Auction Calendar and Viewing

For details on all forthcoming auctions, click here: Upcoming Auctions. 

There are a variety of ways that you can view the auctions:

1) The Online Auction page gives you access to:

• Detailed catalogue descriptions
• High res images of individual lots and in the majority of cases many additional detail images
• Condition reports: many of the lots already have condition reports to view on the website (see text in italics at the end of the description). If you cannot see a condition report on the website, please click the “Ask a question” button to request one.
• A page turning version of the printed catalogue
• A downloadable pdf of the printed catalogue

2) Viewing in Person:

We recommend that visitors wear a face covering when visiting our salerooms and use the hand sanitiser provided on entering. For viewing arrangements and times, please look at the 'Important Information' link on the individual auction pages.

3) Our Remote Viewing Service allows you to view specified lots via your smartphone from the comfort of your own home at a time convenient to you. Find out more

4) The Dreweatts 360 Virtual Auction Tour provides a virtual tour of auction, allowing you to walk through each room, browsing and interacting with the lots as you go, just as if you were there in person. View Virtual Tours

Bidding at Auction

There are a variety of ways you can take part from the comfort of your own home:

1) Live Online Auctions: These are online auctions with an auctioneer taking to the rostrum on the day of the auction. You can bid online, request a telephone bid or leave a commission (absentee) bid. 

2) Timed Online Auctions: These are purely online auctions ie there is no auctioneer. Bidding is online only ie is not possible to bid by telephone or leave a commission bid direct with Dreweatts. The auctions are generally open for a period of 2-3 weeks with lots closing sequentially at 30 second intervals on the final day. Bids can be left at any time via your online bidding account during the 2-3 week period or you can bid live on the final day. Find out more.   

For further details click here: A Guide to Bidding at Auction with Dreweatts

Online Payment Facility

Payments for sales should be made online or by bank transfer. 

• Paying online is easy via SagePay. 
• Please do not arrange to collect items without having paid online or by bank transfer beforehand.
• Click here for further details.

Collections

Collections are available by appointment only and observing social distancing rules. 

• Please do not arrange to collect items without having paid online or by bank transfer beforehand.
• You can collect in person or instruct your own shipper or choose from a number of suggested shipping companies. Please note, we do not offer a shipping service ourselves. 
• For further details, click here.

Valuation Services

Our Valuations Team is on hand to offer any advice and there are a variety of ways you can get a valuation. For individual items or small collections: 

Request an Online Valuation »

Book a Virtual Valuation »

Attend a Valuation Day »

Valuations in person are by appointment and observing social distancing rules.

For larger collections, to discuss a home visit or any other valuation services, please contact our Valuations Team on 44 (0) 1635 553 553 | valuations@dreweatts.com. For further details on all our Valuation Services, click here.

Payments to Vendors

Payments to vendors for recent auctions will be made as normal as per our Terms and Conditions. For any payment related enquiries, please contact: clientaccounting@dreweatts.com

Measures You Can Take

Our priority is to protect our customers and employees and we ask that visitors use the hand sanitiser provided when visiting our salerooms.

We respectfully ask that you do not enter our premises in Newbury or London if you and members of your household have Coronavirus symptoms, including:

• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

If you are attending our salerooms in Newbury or London, we ask that you pay attention to your own personal hygiene. We recommend that you:

• wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds
• use hand sanitiser gel on arrival at our salerooms
• cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
• put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards