Reeman Dansie
Founded in 1881 in Colchester, Essex, Reeman Dansie moved to its current location at Severalls Business Park in 2003.
Auctions are held on a regular basis, the general sales alternating with specialist sales in areas such as antiques and fine art, coins, militaria, classic cars, Royal memorabilia and East Anglian paintings.

The second sleeper in Colchester: an intaglio ring emerges at auction
04 September 2023The north European Mannerist bronze sold for £550,000 against a guide of £250-350 was not the only spectacular sleeper in the August 8 sale at Reeman Dansie (22.5% buyer’s premium).

Summer scorchers: Trio of big prices blows away August cobwebs
14 August 2023A usually quiet August was dramatically awakened by a series of sleepers that emerged at three UK regional auction houses.

How notable sitters can cancel out the difficulty of selling traditional portraits
20 March 2023The general theory goes that traditional portraits of white men are difficult to sell unless they are by a major artist or depict a notable sitter.

Algernon Newton suits the market mood
06 March 2023The naturalistic landscapes and moody urban scenes of Algernon Cecil Newton (1880-1968) have provided a boon to both London and regional salerooms for well over a decade now.

Sensible estimates create the right conditions to sell
06 March 2023A couple of prints by leading names from the early 20th century drew attention at recent regional sales despite some notable condition issues.

Ray Bradbury double offering
30 January 2023Lot offers US editions of two science-fiction and fantasy classics by the US writer

Letter details horrors of ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’
09 January 2023Thought by the auction house to be an early copy, a letter that details the horrors of the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’ in 1756 was sold for £2900.

A natural history work to leaf through at your leisure
28 November 2022A few copies have made a little more, but the example of the original, 1826, folio edition of Jacob George Strutt’s 'Sylva Britannica, or Portraits of Forest Trees…' included in a November 8 sale at Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium) sold for £3500 (guide £600-800).

The £126,000 photos of Darwin’s evolution
14 November 2022A rediscovered album of 19 cartes de visite portrait photographs documenting Charles Darwin’s changing visage over three decades sold for £126,000.

Sparrows flew their Essex nest
07 November 2022Trio of paintings depict life at a long-disappeared family home

Rare James Fitton work from the 1930s attracts artist record bid
07 November 2022Works from the 1930s are arguably the most desirable pictures when it comes to Oldham-born artist James Fitton (1899-1982). They just do not appear very often.

Essex map reaches new height
31 October 2022Estimated at £600-800, a 1777 first in marbled board covers of John Chapman and Peter Andre’s 'Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey' was sold for what would appear to be an auction record.

Collection of Charles Darwin visiting cards coming to Essex auction
17 October 2022An album of 19 carte de visite portrait photographs of Charles Darwin is offered in Reeman Dansie’s Fine Art auction on November 8-9.

Art Market: Pryse guide – artist’s estate bonanza
10 October 2022Largest group of artist’s works to be offered was consigned to Essex auction house by daughter.

Fedden gets away second time around
03 October 2022Returning to auction for the second time in a year, this still-life by Mary Fedden (1915- 2012) fetched £15,500 at Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium).

Library of a fruitful thinker on agriculture
16 May 2022Works offered in Essex saleroom belonged to ‘capable, colourful and forceful’ professor

Rolls-Royce ecstatic at sales figures
02 May 2022Spirit of Ecstasy has adorned the bonnet of every Rolls-Royce motor car since February 6, 1911.

Tooth be told on toadstones
18 April 2022Toadstones are understood to be the button-like palatal teeth of lepidotes, an extinct genus of ray finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

A gift from the Queen Mother shines at Essex auction
07 March 2022A sale of royal memorabilia at Colchester saleroom Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium) on February 15 included items from the estate of Miss Beryl Poignand (1887-1965), governess and confidante to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.

Bumper sales totals reveal Dreweatts now takes top spot in the regions
24 January 2022Auction figures for firms outside London show a shake-up of the status quo

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