Have you ever wanted a sample of Mahatma Gandhi’s blood as a souvenir? Well thanks to auctioneers at the Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire—a county in England—Gandhi’s blood was just one of his many possessions up for auction , according to BBC News.
Gandhi’s sandals were expected to go for 10,000 Euros ($12,910). They were sold for 19,000 Euros or $24,529. According to Shropshire auctioneers, the blood sample was on a microscope slide the religious leader gave to a friend after he had an appendix operation in the 1920s.
The auctioneers, based in Church Stretton, also said a “rare British Parliament paper declaring Gandhi a terrorist" from 1932 was estimated to go for 200 to 300 Euros ($258.20 to 387.30). It was auctioned off for 260 Euros or $335.66.
Other items include a photograph, bed linen and prayer beads.
The photograph is of Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, founder and first prime minister of modern-day India, as they were being arrested by the British in 1942.
The bed linen and prayer beads were expected to be sold with other important documents from history.
Also up for auction was a version of the Declaration of Irish Independence. The document was administered during the 1916 Easter Rising. Although, this is believed to be the only copy, it did not sell.
According to a spokesman representing the auctioneers, the group was “very pleased” with how the show went.
This is not the first time an item of Gandhi’s was auctioned at the racecourse. Last year his glasses went for 34,000 Euros ($43,894) after it was estimated to go for 10,000 Euros ($12,910).