
29 MARCH
AUTOMOBILIA AND COLLECTOR'S CARS
1997 FERRARI 550 MARANELLO, SOLD: £104,720
At Five Zeros Supercars, Bradford-on-Avon


19 MAY AT 9:30AM
THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION
PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART
FINE ASIAN ART

19 MAY AT 11:00AM
FINE ASIAN ART
INCLUDING THE HEMINGTON HOUSE COLLECTION
WANG KEPING (CHINESE B.1949), 'UNTITLED 19', 2003, ESTIMATE: £15,000 - £20,000

19 MARCH
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

19 MARCH
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


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

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

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


29 MARCH
AUTOMOBILIA AND COLLECTOR'S CARS
2013 ASTON MARTIN RAPIDE BERTONE JET 2+2, ESTIMATE: Refer to department
At Five Zeros Supercars, Bradford-on-Avon
UPCOMING AUCTIONS
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SPRING INTERIORS
FRIDAY 25 APRIL
9:30AMNow inviting entries
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THE EVA & AUBREY SWEET COLLECTION
PART I - CHINESE WORKS OF ART
MONDAY 19 MAY
9:30AM -
FINE ASIAN ART
MONDAY 19 MAY
11:00AMNow inviting entries
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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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Could Antiques Roadshow experts Lee Young and Duncan Campbell uncover more hidden treasures in Devon and Cornwall. Dore & Rees auctioneers in Frome are blessed with a seasoned expert team, many of which are household names on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. This April Lee Young and Duncan Campbell, 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!
