Message from Lee Young, Managing Director: I would like to start by saying a heartfelt thank you for your support during 2023. Without our clients, we would not have enjoyed such an exciting sale calendar and achieved such strong growth in specialist areas such as Fine Asian Art and Fine Watches.   

Dore & Rees team, many of whom are well known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow, are hosting Valuation Days in Frome, Somerset, offering no obligation valuations. 

Dore & Rees team, many of whom are well known faces from the BBC Antiques Roadshow, are hosting Valuation Days in Frome, Somerset, offering no obligation valuations. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all at Dore & Rees, message from Managing Director, Lee Young

A 1935 MG NA MAGNETTE CUTS A DASH WITH A LIST OF GLAMOROUS OWNERS.  The first owner of this delightful two-tone example was American showgirl, dancer and actress Hazel Forbes-Richmond. After 3 years, she sold it to fellow thespian Frank Forest, an American operatic tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the 1930s and 1940s. Title passed to Californian-based Ward Kimball. Ward Kimball was a prominent animator for Walt Disney, who worked on films such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Snow White, Alice in Wonderland, and Bednobs and Broomsticks.

Dore & Rees and Nick Wells to feature in The Car Years on ITV4, returning to screens on Tuesday evenings from 9 August

Often regarded as the finest of W.O.Bentley’s efforts (and let us not forget this is one with an exceptional Curriculum Vitae), the Lagonda V12 was by far the standout British model of its day, seated firmly in an exclusive club of 1930s road cars that could exceed 100mph in standard tune.

It is remarkable to think of the effect the E-Type had on the world when launched in 1961. At a time when 70 mph was considered perfectly rapid enough for a family car, here was a British-built sports car which could hit a claimed 150mph!

This Rolls Royce Silver Cloud will join Somerset Festival of Transport on 25 September, ahead of being offered at our Classic Car auction on 2 October, lot 228.