With the e-auction of Prime Minister’s mementos closing on Wednesday, a badminton racquet autographed by Thomas Cup gold medallist Okay Srikanth grew to become the highest grosser, at Rs 51 lakh.
The sporting memorabilia obtained 214 bids and had a base worth of Rs 5 lakh.
Coming shut are different sports activities memorabilia objects – a T-shirt autographed by Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games Gold medallist Manish Narwal (Rs 50.25 lakh) and one other T-shirt autographed by para-powerlifter Sudhir, who secured the gold medal on the Commonwealth Video games 2022 (Rs 50.20 lakh). The 25 sports activities memorabilia, most of which had a beginning worth of Rs 5 lakh, had been among the many most bid objects.
Apart from sports activities objects, which typically have a better base worth, different objects which obtained the utmost bids throughout the 26-day public sale embody a mannequin of the Kashi Vishwanath temple complicated, which was offered to the PM by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
A black marble sculpture of Subhas Chandra Bose offered by sculptor Arun Yogiraj, received 139 bids, with the very best quoted worth going as much as Rs 41,71,500. The glass statue of Lord Ramand his household, additionally offered by the UP CM, with a base worth of Rs 32,400, received 131 bids, going as much as Rs 29.95 lakh. A mannequin of Golden Temple garnered Rs 19.73 lakh, whereas a memento of the lately concluded Chess Olympiad received Rs 19.72 lakh.
On the public sale closing, all of the quoted bids might be authorised with the respective bidders, and as soon as cost is obtained, the objects might be dispatched to them, say officers within the Ministry of Tradition, which was entrusted with executing the public sale course of.