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.

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

Dore & Rees Valuation Days in Hong Kong in partnership with Macey and Sons. Lee Young, Managing Director and Head of Asian Art, and Susan Rumfitt, Head of Jewellery, are offering no obligation valuations. 

Dore & Rees are pleased to exhibit in London as part of Asian Art in London East Asian Art week, showing selected highlights from the forthcoming auctions of Fine Asian Art, Fine Jewellery, Fine Jewellery, The Anthony Lovett Collection

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.

Meet Susan Rumfitt, Jewellery Specialist, and Richard Price, Clocks and Watches Specialist, for an appraisal and auction estimate of your pieces

A rare opportunity for people in Yorkshire and the North East to find out how much their Asian antiques are worth is on offer in Harrogate later this month.

Jewellery specialist Susan Rumfitt is hosting two valuation days at her Harrogate gallery, in collaboration with Asian Art specialist 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.

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.

Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt, 332BC, is believed to be where cameo carving was established.

Meet Susan Rumfitt, Head of Jewellery, and Lee Young, Head of Asian Art, for an appraisal and auction estimate of your jewellery and Asian art

Pictures attributed to well-known artists from The John Airey Collection to be offered on 24 August at Dore & Rees’s Select Interiors auction

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

‘Ever Wondered What It’s Worth?’ event with Frome Festival a resounding success

A delightful head of a theatre mask continues to charm and beguile the collector with a very rare opportunity to acquire it.

The Collection of Eleanor “Kitty” Davies will be offered in forthcoming auctions of Select Interiors (29 June) and Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu (6 July)

Meet Lee Young, Marc Allum, Susan Rumfitt, Lisa Lloyd and hear tales from behind the scenes of the Antiques Roadshow. Bring along items for an appraisal and auction estimate

Meet Susan Rumfitt, Jewellery Specialist, for an appraisal and auction estimate of your jewellery

Lee Young, Managing Director of Dore & Rees and Susan Rumfitt announce that they will be holding joint auctions at Dore & Rees’ auction salerooms in Frome. This strategic partnership will enable them to work on two joint Jewellery auctions a year in addition to continuing their individual successful businesses under their own leadership.

Record breaking prices keep rolling in for Frome auctioneers Dore & Rees with the highest priced lot ever purchased on the premises - 1959 Gibson Les Paul ‘Burst’ - selling for £172,000 on Wednesday 16 March.