DUKE’S of Dorchester would like to wish all its clients and friends a happy and healthy festive season.

2022 has been another successful year of auctions including Jewellery and Watches, Fine Art, Contemporary and Asian Art.
Highlights included an oil by Zoffany, Edward Townsend singing the Beggar’s Ballad, selling for £429,000; a fine Chinese coral-ground bowl with superb provenance reaching £221,000; and a striking sapphire and diamond Cartier brooch making £39,000 in their respective December auctions.

A private collection of English literature, which included first editions and important association copies, achieved a total hammer price of just over £277,000.

Looking forward to 2023, which marks 200 years of Duke’s Auctioneers, the calendar is packed full of more specialist auctions than ever before: regular Interiors, two private collections and the second instalment of the hugely popular Sporting and Natural History auction, this time with two large and impressive collections of taxidermy.

Duke’s offers confidential free valuations for sale and entries are invited for many upcoming auctions. Find more information and the auction calendar on its website, www.dukes-auctions.com