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Keys Fine Art Auctioneers

Client since 2012

Founded in 1955, Keys Fine Art Auctioneers has developed into a major auction company, with a reputation which stretches far beyond its East Anglian origins.

Keys holds over 80 Fine Art, Antique, General, Commercial and Specialist sales covering the whole auction spectrum.  Still operating from the same five acre saleground in Aylsham, Keys now has a wide-ranging team of experts in many areas, offering a complete auction service which rivals many national concerns.

The firm has been in the vanguard of embracing new ideas and technology.  In particular, the advent of the internet, and live online bidding, has opened up its sales to a much wider, worldwide audience, with buyers bidding from their computers and mobile devices right across the globe.

Client News

Documentary Lowestoft coffee jug estimate 5000 7000 2

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY LOWESTOFT COFFEE JUG TO FEATURE IN KEYS’ FINE SALE

9th Mar 2025

An important documentary Lowestoft coffee pot dating from 1776 goes under the hammer in Keys Fine Art Auctioneers’ two day...

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James McQueen Everybody Lies estimate 10000 15000

LARGE MCQUEEN PICTURE IN KEYS TWO DAY FINE SALE

7th Mar 2025

A large work by contemporary British artist James McQueen (born 1977) is one of the star lots in Keys Fine...

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Tim Blyth on the rostrum at Keys 2023 Christmas Poultry Sale sm

HISTORIC CHRISTMAS POULTRY SALE TO TAKE PLACE IN AYLSHAM

10th Dec 2024

Turkeys, geese, chickens and ducks will be up for auction at Keys’ annual Christmas Poultry Sale in Aylsham on Friday...

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AndrewLindsay Bullock

KEYS ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF ANDREW LINDSAY-BULLOCK

23rd Oct 2024

Keys Auctioneers and Valuers is sad to announce the death of Andrew Lindsay-Bullock, who was head of Books at the...

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Chinese Southern Song dynasty celadon dish sold for 120000 1

INTERNATIONAL BIDDING WAR AT NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE RESULTS IN £120,000 SALE

18th Jul 2024

An intense international bidding war at a north Norfolk auction house has seen a 12th century Chinese stoneware dish sell...

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Keys head of pictures Daniel Smith with the royal painting

ROYAL ARTWORK TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK

17th Jul 2024

A picture painted by King Charles III a quarter of a century ago is to go under the hammer in...

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Rare Rolex 3525 chronograph watch belonging to Capt D Mackenzie

RARE WARTIME P.O.W. ROLEX FEATURES IN KEYS SUMMER FINE SALE

9th Jul 2024

A rare wartime Prisoner of War Rolex watch is part of a fascinating lot featured in Keys Fine Art Auctioneers’...

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Lowestoft porcelain Trifle inkwell estimate 3000 5000

POLYCHROME LOWESTOFT ‘TRIFLE’ HIGHLIGHT IN KEYS FINE SALE

12th Mar 2024

A polychrome ‘trifle’ inkwell is one of 15 Lowestoft porcelain pieces in Keys Fine Art Auctioneers’ three day Fine Sale...

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Eloise Harriet Stannard Pair of still life studies of peaches and redcurrants on Willow pattern plates sm

STILL LIFE PAIR AMONG FIVE STANNARDS IN KEYS’ EAST ANGLIAN SALE

11th Mar 2024

A pair of still life studies of peaches and redcurrants on a Willow pattern plates is amongst five pictures by...

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Rare Meissen Christie Miller Service octagonal plate estimate 12000 14000

MEISSEN ‘CHRISTIE-MILLER SERVICE’ PLATE TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT KEYS

11th Mar 2024

A rare Meissen octagonal plate from the ‘Christie-Miller Service’ is one of the star lots in Keys Fine Art Auctioneers...

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Imperial War Graves Register estimate 2000 4000 2

EXTREMELY RARE VOLUMES LISTING THE RESTING PLACE OF EVERY SERVICEMAN WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR ONE TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK

8th Mar 2024

A historic set of 64 volumes listing the final resting place of every single British and Colonial serviceman who died...

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Keys Christmas Poultry Sale

NORFOLK AUCTION FIRM TO ROUND OFF 70TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR WITH HISTORIC CHRISTMAS POULTRY SALE

12th Dec 2023

A historic Christmas poultry auction which first took place 70 years ago and which has happened every single year since...

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