Bidsvilla.com
and London based auction house, Conferro Heritae, will together for the first
time auction a unique and original book on Gandhian philosophy, authored
by Mr. Bharat Sahai this October 2015. Titled 'Gandhi ke paath par’, this book will be available for online
auction on www.bidsvilla.com on
13th-14th October 2015 under first ever
such Vintage Publication auction.
Published
in December 1948 by Dhoomimal Dharam Das; Stationers and Printers. Connaught
Place, New Delhi, this picture book, highlights the various ideals
Mahatma Gandhi put forward for a better India. With an estimated price of Rs. 5-7 lakhs,
the book is expected to auction at at least Rs. 10 lakhs. Apart from the fact that it is one of the
physical embodiment's of Gandhian principles for the nation and the
self, this book has a hand written note by J.B Kripalani at the
start, elucidating in a long note bearing as a testimonial for Gandhian Principles.
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Date
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Online Auction
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13th-14th October 2015
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Vintage Publications
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16th-17th October 2015
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Movie Memorabilia
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19th-20th October 2015
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Fine Arts
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The auctioning will include three categories.
The first one is a 1st ever dedicated
auction of vintage Indian and international news publications, magazines,
cartoons, advertisements etc. like The New York Times, The Hindu, The Times
of Vietnam, Japan Times, The Egyptian Gazette from 1900s published during important
historic events. This will be followed by online auctioning of Movie Memorabilia from 1900 including
old posters, synopsis, lobby cards, LPs etc. of movies from 1900s like
Mughal-e-Azam, Guide, Mother India among others. It also include a special “Hollywood section” where posters from
classical by Alfred Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin will be up for sale. The last
auction will include Fine Arts by
artists like F.N. Souza, V.S.Gaitonde, S.H. Raza and M.F. Hussain.
