed to selling the things Gandhi.
Antiquorum representatives did not comment on statements by Otis, and is not officially confirmed that the owner of the things Gandhi is it. However - before Otis refused the claims - the auction house for two weeks defer any transaction that during this time legally assess the situation.
Recall that, shortly after it became aware of the exposure to the auction of personal belongings Gandhi, the Indian Government announced that it intends to prevent them from selling in India was set up a special committee to address this issue. At the same time-grandson Tushar Gandhi himself started fundraising to try to redeem things, but did not succeed in this, bringing a total of about two and a half thousand dollars.