Gandhi`s charkha sold for £ 1,10,000

The charka Mahatma Gandhi used in Yerwada Jail during the Quit India Movement was sold at an auction in the UK on November 5, 2013. The historic spinning wheel gained £110,000 in the auction, nearly double the expected price. The minimum bid of charkha was £60,000. Gandhi’s last will was also sold which got a sum of £20,000 at a specialist sale of historical documents and artefacts by Mullock’s Auction in Shropshire. Gandhi gave the wheel to the American Free Methodist missionary Reverend Dr. Floyd A Puffer in 1935. Auctioneers Mullock's said it had been sold to an anonymous phone bidder at Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire. In February this year Mullock's set a record with a letter of Gandhi fetching £115,000. In May, a collection including his sandals, shawl and other personal effects topped £250,000. Last year a pair of Gandhi's glasses with a guide price of £10,000 sold for £34,000 at the racecourse.

What: Gandhi’s charkha sold for £110,000 When: November 5, 2013 Where: Mullock’s Auction in Shropshire