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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Whatever your need, our dedicated team is here to provide expert assistance, ensuring personalised support and guidance every step of the way.

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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

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As we commemorate fifty years since Alvar Aalto’s death, we are honoured to present further works by the designer in our forthcoming Design auction, taking place on 27 October.

21 September 2026

Dino Martens: Murano Maverick

We are excited to bring a particularly rare piece of Murano glass to auction. This daring example of Dino Martens’s work will be offered on Tuesday 13 October in The Glass Sale.

18 September 2026

'Life Isn't Good. It's Excellent'

Here, close friend, art historian and former Senior Curator of Modern British Art at Tate, Andrew Wilson, offers an insight into James Birch’s remarkable collection and the extraordinary life behind it. Having known James since the late 1980s, Andrew has witnessed first-hand his restless curiosity, his friendships with artists and his instinct for the unusual.

15 September 2026