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

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.

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.

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.
Our upcoming auction 'Peter Petrou | Outward Bound' will be held on Tuesday 24 February 2026.
Join us as we look back at some of the most notable highlights from our 2025 sales and celebrate another excellent year.
18 December 2025
Founder of The Professional Organiser, Cornelia De Uphaugh, shares her process and philosophy through a series of interview questions.
18 December 2025
From all at Sworders, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We would like to sincerely thank you for your ongoing support throughout 2025, we look forward to seeing you in 2026.
18 December 2025
We are pleased to offer a ceramic work by Pablo Picasso in our upcoming Design auction, taking place on Tuesday 27 January.
18 December 2025
We are proud to feature some excellent plywood furniture in our 27 January Design auction, by designers including Alvar Aalto, Gerald Summers and Saburo Inui.
11 December 2025
We are delighted to be partnering with The Georgian Group for a special fundraising auction to be held in January 2026. Together, we are helping to safeguard Britain's Georgian treasures for generations to come.
11 December 2025
A signed Churchill letter to R.A. Butler and a photograph taken the day before his resignation as prime minister headline a group of historically rich political lots in Sworders’ Open House sale from 9–15 December.
9 December 2025
Discover a fascinating collection of carte de visite photographs relating to Agnes Bennett, in our next Open House timed auction, running from 2-8 December.
1 December 2025
We are delighted to be offering a collection of Roberto Rigon's stylised animal works in our first Design auction of 2026, which takes place on Tuesday 27 January.
24 November 2025