sentences:  Cecil Chubb's interest in the local area led to him attending the sale, with him bidding and purchasing Lot 15 on a whim for £6,600 (about £/€/$ today), as he wished to avoid the stones being acquired by someone overseas.It is also speculated that he bought the stones as a present for his wife, only for her to be less than pleased with his new purchase.He gave Stonehenge to the nation on 26 October 1918.