> FILE: 'Very special': Rare Gandhi oil portrait sold for nearly £153,000 / 62B329D
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FILE: 'Very special': Rare Gandhi oil portrait sold for nearly £153,000 / 62B329D
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FILE IMAGES show a rare oil painting of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, believed to have been damaged by a Hindu nationalist activist, which has sold at auction in the UK for £152,800 ($205,000). The 1931 painting by British-American artist Clare Leighton is believed to be the only oil portrait Gandhi sat for, according to the painter's family who have had the painting since it was created, and Bonhams, where it was auctioned online. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES