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India's hero Mahatma Gandhi's glasses sell for $450,000 in UK auction

Published 24 August 2020, 12:49 am
A pair of glasses belonging to India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi sold at a UK auction for $450,000 weeks after an envelope containing them was left hanging out of an auction house's letterbox.
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