Churchill glasses fetch $8,000

Winston Churchill’s reading glasses have drawn a high price at an auction, reflecting continued interest in Britain’s wartime leader.

The tortoiseshell glasses were sold on Wednesday for £6,000 ($8,000), more than three times the expected price. They were auctioned near Churchill’s country estate of Chartwell, southeast of London. —

AP file A pair of tortoise shell spectacles made for Winston Churchill by CW Dixey and Sons. —