Gandhi will makes £55,000 at Ludlow Racecourse auction
Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament has sold at auction in Shropshire for £55,000.
The two-page document written in Gujarati was one of 50 items of Gandhi memorabilia, including a blood sample and his sandals, up for sale.
The guide price for the will, signed by Gandhi in his Gujarati signature, was between £30,000 and £40,000.
His sandals sold for £19,000 at Ludlow Racecourse – £9,000 more than their asking price.
The sample of blood on a microscope slide which he gave to a friend after an appendix operation in the 1920s, failed to sell, auctioneers Mullock's said.
A 'rare British Parliament paper declaring Gandhi a terrorist' from 1932, which had a guide price of between £200 and £300, went for £260.
A printed illustration showing Gandhi shaking hands with George V sold for £25.
Other lots include Gandhi's bed linen and his prayer beads.
A spokesman for the auctioneers said they were "very pleased" with how the sale went.
The items were sold alongside other important and historical documents. But a version of the Declaration of Irish Independence issued during the 1916 Easter Rising – considered to be the only copy in the world – failed to sell.
Last year a pair of Gandhi's glasses with a guide price of £10,000 sold for £34,000 at the racecourse.
