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Where tradition meets innovation, Sworders stands as one of the UK’s most esteemed fine art auction houses, with a global reputation and a legacy dating back to 1782. Our award-winning auction rooms in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, host around fifty auctions annually, featuring British and European paintings, Fine Furniture, Modern and Contemporary Art, Asian Art, Jewellery, and Fine Wine. With a valuations office in Hertford and a gallery in central London, Sworders expertly markets collections, transcending market boundaries and engaging the hearts and minds of art enthusiasts far and wide.

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Use our online valuation form to receive an appraisal from the comfort of your own home.

If you have several items you would like valued, please submit what you believe to be the most valuable and then give details about your other items.

If you would like to request a valuation by email, discuss a larger collection, or home visit, please send a description of the item/collection, with image(s), to us at auctions@sworder.co.uk

Request A Valuation - Photograph The Item

STEP 1

PHOTOGRAPHY

Please include at least one photograph of the whole object, as well as some detailed shots to show important details such as signatures and maker’s marks.

Request A Valuation - Provide Description

STEP 2

DESCRIPTION

Useful information to know includes the designer or maker’s name, the type of jewellery, the materials used if known, measurements, documentation or certificates of authenticity, valuation history, and where you acquired the piece from.

Request A Valuation - Submit Your Request

STEP 3

SUBMIT

Fill out the online valuation form with your contact details so that one of our specialists can reply with your auction estimate. The more information you can provide, the more accurate our valuation will be.

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Latest News, Views & Insights

Beyond the Frame

We are delighted to share our Old Master, British & European Art department's recent successes, including a focus on women artists and rediscoveries.

22 July 2026

Tastemakers: Modern and Contemporary Art & Design

This November, Sworders is pleased to present Tastemakers: Modern and Contemporary Art & Design, a landmark auction dedicated to the artists, designers, makers, collectors and patrons who have shaped visual culture throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

22 July 2026

Why Do We Collect Art?

On Thursday 11 June we were thrilled to host a talk given by the incomparable Rufus Bird, staged at our London Gallery in Cecil Court.

3 July 2026

The Simon Hilton Collection

We are delighted to introduce The Simon Hilton Collection, a highly personal and wide-ranging sale taking place on Monday 27 July, at 10am.

Peter Collingwood | Woven Evocations

An exciting selection of Peter Collingwood’s work is showcased in our upcoming Design sale, to be held on 14 July.

26 June 2026

Illuminating the Everyday | The Art of the Object

We are pleased to offer a bronze ‘Tete de Femme’ floor lamp, after Alberto Giacometti for Jean Michel Frank, in our upcoming July Design sale.

23 June 2026

The Evolution of Japanese Ceramics

Japanese ceramics are highly appreciated for balanced coexistence of tradition and innovation; while older techniques are respected and preserved, new forms and ways of working with ceramics keep emerging. Today, Japan can boast with more than 100 pottery centres, each maintaining their own techniques, tradition and utilization of local materials.

17 June 2026

A New Chapter

The varied and rich artistic traditions of the Indian, Islamic and Southeast Asian worlds continue to fascinate a global network of collectors and institutions. This year, Sworders Auctioneers have established a new area in its biannual Asian Art sales, dedicated to celebrating a great variety of works from these vibrant centres of artistic excellence.