A handout photo received February 12, 2009 from Antiquorum USA shows items of Mahatma Gandhi. An auction house Thursday sold Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's iconic round glasses and other memorabilia for 1.8 million dollars, defying an order to cancel the sale by the items' owner.
Mahatma Gandhi's glasses seen at the auction house in New York. India said it was prepared to bid Thursday in a controversial auction of Gandhi's iconic round glasses after last-minute talks failed to stop the sale.
After years of litigation over the wreck and its artifacts, a U.S. District Judge is expected to rule soon on the largest collection of Titanic salvage. The judgment, in one of the nation's top maritime courts, is intended to ensure the 5,900 pieces of china, ship fittings and personal belongings won't end up in a collector's hands or in a London auction house, where some Titanic artifacts have landed.
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