A small, rusted metal bowl, two wooden spoons and a wooden fork -- once used by Mahatma Gandhi -- will be sold at an auction in Bristol, United Kingdom, on January 10 at an opening price of GBP 55,000 which, after adding auctioneer's commission, GST, insurance, freight and Indian customs duty on import of antique items would all add up to ₹ 1.2 crore.

That is, however, the auctioneer's low estimate, the higher estimate being GBP 80,000, which would take the cost in India to nearly ₹ 2 crores. However, auction bids are highly unpredictable and can sometimes go up to two or three times the higher estimate given by the auctioneer.