Deux lames de microscope portant le sang de l'ancien leader indien Mahatma Gandhi sont mis en vente à Londres le mardi et devraient chercher à partir de £ 10 000 à £ 15 000.
Les lames ont été obtenues en 1924 lorsque le père du mouvement d'indépendance indien se remettait d'une appendicectomie près de Mumbai. On pense qu'il aurait donné du sang à sa famille chez qui il était descendu à l'époque.
"Pour les dévots de Gandhi, il a le même statut que des reliques sacrées pour un chrétien», a déclaré Richard Westwood-Brookes, expert en documents historiques au Mullock actioneer et vendeur de cet objet.
«C'est un artefact qui est vénéré par les disciples de Gandhi, en particulier en Inde», at-il ajouté.
Ces planches font partie d'une grande collection d'objets obtenus par Mullock'S, qui comprennent les sandales de l'ancien chef, son châle et des draps.
La demande pour l'acquisition de souvenirs de Gandhi n'a cessé de croître depuis la vente par Mullock pour 10.000 livres l'an dernier, de parcelles de sol et des brins d'herbe sanglante provenant soit disant de l'endroit où Gandhi a été assassiné en 1948.
Mahatma Gandhi blood sample up for auction in London
Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds.
The slides were obtained in 1924 when the father of the Indian independence movement was recovering from an appendectomy near Mumbai. He was thought to have donated the blood to the family he was staying with at the time.
"To Gandhi devotees, it has the same status as a sacred relic to a Christian," said Richard Westwood-Brookes, a historical documents expert at Mullock's auctioneers which is selling the item.
"It is an artefact which is revered by disciples of Gandhi, particularly in India and therefore that is the sort of person who would go for it," he added.
The slides are part of a larger collection of items obtained by Mullock's, which include the former leader's sandals, shawl and bed linen.
Demand for Gandhi memorabilia has been steadily growing since Mullock's sold soil samples and blades of bloody grass purportedly from the spot where Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, for 10,000 pounds last year.
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