Your Antiques, Our Experts

 

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.

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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.

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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

 

A Day of Discovery Copy

A Day of Discovery Copy

Sworders London are very excited to be initiating the first in a busy calendar of external valuation days held at the wonderful Primrose Hill Community Library.

25 March 2026

Welcoming Beatrice Campi | Indian and Islamic Art Department

Welcoming Beatrice Campi | Indian and Islamic Art Department

We’re delighted to announce that Beatrice Campi will be working with us as a consultant, advising and supporting our Indian and Islamic Art Department.

25 March 2026

Katharine Coleman MBE | The Art of Engraving

Katharine Coleman MBE | The Art of Engraving

In anticipation of our upcoming auction 'The Glass Sale', we shine a spotlight on one of Britain’s most accomplished contemporary glass engravers, Katharine Coleman MBE.

20 March 2026

Spot the Difference | East or West?

Spot the Difference | East or West?

Imagine holding a beautifully painted porcelain dish in your hands. The colours, the delicate brushwork, the elegant form - all suggest it must be Chinese. But what if it wasn’t? What if this seemingly Chinese porcelain dish was actually made in nineteenth-century France?

18 March 2026

Seven Courses for Her Majesty

Seven Courses for Her Majesty

This remarkable survivor is featured as a highlight in our forthcoming Books, Manuscripts and Maps timed auction, running from Friday 24 April to Monday 4 May, offering collectors a rare opportunity to acquire an evocative piece of early Victorian court history.

12 March 2026

Timeless Elegance

Timeless Elegance

We are delighted to present The Selected Contents of Donnington Castle House, leading Day 2 of our Fine Interiors sale, on Wednesday 18 March.

12 March 2026

A Life in Bloom

A Life in Bloom

Occupying a charming apartment in one of London’s most sought-after postcodes, this collection - featured in our March Fine Interiors sale - embodies a highly personal and deeply considered vision of interior decoration.

12 March 2026

She’s a Rainbow

She’s a Rainbow

This collection, to be sold on Tuesday 17 March, offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the world of Jade Jagger – designer, collector and champion of living with beauty.

12 March 2026

The Art of Craft

The Art of Craft

Sworders’ Fine Interiors department is pleased to present a considered selection of lots from the beloved collection of Elizabeth Cooke, offered in our March sale and photographed in situ at her beautiful 17th-century home, Tulip Tree House, in Great Tew, Oxfordshire.

11 March 2026

The Richard Collins Collection

The Richard Collins Collection

It is a rare opportunity to encounter the private world of a man whose life was devoted to the pursuit of architectural integrity, aesthetic refinement and the quiet joy of beautiful things. We are therefore honoured to offer works from the personal collection of the late Richard Collins (1952-2024) in our upcoming Fine Interiors sale.

10 March 2026