
MONDAY 19 MAY THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART Stuart Marchant and Lee Young discuss highlights from the collection Learn more

MONDAY 19 MAY THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART A FINE AND RARE CARVED CELADON JADE QILIN YUAN / MING DYNASTY, SOLD: £11,700 View results

MONDAY 19 MAY THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART A FINE CARVED WHITE JADE MYTHICAL BEAST 17TH CENTURY, SOLD: £9,100 View results

MONDAY 19 MAY FINE ASIAN ART PART I A RARE ARCHAISTIC JADE 'CHILONG' LIBATION CUP SONG DYNASTY (960-1279), SOLD: £26,000 View results

MONDAY 19 MAY FINE ASIAN ART PART I WANG KEPING (B.1949), UNTITLED 19, 2003, SOLD: £19,500 View results

MONDAY 19 MAY FINE ASIAN ART PART I A RARE GOLD 'DOUBLE-PHOENIX' VASE TANG DYNASTY (618-907), SOLD: £15,600 View results

MONDAY 19 MAY FINE ASIAN ART PART I A FINE RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP KANGXI PERIOD, (1662-1722), SOLD: £15,600 View results

WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE AT 10:30AM FINE SILVER & OBJETS DE VERTU A ROCOCO TABLE BELL, LONDON 1741, ESTIMATE: £600 - £800 Learn more

WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE AT 2:00PM FINE JEWELLERY & WATCHES Learn more

SATURDAY 21 JUNE AT 11:00AM THE THRUXTON RETRO AUCTION Competition and Fast Road Cars and Motorcycles Learn more

SATURDAY 21 JUNE AT 11:00AM THE THRUXTON RETRO AUCTION 1970 MERCEDES-BENZ 280SL, ESTIMATE: £85,000 - £95,000 Learn more

FRIDAY 27 JUNE AT 9:30AM FOLK ART & FAIRYTALES THE MAGICAL WORLD OF CORINNA SARGOOD CURATED INTERIORS Learn more












UPCOMING AUCTIONS
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FINE SILVER AND OBJETS DE VERTU
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE
10:30AMViewing
Friday 6 June 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 7 June 10:00am - 4:00pm
Monday 9 June 10:00am - 4:00pm
Tuesday 10 June 10:00am - 4:00pm -
FINE JEWELLERY AND WATCHES
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE
2:00PMViewing
Friday 6 June 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 7 June 10:00am - 4:00pm
Monday 9 June 10:00am - 4:00pm
Tuesday 10 June 10:00am - 4:00pm -
THE TRUXTON RETRO AUCTION
COMPETITION AND FAST ROAD CARS, AND MOTORCYCLES
SATURDAY 21 JUNE
11:00AMNow inviting entries
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CURATED INTERIORS
INCLUDING FOLK ART & FAIRYTALES - THE MAGICAL WORLD OF CORINNA SARGOOD
FRIDAY 27 JUNE
9:30AMNow 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.
Check out our Buying Guides for top tips on collecting your favourite items. Written by our specialists, you’ll get the inside scoop on how to be a savvy and smart collector
Check out our Buying Guides for top tips on collecting your favourite items. Written by our specialists, you’ll get the inside scoop on how to be a savvy and smart collector
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Asian Art & Silver Departments venture to Devon & Cornwall. This April our heads of department, Lee and Duncan, who specialise in Asian Art and Silver respectively, are venturing deeper into the South West to see if they can help members of the public unearth antiques in their homes that could reach substantial sums at auction.
It appears Saturday’s auction of the Aston Martin Rapide Bertone Jet 2+2 is not going unnoticed. Created for the centenary of Aston Martin in 2013, and totally unique in the market, this special car is being picked by a spectrum of press.
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!
