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Valuations, selling and estate services

Professional auction services

Denhams offers clear, practical advice for valuing and selling your antiques, jewellery, fine art and collectables. Whether you are selling one item or handling an estate, we can help you choose the right next step.

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Le Roy and Fils gold repeating pocket watch sold through Denhams auctions Sold £29,000 An open faced repeating chronograph by Louis Audemars & Fils c. 1865
Quentin Blake illustration sold through Denhams auctions Sold £4,300 Quentin Blake illustration of Arabel with Mortimer the Raven

Free valuations

If you are considering selling your items and are curious as to their values, we offer a free pre-sale valuation service, either in your home for large collections, at the auction rooms or online via our online valuation request tool.

If you require a valuation at home, please contact us to book an appointment.

If you wish to send us photos of your items for valuation, please upload them to our online valuation request tool.

Ernest Howard Farmer photograph sold through Denhams auctions Sold £16,000 Ernest Howard Farmer photograph used for the Led Zeppelin IV album cover

Sale by auction

If you wish to sell your items at auction you may either:

  • Bring the items to the auction galleries for a free preliminary valuation and then leave them with us to place in the next appropriate auction. We will give you an entry form, listing the items left with us with their pre-sale values and, if agreed, reserves.
  • Arrange an appointment for our valuer to see you and then, if required, we can arrange collection of your items using a firm of carriers.

Visit the selling at auction section for more information.

Star Wars Palitoy action figure sold through Denhams auctions Sold £1,900 Star Wars Palitoy miscarded Tie Fighter Pilot on tri-logo Dengar card

Probate & house clearances

If you are an executor of an estate and require probate valuations or sale by auction of some or all of the items within an estate then Denhams can provide the entire service of:

  • Preparing the probate valuation, giving a detailed inventory of items within an estate.
  • Arranging the packing and collection of items, leaving a property in a clean and marketable condition.
  • Sale of the items at the auction galleries.

Please contact us in order to arrange a probate valuation.

Alfred Egerton Cooper painting sold through Denhams auctions Sold £14,500 From the Estate of Sir Barnes Wallis, HMA 9 Airship in flight by A E Cooper

Insurance valuations

With rising crime rates, especially in the area of antiques and collectables, it is wise to have an insurance valuation.

For a moderate fee, we prepare a detailed inventory of all your valuables, or specific items at their current market replacement value.

This information is presented in a typed and bound folder, together with a Certificate of Value for you to pass on to your insurance company and, if necessary, we are prepared to deal with the insurance company to assist in a claim.