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A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi – believed to be the only oil painting for which the leader of the Indian independence movement sat – has sold for £120,000.

A group of prints tucked away in the basement of Kent County Council’s County Hall in Maidstone has sold at a Sworders auction.

Details of how to manage the new European Union regulations on importing cultural goods have emerged, sending shockwaves through the art and antiques trade.

Auction house Christie’s reported auction sales of $2.1bn (£1.6bn) in the first half of 2025, on a par with 2024.

Sotheby’s has launched a new series of podcasts titled ‘The Specialist’ in which the auction house’s experts give a behind-the-scenes look at the auction world.

Yorkshire museum needs the final £600,000 by August 27 to save a Barbara Hepworth sculpture

The antiques and vintage sale at Gardiner Houlgate in Corsham on July 31 includes the Swift collection of antique prams.