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Dore & Rees

Name: Dore & Rees
Address: Frome, BA111PU, GB
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19/06/2026

Legendary maker Heuer, synonymous with racetrack time keeping, headlines the fine watches going under the hammer at Wilton House this weekend.

Founded in 1850 by Edouard Heuer, this iconic Swiss watchmaker became popular amongst the motor racing community from the 1950s to the 1970s. Heuer was a leading producer of stopwatches and time keeping apparatus so it was only a matter of time before drivers, their crews and event sponsors began to wear Heuer chronographs.

Dore & Rees have a very fine selection of Heuer wristwatches, stopwatches and accessories to choose from.

Come and view at Concours des Légendes in the Opulent Objects room, just inside the entrance to the Riding School.

You’ll find all the lots up for auction, from watches and fine jewellery, to automobilia and classic motoring, from the team

18/06/2026

clients and friends 👋

We are offering you an exclusive 25% discount to attend Concours des Légendes this weekend.

Your ticket includes access to:
 • The State Rooms of Wilton House, the only opportunity this year to see one of the UK’s most important private art and sculpture collections • Some of the world’s most beautiful and historically significant automobiles • Inspiring talks with designers, historians, engineers, adventurers and collectors • Live demonstrations from traditional craftspeople, including coachbuilders, leatherworkers, metal shapers and other master artisans • Fine food, live music, hospitality and a relaxed summer atmosphere in one of Britain’s most beautiful country house settings
• Ring-side seats to our specialist auctions taking place across the weekend  Whether your interests lie in art, antiques, watches, jewellery, heritage, collecting or craftsmanship, Concours des Légendes offers a fascinating day out unlike any other summer event.  As a Dore & Rees client, claim 25% off tickets using code: DANDR25 on Concours des Légendes website

17/06/2026

Fine Silver - Wednesday 24 June at 2pm 🥄
Catalogue now online

Duncan Campbell heads to St. John’s church in Frome to learn more about lot 81, an extremely rare Anglo-Norman censer pinnacle which, dating from around 1150, is one of the oldest pieces of English silver he has held.

Selected highlights from the sale (including the censer cover) will be on view at Concours des Legendes, Wilton House (Riding School), near Salisbury, UK on:
Friday 19 June 10:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 20 June 10:00am to 4:00pm

The whole collection will be on view at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms on:
Monday 22 June 10:00am to 4:00pm
Tuesday 23 June 10:00am to 4:00pm

Thank you to Rev. Seamus Hargrave and everybody at St. John’s 🔔 for our informative visit.

Featured:
Lot 81 - AN EXTREMELY RARE ANGLO-NORMAN PARCEL GILT SILVER CENSER PINNACLE, C.1150
A lost wax cast four sided detachable cover for an ecclesiastical censer, with open-work or pierced ornamentation. The square base has four circular lugs to secure the pinnacle to the body of a larger censer base. The four sides are decorated with birds, mythical beasts and foliage beneath triangular gables, at the junctions of the gables are serpent or animal form heads. The ‘roof’ is comprised of four lozenge form sections decorated with winged beasts, the roof surmounted by a tripartite finial. The censer pinnacle fits into a small group of similar cast bronze examples held at the British Museum. The closest comparison being the damaged pinnacle found in the Thames near London Bridge, illustrated in ‘The History of English Plate’ by C.J. Jackson pp 87-90.
The overall form of decoration appears to resemble the style of the Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture both in the zoomorphic depictions and the representation of foliage, most closely the carved foliage and animal figures on the south door of the Kilpeck Church of St. Mary and St. David.
(8.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm)
The censer cover comes with an annotated piece of paper, which reads: ‘Dug up in the field below the Old Oak by Labourer’s Wife, 1860’

NOTE: A similar censer cover can be found in the British Museum collection (Item no. 1960,0701.1)

15/06/2026

What do Princess Diana, Harry Houdini and Hunter S. Thompson all have in common? Marc Allum introduces some interesting and eclectic highlights from the Dore & Rees Wilton House sale on 20 June…

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects Auction
20 June 2026 at 2:00pm
Wilton House, Nr Salisbury
Part of the Concours des Legendes weekend 19-21 June

Find out more and view the whole catalogue at doreandrees.com

14/06/2026

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects at Wilton House ✨

This very exciting auction takes place on Saturday 20 June as part of the weekend with at Wilton House, Salisbury, SP2 0BJ

The auction catalogue is online to view 🪎

If you wish to view the collection in person, please visit us in the auction sale room early this week or during the Concours des Legendes weekend at Wilton House. Event ticket discounts are available to Dore & Rees clients, please contact us to find out more. It promises to be a very special weekend 🏎️

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects Viewing days:
Monday 15 June 10am-4pm at Dore & Rees, Frome, BA11 1PU
Tuesday 16 June 10am-4pm at Dore & Rees, Frome, BA11 1PU
Friday 19 June - Wilton House, Nr Salisbury, SP2 0BJ
Saturday 20 June - Wilton House, Nr Salisbury SP2 0BJ

Please note that some of the larger statues will be on view at Wilton House only 🗽

Featured:

Lot 265 An American 14k Gold Hunting Cased Keyless Lever Watch
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000

Lot 266 - An 18ct Gold Regency Lever Watch
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500

Lot 267 - J. W. Benson: An 18ct Gold Half-Hunting Cased Keyless Lever Watch
Estimate: £2,500-£3,500

Lot 217 - An Emerald and Diamond Ring
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000

Lot 220 - A cultured Pearl and Enamel necklace
Estimate: £500-£700

Lot 246 - An 18ct Gold Ruby and Diamond Flower Head Brooch
Estimate: £600-£800

Lot 262 - Omega: A Steel Speedmaster Snoopy Award Limited Edition
Estimate: £9,000-£11,000

Lot 291 - Attributed to Delphin Massier (1836-1907), A Large and Impressive Majolica Elephjant Form Jardiniere
Estimate: £8,000-£12,000

Lot 294 - A French Gold Mounted Rock Crystal Scent Bottle, 1838 - 1847
Estimate: £300-£500

Lot 238 - A Pair of Shell and Turquoise Ear Clips by Trianon
Estimate: £400-£600

Lot 229 - A pair of 18ct gold trinity knot earrings by Cartier
Estimate: £1,500-£2,000

Lot 207 - A Pair of Late Victorian Pearl and Diamond earrings, Circa 1900
Estimate: £300 - £500

10/06/2026

There are only ten days to go until our auction at Wilton House at the Concours des Legendes weekend 🏎️

✨Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects ✨

See you at the parterre on Saturday 20 June ⛲️

Viewing days:
Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 June at the Frome saleroom 10am-4pm

Friday 19 June at Wilton House, Nr Salisbury 10am-4pm

Auction starts Saturday 20 June at 2:00pm. You can bid in person, online or by telephone. Visit www.doreandrees.com to find out more

09/06/2026

We are ON VIEW today (9th June) at the Frome sale room from 10am-4pm. Our jewellery specialist, Alexandra Francis will be on hand to help with any questions.

Auctions on view:
Silver, Watches & Jewellery 🍴⌚️💍
10 June 2026 from 10:30am at Dore & Rees, Frome

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects 🪎
20 June 2026 from 2:00pm at Wilton House, near Salisbury

08/06/2026

Dore & Rees are thrilled to announce a very special auction taking place at Concours des Legendes at Wilton House, near Salisbury on Saturday 20 June.

Fine Jewellery, Watches and Opulent Objects features a lavish selection of jewels and watches as well as unique objects of historical significance and beauty.

The auction will be on view in advance at Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms in Frome on Monday 8 & Tuesday 9 June 10:00am to 4:00pm as well as Friday 19th and Saturday 20th June at the Concours des legendes event at Wilton House.

The catalogue is now online to view.

Featured:
Lot 295 - A George II Gold-Mounted Bloodstone Etui, circa 1765
Estimate: £2,400 - £3,500

Lot 296 - A Late Victorian Silver Novelty Smoker’s Companion, in the form of a revolver, London 1891
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000

Lot 299 - An Early 19th Century French S***f Box with an Italian Micromosaic, Paris 1819-1838
bears the maker’s mark of Louis-Francois Tronquoy, the cover mounted with a fine micromosaic depicting a scene of four hounds fighting, circa 1815
Estimate: £30,000 - £40,000

Lot 300 - An Early 19th Century Micromosaic Plaque
Circa 1815, depicting an Italianate waterfall scene, probably Rome, after a landscape painting by Martin Verstappen (c.1772 - 1852)
Estimate: £25,000-£30,000

Lot 307 - A French Enamelled Gilt Bronze Cloisonne Jewellery Casket, circa 1860
Estimate: £8,000-£10,000

Lot 325 - Louis Robert Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1848-1913)
‘Melodie’
gilt bronze and ivory, the seated medieval maiden, raised on an integral plinth base playing a lute, her dress with lattice sleeves and fitted bodice, signed Louis Carrier, Belleuse, and applied title ‘MELODIE’
30cm high
Estimate: £800-£1,200

FINE JEWELLERY, WATCHES &
OPULENT OBJECTS
CONCOURS DES LEGENDES
WILTON HOUSE
20 JUNE 2026 2:00 PM

02/06/2026

There are only 17 days to go until the Concours de Legendes weekend, running from 19th to 21st June at Wilton House, near Salisbury in conjunction with Wilton House, Octane and Magneto magazines. This story-led concours will be celebrating legendary cars and the people who built, raced, and adventured in them.

Dore & Rees Motoring will be running three auctions over the weekend;

Fine Automobilia - Saturday 20 June 11:00am

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects - Saturday 20 June 2:00pm

Fine Motor Cars - Sunday 21 June 12:30pm
(catalogue now online)

Here we take a close-up view of lot 258 from the Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects auction: The Heuer Steel Autavia Chronograph Wristwatch Ref: 2446H ‘The Rindt’.

Jochen Rindt was arguably the greatest Formula 1 talent of his generation. Born in 1942 he came up through the racing ranks, joining Formula 1 in 1964, winning his first Formula 1 race in 1969. He and his wife, the model Nina Rindt, were well known figures both on and off the circuit. He wore his Heuer 2446 on the track. Rindt was tragically killed, aged only 28, racing for Lotus at Monza in 1970. He is still the only Formula 1 driver to have won the World Championship posthumously.

Lot details:
HEUER : A STEEL AUTAVIA CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, Ref : 2446H ‘THE RINDT’;
Estimate: £12,000 - £15,000

Auction details:
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Opulent Objects
20 June 2:00pm at Wilton House, Salisbury.

Full auction catalogue coming soon

01/06/2026

This Thursday we are hosting our first charity fundraiser and valuation event in our new Motoring HQ in Steyning, West Sussex.

We’re raising funds for the wonderful St Barnabas House Hospice and are bringing our team of specialists along, ready to value all manner of antiques and curios, from fine jewellery, porcelain, automobilia, watches, ceramics, Chinese and Japanese art and rare collectables. Even full size cars can be appraised!

Visit our website for more details.

Dore & Rees Motoring opened its new premises in Steyning in 2026, hosting auctions of classic and collectable cars, motorcycles and automobilia.

THURSDAY 4 JUNE
AT DORE & REES MOTORING, GROVE HOUSE, ELM GROVE LANE, STEYNING, WEST SUSSEX BN44 3BS  11:00am to 4:00pm No booking required Discretionary donation per item or group of items appraised.

Pictured:
St Barnabas House Hospice
Dore & Rees Motoring HQ

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