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Duleep Singh bust: SGPC move to buy it draws flak

By admin on April 22, 2007

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s move to participate in the proposed auction of the bust of Maharaja Duleep Singh, to be held in the UK on April 19 has drawn flak from a section of the Sikhs all over the world. They allege the SGPC’s attempt would amount to ‘idol worship’ which is not acceptable [...]

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Bust is a 1.7million pound stunner

By admin on April 22, 2007

He was an Indian prince who led an extravagant life with Britain's aristocracy, but ultimately died penniless and alone. But a London auction house was left stunned after a Victorian bust of one of East Anglia's t famous historical figures went under the hammer for £1.7m – 68 times its estimate. The rare and alt [...]

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Duleep Singh Bust goes for 1.7million pounds

By admin on April 22, 2007

A marble bust of Punjab's last sovereign maharajah, has been auctioned here for nearly two-million pounds, some 60 times more than the asking price, and it's thought the trans-continental sale has enabled Duleep Singh's treasured likeness finally to be reach sub-continental hands. Julian Roup, of Bonhams, the international fine art auction house that goes back [...]

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Royal bust bought by Sikh

By admin on April 22, 2007

After the SGPC's rhetoric that it would get another of the lost Sikh treasures back to India, Maharaja Duleep Singh's bust has been sold to the highest bidder — a Sikh family — to grace its private collection. Duleep Singh, who converted to Christianity at an early age and was the son of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja [...]

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Duleep Singh Sculpture up for auction

By admin on February 1, 2007

The bust of the Indian Prince and Sikh hero, Maharaja Duleep Singh, fashioned by British sculptor John Gibson alt 150 years ago, will be sold at Bonhams on April 19th at 101 New Bond Street. The bust is estimated to sell for £25,000 to £35,000. Maharajah Duleep Singh, the Maharajah of Lahore and King of [...]

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