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! 

Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler and Dore & Rees welcomed clients to an exclusive preview of Turville Grange - The Collection of the Late Mrs. Henry T. Ford II, to be offered at auction on 3 July

Hera sculpture inspired by a chance conversation by well known artist Michael Ayrton to be offered by Dore & Rees in their forthcoming Select Interiors auction on Tuesday 26 March 2024.

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 to offer works by well known automata maker and artist Peter Markey in the forthcoming Select Interiors auction on Wednesday 18 October 2023

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. 

The team at Dore & Rees look forward to holding it’s second Curious and Collectable auction. The highlight is the Lord Lew Grade Collection which features personal items from the media mogul’s office and home.

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. 

The forthcoming Select Interiors auction on 25 January features cutlery that was part of the Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott from 1910 to 1913.

Dore & Rees is pleased to offer three pieces of royal interest in their forthcoming Select Interiors auction. The items are linked to Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer and come from the collection of the late Nigel Ricketts (1959-2022), a cabinet maker and furniture restorer, employed by the royal household at Windsor Castle between 1980-1985.

FILM: A UNIQUE MOVIE PRESS ARCHIVE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN FILM MAGAZINE 'MOVIE' COMES TO AUCTION.  Comprising approximately 1,680 manila A4 alphabetically ordered envelopes containing film studios press releases photographs, press material, editorial magazine material and transparencies of well over a thousand actors dating from the post-war period and up to the 1980s.