
29 MARCH AT 12:00PM AUTOMOBILIA AND COLLECTOR'S CARS 2013 ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE BERTONE JET 2+2, ESTIMATE: Refer to department At Five Zeros Supercars, Bradford-on-Avon View catalogue

27, 28, 31 MARCH, 10:00AM TO 3:00PM VALUATION DAYS Jewellery, Watches & Silver Learn more

25 APRIL AT 9:30AM SPRING INTERIORS Now inviting entries Learn more

19 MARCH AT 10:30AM THE ALAN BOSTOCK COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ AND WORKS OF ART A FINE JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASE SIGNED ON A GOLD TABLET MIYAO EISUKE, MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SOLD: £7,800 View results

19 MARCH AT 10:30AM THE ALAN BOSTOCK COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ AND WORKS OF ART A FINE JAPANESE SILVER AND MIXED METAL PRESENTATION VASE BY SEKIGUCHI SHINYA (1877-1932), FOR THE MIYAMOTO COMPANY, SOLD: £6,500 View results

19 MAY AT 10:30AM THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART FINE ASIAN ART Learn more

19 MAY AT 10:30AM FINE ASIAN ART INCLUDING THE HEMINGTON HOUSE COLLECTION WANG KEPING (CHINESE B.1949), 'UNTITLED 19', 2003, ESTIMATE: £15,000 - £20,000 Learn more

12 MARCH CURATED INTERIORS INCLUDING THE HEMINGTON HOUSE COLLECTION View results

12 MARCH CURATED INTERIORS INCLUDING THE HEMINGTON HOUSE COLLECTION GILLIAN AYRES (1930-2018) UNTITLED, SOLD: £27,300 View results

12 MARCH CURATED INTERIORS INCLUDING THE HEMINGTON HOUSE COLLECTION A SET OF SIX SAMPSON MORDAN SILVER ENAMELLED GAME BIRD MENU HOLDERS, SOLD: £1,170 View results

12 MARCH CURATED INTERIORS INCLUDING THE HEMINGTON HOUSE COLLECTION ATTRIBUTED TO ADRIEN THOMASZKEY (FLEMISH c.1544-1590) 'THE HOLY FAMILY' SOLD: £3,120 View results

23 FEBRUARY THE BRISTOL CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE SHOW 2004 CONFEDERATE HELL CAT, SOLD: £34,500 View results












UPCOMING AUCTIONS
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THE ALAN BOSTOCK COLLECTION
JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ AND WORKS OF ART
WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH
10:30amVIEWING
Saturday 15 March 10:00am - 4:00pm
Monday 17 March 10:00am - 4:00pm
Tuesday 18 March 10:00am - 4:00pm -
AUTOMOBILIA AND COLLECTOR'S CARS
AT FIVE ZEROS SUPERCARS, BRADFORD ON AVON
SATURDAY 29 MARCH
12:00 middayVIEWING
Friday 28 March 10:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday 29 March from 9:00am onwards -
SPRING INTERIORS
FRIDAY 25 APRIL
9:30AMNow inviting entries
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FINE ASIAN ART
MONDAY 19 MAY
10:30AMNow inviting entries
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THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION
PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART
MONDAY 19 MAY
10:30 AM -
FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE
10:30AMNow inviting entries
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FINE JEWELLERY AND WATCHES
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE
2:00PMNow inviting entries
Join us at Dore & Rees where Guardian writer John Harris will be discussing ‘Maybe I’m Amazed: A Story of Love and Connection in Ten Songs’; an extraordinary memoir about his autistic son James, how music became their shared language and the hidden story of creativity and neurodivergence.
Join well known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow Duncan Campbell and Susan Rumfitt at Dore & Rees’s forthcoming Valuation Days for Jewellery, Watches and Silver, to be held on 27, 28, 31 March at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms in Frome and Five Zeros Supercars in Bradford on Avon
Dore & Rees is delighted to host a talk by Katharine Butler and Tuo Zhang CAN AI UNDERSTAND ART? RECENT RESEARCH USING VLM ON CHINESE PORCELAIN in which they will discuss the advantages of applying AI to the data generated from art historical and provenance research. In particular, we will demonstrate how their visual language model interprets the decoration on 3D objects, such is Chinese porcelain. Join us on 4 November at 3pm at Asia House in London.
DEPARTMENTS
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ASIAN ART
Under the direction of Lee Young, our specialist Asian Art department will hold two dedicated sales per year offering artworks crafted in key design periods from China, Japan and South East Asia.
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INTERIORS
We are well known for our eclectic Wednesday sales catering for a broad range of tastes and budgets. The new team at Dore & Rees has be developed this signature format, offering high calibre private collections within Curated Interiors auctions.
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MOTORING
Led by Nick Wells, Classic Car and Automobilia auctions are now a regular fixture in the annual schedule, featuring all major motoring marques and historic items of interest
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JEWELLERY
Jewellery from celebrated makers will feature regularly in our auctions throughout the year. Expect to see exquisite design to wear and collect, alongside a calendar of specialist valuation days.
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SILVER
Curated selections of pieces representing makers across continents and centuries are expertly researched by Duncan Campbell and offered within biannual Fine Silver auctions.
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PICTURES
From early Renaissance to Contemporary, works embodying the major eras and styles in art history regularly grace the saleroom. Demure period portraits to abstract expressionism, English landscapes to contemporary prints and photography, all examples of flat art are represented.
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Dore & Rees hosted The Hemington House Collection Private View and Talks on 6 March at The Silk Mill in Frome. It is no overstatement to say that this a collection amassed by a truly extraordinary couple, Simon & Jennifer Murray, who collectively have excelled to the limits of what’s possible - in business, world records and daring do!
Dore & Rees Motoring announces partnership with DVCA (Dorset Vintage & Classic Auctions). Dore & Rees invites DVCA clients to participate as vendors in all forthcoming auctions.
DVCA clients’ main point of contact will not change, head of the business Brian Chant will remain very much the first port of call for any DVCA client seeking to value or sell a classic car, motorcycle or item of automobilia. Furthermore Dore & Rees will continue to honour any existing agreement between DVCA and it’s loyal clients.
Collection of prints and ceramics by Christopher Browne on exhibition 11 January 2025, 4pm - 5pm at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms in Frome.
