Two Chandigarh heritage chairs sold for Rs 40 lakh in Paris

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Chandigarh, January 27

In yet another auction of UT’s heritage items, a pair of chairs fetched Rs 40 lakh in Paris on January 24.

Ajay Jagga, a member of the Heritage Items Protection Cell of the Chandigarh Administration, said the chairs were designed by Pierre Jeanneret and belonged to the PGI. Piasa, an auction house in Paris, conducted the sale.

Jagga, in a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Union Minister for Culture G Kishanreddy, said: “Despite raising the alarm for more than 10 years, foreign auction houses are still auctioning Indian heritage and making huge money despite the fact that the MHA banned the movement of the goods beyond Chandigarh in 2011. They are freely auctioning the goods without any fear of law.”