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Valuation Day in Suffolk
Valuation day in aid of Church funds at St Mary's Parish Church on Saturday 14th May 2022, 10am - 12pm.
04/05/2022
Classic Cars, Specialist Collectors
Rare Suffolk Sports car comes to Reeman Dansie
Launched at the end of the 1960’s, this sharply styled 2 door coupe offers exclusivity that James Bond could only dream of, with far fewer produced than Bond’s Aston Martin DB5. What is it I hear you ask? Well it might just be the best car you’ve never heard of before- a Trident Venturer.
27/04/2022
Latest News, Fine Art
Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959)
Featuring in our Spring Fine Art Sale on the 26th and 27th April. Oil on canvas - A Bay Hunter in Landscape, signed and dated 1908, in gilt frame.
04/04/2022
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Latest News, Classic Cars, Specialist Collectors
Classic Car Sale
We have already had a diverse range of over 20 vehicles consigned for auction, ranging from vintage tractors to a 1967 Mercedes 250SL. See below for the list of vehicles already consigned. Further details of all vehicles will be available in due course.
14/03/2022
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How to Bid in a Timed Auction
In a timed online auction, there is no auctioneer taking bids from a live audience in a room. Instead, each lot can be bid on for a defined period of time. Bids are placed online. At the end of the period, the bidder who has submitted the highest bid wins the lot, provided the bid exceeds the reserve price. Timed auctions can typically last for up to a week or two.
11/03/2022
Latest News, Fine Art
The Robert ‘Bobby’ Boutflour (1891-1960)
Collection of historic agricultural books. Featuring in our Spring Fine Art Sale on the 26th and 27th April, the Robert Boutflour Collection comprises some of the earliest printed texts on the subject of agriculture.
10/03/2022
Latest News, Home & Interiors
By Direction of Executors - Ride on Mowers and other gardening equipment
Coming up in our Homes & Interiors on Tuesday 25th January, gardening equipment including Ride-on Mowers, single axle trailer, strimmers and hedge trimmers.
21/01/2022
Latest News, Specialist Collectors
Rare First World War tank crew face mask uncovered in Colchester
As the First World War descended into the stalemate of Trench warfare, the British top brass were looking at many revolutionary ideas in order to get a decisive edge on the western front, the tank was one of these ideas.
06/01/2022
Latest News, Classic Cars
We are pleased to announce the date of our next Classic Car Sale
Taking place on Thursday 2nd December
23/11/2021
Latest News, Fine Art, Single Owner Collections
The Pamela Chandler (1928-1993) Collection
Reeman Dansie are proud to offer an exceptional archive of photographs, ephemera and related artefacts from the studio of mid-20th century high-society photographer Pamela Chandler.
28/10/2021
Latest News, Charity Auctions
Octopus Ahoy ! Auction
We are delighted to invite you to this very special evening where Reeman Dansie will be auctioning 35 marvellous painted octopus sculptures for charity.
09/09/2021
Latest News, Single Owner Collections
The Jenny Simpson Collection
The collection of an English eccentric comprising 336 lots of paintings, jewellery and works of art. Jenny Simpson (1931-2020) was an Eccentric in the true English tradition. Of independent means she pursued her artistic passions throughout her life, building a diverse collection of 19th century illustrations, watercolours and 20th century art.
08/08/2021
Latest News, Classic Cars
The Collection of the late Mr George Allen of Chapel Hill, Halstead
As a firm, Reeman Dansie are used to inspecting items over 100 years old on a regular basis, however, it is not every day you get a call you inspect a car over 100 years old and certainly not a lifetimes collection of classic cars. That is exactly what happened though, one day in 2020, when our Managing Director James Grinter was called to Halstead in Essex to inspect the collection of the late Mr George Allen of Chapel Hill.
03/09/2021
Latest News, Classic Cars
The discovery of Princess Diana's 1981 Ford Escort Ghia saloon.
Reeman Dansie, the Specialist Royalty Auctioneers in Colchester, Essex, are delighted to announce the discovery of Princess Diana’s 1981 Ford Escort Ghia Saloon, having disappeared from public view for over 20 years. This was the car given by Prince Charles to his fiancé as an engagement present in May 1981, two months before the Royal Wedding and used by her until August 1982.
07/06/2021
Latest News, Fine Art
The Lorna & Gordon Turner Collection
To be sold within our East Anglian, Fine Art & Antiques Sale on Thursday 29th April 2021. Lorna and Gordon were both born in London and each developed similar interests in ornithology, art, music and antiques. They met in the early 1970s and were married in 1974 after which their mutual passion for collecting flourished.
16/04/2021
Latest News, Fine Art
The Robert Barley Collection
To be sold within our East Anglian, Fine Art & Antiques Sale on Thursday 29th April 2021. An appreciation by his friend Andy Jones. Robert was born on September 1, 1945, the third of four children. He attended Dartford Grammar school where he was befriended by Mick Jagger – who was so impressed by Robert’s ability to play two recorders simultaneously that he invited Robert to join his band!
16/04/2021