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  A haunting voice from the Titanic: Survivor's letter fetches over Rs 3 crore at UK auction

  World | April 28, 2025 13:08 IST

  A letter written by Titanic survivor Colonel Archibald Gracie has been sold for $399,000 (Rs 3.4 crore) at an auction in the UK. The letter, penned days before the ship's fatal collision with an iceberg, was sent from Southampton on April 10, 1912.

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  Mahatma Gandhi's gold-plated spectacles auctioned for over Rs 2.5 crore; sets new record

  World | August 22, 2020 18:29 IST

  A pair of gold-plated spectacles believed to have been worn by Mahatma Gandhi and presented as a gift in the 1900s have broken all records for a UK auction house by selling for 260,000 pounds.

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  Gandhi's charkha sold for 110,000 pounds at UK auction

  World | November 05, 2013 23:45 IST

  London: Mahatma Gandhi's 'charkha' which he used in Yerwada Jail during the 'Quit India Movement' was on Tuesday sold at an auction in the UK for a whopping 110,000 pounds, nearly double the expected price.