Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms in Frome, UK, is pleased to offer an extremely rare Anglo-Norman parcel gilt censer pinnacle on 24 June.  Dating to circa 1150, this modestly formed piece, standing 8.5cm high, is creating quite a stir in early silver collecting circles due to its rarity.  This example is unique among a small group of Anglo-Norman metalware held at the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

A RARE ‘HARRY HOUDINI’ SUITCASE COMES TO AUCTION ON 20 JUNE

A rare ‘Harry Houdini’ suitcase, the top monogramed with ‘H.H’, will be offered for sale by Dore & Rees at the forthcoming auction of Jewellery, Watches and Opulent Objects on 20 June at Wilton House.

Ever wondered what it’s worth? Join us in September at Steeple Ashton Recreation Field for a special valuation event, raising funds to support the continuous development of the Recreation Field.

Our team of experts, featuring many well-known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow, will be on-hand to appraise your antiques, including porcelain, silver, watches, jewellery, Chinese and Japanese art and rare collectibles.

Ever wondered what it’s worth? Join us on Thursday 4 June for a special charitable valuation event at Dore & Rees Motoring in Steyning, in aid of St Barnabas House Hospice.

Our team of experts, featuring many well-known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow, will be on-hand to appraise your antiques, including porcelain, silver, watches, Chinese and Japanese art, motoring, automobilia and rare collectibles.

Ever wondered what it’s worth? Join us on Thursday 23 April for a special valuation event at Haynes Motor Museum, raising funds to support the Museum’s charitable work and future projects.

Our team of experts, featuring many well-known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow, will be on-hand to appraise your antiques, including porcelain, silver, watches, Chinese and Japanese art, motoring, automobilia and rare collectibles.

Ever wondered what it’s worth? Join us on Wednesday 25 March for a special valuation event at Richmond (Yorks) Golf Club in aid of Zetland Group Riding for the Disabled.

Our team of experts, featuring well-known faces from BBC Antiques Roadshow, will be on hand to appraise your antiques including fine jewellery, porcelain, Chinese and Japanese art and rare antiques and collectables.

Ever wondered what it’s worth? Join us on Thursday 26 February for a special valuation event at the Hare & Hounds in north Bath in aid of Friends of the Victoria Art Gallery.

Our team of experts, featuring well-known faces from BBC Antiques Roadshow, will be on hand to appraise your antiques including jewellery, porcelain, silver, Chinese and Japanese art, medals, militaria and rare collectables.

Ever wondered what it’s worth? Join us on January 29 for a special valuation event at Athelhampton in aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance.

Our team of experts, featuring well-known faces from BBC Antiques Roadshow, will be on hand to appraise your antiques including jewellery, porcelain, silver, Chinese and Japanese art and rare collectables.

Two of the most sought-after types of Polynesian artefacts in the world of collecting come to auction at Dore & Rees. These long stone-carved 19th century ‘spear clubs’ known as ‘akatara’ are of a very distinct design and come from the Cook Islands and even the story behind this is interesting - they had been rescued from a friend’s garden in the 1970s, where they had been used to support beans! 

Join us at Asia House in London on 3 November for a talk with Jeff Smith and Duncan Gates from Antique Conservation Ltd. sharing insights from the world of conserving and restoring historical ceramic artefacts.

"Ceramics tell stories not just through their painted surfaces but also through their breaks, cracks and repairs." Jeff & Duncan

Join us at Asia House in London on 3 November for a talk with Rosemary Bandini sharing highlights from the forthcoming auction The Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection Part II, to be auctioned on 11 November.

The collection features rare and exquisite examples of Japanese lacquer and works of art, from tiny netsuke to elaborate writing boxes.

Dore & Rees is thrilled to be sponsoring a groundbreaking collaboration between Jingdezhen Ceramics University and the University of Staffordshire who this weekend launched the Legacy & Continuity - Willow Pattern Ceramics and Stories of ‘Other’ exhibition at Spode Museum, running until 29 March 2026.

We had tears and laughter in the house in July as writer John Harris chatted about music, autism and 'Maybe I'm Amazed'  with Marc Allum for Frome Festival, 10 July 2025.

John discussed the challenges and joys of raising an autistic child, how at 3 years old his son James was possibly the world's youngest Mott the Hoople fan and just what was it like the day Paul McCartney came to town.

Join well known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow Susan Rumfitt and Richard Price at Dore & Rees’s forthcoming Valuation Days for Jewellery and Watches, to be held on 1 & 2 July at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms in Frome

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!

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.

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