POLYCHROME LOWESTOFT ‘TRIFLE’ HIGHLIGHT IN KEYS FINE SALE
12th Mar 2024
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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.
March 2024
STILL LIFE PAIR AMONG FIVE STANNARDS IN KEYS’ EAST ANGLIAN SALE
11th Mar 2024
MEISSEN ‘CHRISTIE-MILLER SERVICE’ PLATE TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT KEYS
11th Mar 2024
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
December 2023
NORFOLK AUCTION FIRM TO ROUND OFF 70TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR WITH HISTORIC CHRISTMAS POULTRY SALE
12th Dec 2023
November 2023
SHELTERED SCHEME RESIDENTS GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH TWO ALPACAS – AND A SKUNK
24th Nov 2023
SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION OF VINTAGE TRACTORS, FARM MACHINERY AND RURAL BYGONES TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
22nd Nov 2023
RARE DOCUMENTARY LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN JUG IN KEYS FINE SALE – WITH MATCHING COVER COINCIDENTALLY CONSIGNED BY ANOTHER VENDOR FOR SAME SALE
13th Nov 2023
October 2023
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF WATERCOLOURS, PRINTS AND LITHOGRAPHS BY COTMAN FAMILY OFFERED BY KEYS
17th Oct 2023
September 2023
July 2023
TV STARS IN NORFOLK FOR AUCTION FILMING
8th Jul 2023
RARE MEISSEN ‘SWAN SERVICE’ PLATE IN KEYS SUMMER FINE SALE
5th Jul 2023
CAMERAS WILL ROLL AS CELEBRITIES TRY THEIR LUCK AT NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE
4th Jul 2023
June 2023
GENIUS! SEMINAL FIRST EDITIONS BY ALBERT EINSTEIN AND HEINRICH HERTZ TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
5th Jun 2023
HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM QUEEN VICTORIA EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
5th Jun 2023
March 2023
ROLEX GMT 6542, PATEK PHILIPPE CALATRAVA AND OMEGA SPEEDMASTER APOLLO 11 ANNIVERSARY EDITION AMONGST NEARLY 60 WRISTWATCHES IN KEYS FINE SALE
17th Mar 2023
KEYS APPOINTS SPECIALIST JEWELLERY VALUER
13th Mar 2023
PAIR OF LARGE 19TH CENTURY HEREND VASES FEATURE IN KEYS SPRING FINE SALE
9th Mar 2023
February 2023
RARE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HITLER’S MEIN KAMPF – PRINTED IN PREPARATION FOR THE INVASION OF BRITAIN – TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
20th Feb 2023
ROGER MOORE, JOHNNY CASH, SPICE GIRLS AND COLDPLAY - ALL GOING UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK NEXT WEEK
2nd Feb 2023
December 2022
HISTORIC CHRISTMAS POULTRY AUCTION TO GO AHEAD DESPITE AVIAN FLU PROBLEMS
15th Dec 2022
‘PRISTINE’ 400 YEAR OLD NORFOLK MAP TO GO ON SALE
7th Dec 2022
November 2022
EXTENSIVE PERSONAL MUNNINGS COLLECTION UP FOR SALE
15th Nov 2022
TWO SLICES OF ROYAL HISTORY UP FOR AUCTION IN NORFOLK
15th Nov 2022
ITALIAN MAIOLICA STARS IN KEYS’ FINE SALE
10th Nov 2022
October 2022
CHINESE BIDDING WAR SEES SMALL BOX SELL FOR £63,000 IN NORFOLK AUCTION
20th Oct 2022
SIGNED ARTWORK BY BOB DYLAN TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
9th Oct 2022
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW STYLE EVENT COMING TO SHARRINGTON
3rd Oct 2022
September 2022
August 2022
WHAT HO, JEEVES! DOZENS OF P.G.WODEHOUSE FIRST EDITIONS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
24th Aug 2022
ESTABLISHED AND ASPIRING LOCAL ARTISTS INVITED TO SUBMIT WORK FOR PRESTIGIOUS SWAFFHAM ART EXHIBITION
14th Aug 2022
July 2022
FASCINATING SELECTION OF POST-WAR CLASSIC CARS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
19th Jul 2022
LEADING REGIONAL AUCTION HOUSE STEPS IN TO SPONSOR SWAFFHAM VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL
19th Jul 2022
MEISSEN STARS IN KEYS’ SUMMER FINE SALE
12th Jul 2022
May 2022
April 2022
1583 FOLIO EDITION ENGLISH LANGUAGE BIBLE IN ‘REMARKABLE CONDITION’ TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
29th Apr 2022
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW STYLE EVENT COMING TO BERGH APTON
18th Apr 2022
March 2022
HETHERSETT SHELTERED SCHEME RESIDENTS DONATE £900 TO RED CROSS TO HELP UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN EFFORT
28th Mar 2022
UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF CARLTON COLVILLE SEA SCOUTS TRAGEDY TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
11th Mar 2022
FINE OOMERSI MAWJI INDIAN SILVER BOWL TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN KEYS’ FINE SALE
11th Mar 2022
SEAGO LONDON WATERCOLOUR STAR LOT IN KEYS’ FIRST EAST ANGLIAN ART SALE OF 2022
11th Mar 2022
February 2022
December 2021
HISTORIC CHRISTMAS POULTRY AUCTION TO GO AHEAD DESPITE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND AVIAN FLU PROBLEMS
14th Dec 2021
November 2021
£40,000 CANTON ENAMEL BOX STAR LOT IN KEYS FINE SALE
30th Nov 2021
BAH HUMBUG! EARLY EDITION OF DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS CLASSIC SET TO SELL FOR BIG MONEY IN NORFOLK
30th Nov 2021
October 2021
TV AUCTION EXPERT AND RESTORATION MAESTRO TEAM UP FOR SPECIAL AUCTION AS TV CAMERAS COME TO AYLSHAM
10th Oct 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
EXTREMELY RARE EDITION OF ‘RIGHTS OF MAN’ BY THETFORD-BORN THOMAS PAINE TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK THIS WEEK
14th Jun 2021
May 2021
PICTURES, CERAMICS AND FURNITURE ALL PERFORM STRONGLY IN KEYS’ DELAYED FIRST FINE SALE OF THE YEAR
19th May 2021
April 2021
DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY DICKENS, CONAN DOYLE, AND THREE FUTURE PRIME MINISTERS PART OF TWO DAY KEYS SALE
29th Apr 2021
PAINTINGS FROM 17TH AND 20TH CENTURY HIGHLIGHTS OF KEYS’ FINE SALE
29th Apr 2021
THE ‘ALDRED JUG’ ONE OF 50 LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN LOTS IN KEYS’ TWO DAY FINE SALE
29th Apr 2021
March 2021
LAST CROMER LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S ART COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CROMER HOSPITAL CANCER WARD
22nd Mar 2021
RARE FIRST EDITION WINNIE-THE-POOH TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
12th Mar 2021
FULL-SIZED DALEK TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
2nd Mar 2021
December 2020
HISTORIC CHRISTMAS POULTRY AUCTION TO GO AHEAD
10th Dec 2020
HISTORIC DAYBED LINKED TO ‘NORFOLK’S MAHARAJAH’ TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
4th Dec 2020
November 2020
October 2020
SIX ELOISE HARRIETT STANNARD WORKS FORM PART OF KEYS’ EAST ANGLIAN ART SALE
21st Oct 2020
RARE LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN SWAN SET TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
20th Oct 2020
September 2020
IMPORTANT CORPORATE ART COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
22nd Sep 2020
EARLY 20TH CENTURY ‘MOUSEMAN’ STOOL SELLS FOR £1,250
8th Sep 2020
August 2020
July 2020
FIRST ‘CORONATION’ EDITION OF CAFÉ ROYAL COCKTAIL BOOK WITH RARE ALEX JARDINE VARIANT DUST JACKET TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT KEYS
27th Jul 2020
EXTREMELY RARE SPANISH FLU MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
23rd Jul 2020
LOCKS OF NELSON’S HAIR TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
20th Jul 2020
MEISSEN COMMEDIA DELL’ ARTE GROUP AND BOW KITTY CLIVE FIGURE AMONGST CERAMICS HIGHLIGHTS IN KEYS SUMMER FINE SALE
15th Jul 2020
IMPORTANT NELSON COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
15th Jul 2020
June 2020
LOWRY PICTURE IS STAR OF KEYS’ 20TH CENTURY DESIGN AND MODERN ART SALE
23rd Jun 2020
500 YEAR OLD MEDICAL BOOK IN NORFOLK AUCTION SHOWS THAT MODERN VACCINE QUEST IS NOTHING NEW
5th Jun 2020
May 2020
BRISK BIDDING AS NORTH NORFOLK RAILWAY PIONEER’S COLLECTION SELLS FOR MORE THAN £12,000
28th May 2020
RARE EARLY MEDICINAL PLANT WORK STAR OF KEYS BOOK SALE
21st May 2020
NORTH NORFOLK RAILWAY PIONEER’S HUGE TRAIN-RELATED COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
18th May 2020
REARRANGED EAST ANGLIAN ART SALE TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK AT LEADING REGIONAL AUCTIONEER KEYS
5th May 2020
‘STAGGERING’ RESPONSE TO ONLINE ONLY SALES SHOWS ‘APPETITE TO BUY’ DURING LOCKDOWN, REPORTS LEADING REGIONAL AUCTIONEER
4th May 2020
April 2020
NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE TO RE-START SALES PROGRAMME, USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO OPERATE REMOTELY
21st Apr 2020
March 2020
NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE INTRODUCES LIVE VIDEO STREAMING ACROSS ALL ITS AUCTIONS
20th Mar 2020
EXTREMELY RARE NORFOLK CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
20th Mar 2020
February 2020
UNUSUAL MEMENTO OF FIRST EVER AIR-RAID TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
3rd Feb 2020
STUNNING FIRST EDITION OF ALEXANDRE DU SOMMERARD’S ‘LES ARTS AU MOYEN AGE’ TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
2nd Feb 2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE TO TAKE STARRING TV ROLE
24th Nov 2019
VICTORIAN SEWING KIT WITH HAND-PAINTED VIEW OF CROMER TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN AYLSHAM
19th Nov 2019
MEISSEN PORCELAIN THE STAR OF KEYS FORTHCOMING THREE DAY FINE SALE
18th Nov 2019
October 2019
EXTREMELY RARE 1930S GERMAN-MADE MICKEY MOUSE HALLOWEEN MASKS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK LATER THIS MONTH
21st Oct 2019
September 2019
WILDLIFE PICTURES AND TAXIDERMY BY WORLD-LEADING NORFOLK MASTERS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN AYLSHAM LATER THIS MONTH
9th Sep 2019
August 2019
NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL AND SPEEDWAY MEMORABILIA FEATURED IN UNIQUE ONLINE AUCTION
23rd Aug 2019
ECLECTIC MODERN DESIGN COLLECTION FROM A HAMPSTEAD FLAT TO FORM UNIQUE ONE-OFF SALE
22nd Aug 2019
RARE TUDOR COPY OF MAGNA CARTA TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
19th Aug 2019
July 2019
RARE LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN INKWELL TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
21st Jul 2019
WORKS BY TWO CZECH-BORN ARTISTS PART OF KEYS’ SECOND FINE SALE OF THE YEAR
12th Jul 2019
April 2019
March 2019
DESPERATE DAN, FRANKENSTEIN, RABBITS AND A VINEGAR BIBLE: VARIED AND INTERESTING LOTS GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT KEYS BOOK SALE
29th Mar 2019
CROMER LIFEBOAT HERO’S PRESENTATION WATCH SELLS FOR £1,300 AT NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE
29th Mar 2019
CROMER LIFEBOAT HERO’S PRESENTATION WATCH TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT AYLSHAM
20th Mar 2019
RARE LOWESTOFT PIECES AND CHINESE RED CLIFFS VASE AMONGST CERAMICS HIGHLIGHTS AT KEYS FINE SALE
13th Mar 2019
December 2018
HUNDREDS OF TURKEYS, GEESE, DUCKS AND CHICKENS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
14th Dec 2018
COLLECTORS’ EYES ON NORFOLK AS ASTONISHING COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITION CHILDREN’S BOOKS GOES ON SALE
3rd Dec 2018
November 2018
£56,000 SINO TIBETAN BRONZE LAMA AND £20,200 CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE STARS OF KEYS’ WINTER FINE SALE
30th Nov 2018
NORFOLK SOLDIER’S FIRST WORLD WAR LETTERS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
19th Nov 2018
NEWLY-DISCOVERED ANNA ALMA TADEMA PICTURE TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
8th Nov 2018
October 2018
August 2018
July 2018
CERAMICS HIGHLIGHT OF KEYS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS SUMMER FINE SALE
14th Jul 2018
EXTENSIVE NORFOLK WINE COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
7th Jul 2018
June 2018
‘SPLASH OF SUMMER’ WINS SPONSOR’S CHOICE PRIZE AT ROYAL NORFOLK SHOW ART EXHIBITION
29th Jun 2018
ROLLING STONE’S ART TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK IN AID OF NOOK APPEAL
4th Jun 2018
May 2018
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AS PART OF TWO DAY BOOK SALE
30th May 2018
April 2018
WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY NORFOLK ARTISTS AS WELL AS BIG NAMES FROM THE PAST TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER THIS WEEK
24th Apr 2018
March 2018
PICTURES, CERAMICS AND FURNITURE HIGHLIGHTS OF KEYS’ FIRST FINE SALE OF 2018
31st Mar 2018
LEADING REGIONAL AUCTION HOUSE CREATES NEW APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME TO NURTURE YOUNG TALENT
11th Mar 2018
February 2018
STRONG PRICES ACHIEVED AT RSMA DIPLOMA COLLECTION SALE
18th Feb 2018
January 2018
ROYAL SOCIETY OF MARINE ARTISTS DIPLOMA COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN FEBRUARY
18th Jan 2018
RARE ERNIE BLENKINSOP ENGLAND CAP AND ASSOCIATED MEMORABILIA TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER LATER THIS MONTH
17th Jan 2018
CHOCKS AWAY! EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF FIRST EVER ‘BIGGLES’ BOOK GOES UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
14th Jan 2018
NEW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR APPOINTED AT KEYS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
8th Jan 2018
December 2017
November 2017
VICTORIAN ROYAL CELEBRITY AUTOGRAPH FAN TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
22nd Nov 2017
RARE LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN TO FEATURE IN KEYS THREE DAY FINE SALE
15th Nov 2017
October 2017
SEAGO, MUNNINGS, ARNESBY BROWN AND NORWICH SCHOOL PAINTERS ALL FEATURE IN KEYS EAST ANGLIAN ART SALE
11th Oct 2017
NORFOLK PARTY ORGANISERS HAVE CHANCE TO BID FOR ‘CANDY MAGIC’ FOR THEIR EVENT IN CHARITY AUCTION
5th Oct 2017
NORFOLK AUCTION HOUSE ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO MEET GROWING DEMAND
3rd Oct 2017
July 2017
STRONG BIDDING FOR COLLECTION OF LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN
21st Jul 2017
MUNNINGS, MONTGOMERY, LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN AND RARE WHISKY – ALL GOING UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK AUCTION ROOM
11th Jul 2017
RARE PAIR OF WHITE GLAZED LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN FIGURES IN KEYS FINE SALE
5th Jul 2017
June 2017
THE GAME IS ON: HUGE COLLECTION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES FIRST EDITIONS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
2nd Jun 2017
May 2017
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW STYLE EVENT COMING TO THEATRE ROYAL
25th May 2017
FINAL PART OF PERSONAL COLLECTION OF WORLD-RENOWNED FORMER NORFOLK ART DEALER TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
18th May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
28th Feb 2017
RENOWNED COMPOSER’S COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NORFOLK
3rd Feb 2017
December 2016
November 2016
NINE EDWARD SEAGO PAINTINGS TO BE AUCTIONED IN NORFOLK
18th Nov 2016
‘EXCITING AND RARE’ COLLECTION OF SKETCHBOOKS BY LEADING ARTIST TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
16th Nov 2016
September 2016
NORFOLK AUCTIONEER IS FINALIST IN NATIONAL AWARD
29th Sep 2016
BRITAIN’S BIGGEST ORNITHOLOGICAL AUCTION TAKES FLIGHT IN NORFOLK
25th Sep 2016
August 2016
REMARKABLE COUNTRY HOUSE SALE SEES PEERLESS NORFOLK HISTORY COLLECTION GO UNDER THE HAMMER
30th Aug 2016
June 2016
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW STYLE EVENT COMING TO HOLT
20th Jun 2016
May 2016
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW STYLE EVENT COMING TO THEATRE ROYAL
23rd May 2016
PERSONAL COLLECTION OF DOYENNE OF ART DEALING WORLD TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
6th May 2016
April 2016
COUNTRY SPORTS AND VINTAGE SPORTING COLLECTORS SET TO CONVERGE ON AYLSHAM FOR FIRST EVER SPORTING AND TAXIDERMY AUCTION
11th Apr 2016
March 2016
RARE COLIN SELF ETCHINGS AMONGST NEARLY 1,400 LOTS IN THREE DAY AUCTION IN NORFOLK
10th Mar 2016
RARE YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON RAILWAY POSTERS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
9th Mar 2016
December 2015
November 2015
REGIONAL AUCTION HOUSE ANNOUNCES BIG EXPANSION IN SALES FOR 2016
27th Nov 2015
OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF EAST ANGLIAN ART TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
16th Nov 2015
July 2015
FREE ANTIQUES VALUATIONS AT NORWICH’S FORUM NEXT TUESDAY
16th Jul 2015
June 2015
SPECIAL ANTIQUES AND FINE ART VALUATION DAY AT AYLSHAM ESTATE AGENTS
8th Jun 2015
I EXPECT YOU TO PAY, MR BOND: RARE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF GOLDFINGER SELLS FOR £1,800 AT NORFOLK AUCTION
5th Jun 2015
May 2015
NELSON MUSEUM FOUNDER’S MEMORABILIA TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
22nd May 2015
RARE WATERLOO PICTURE COLLECTION TO BE AUCTIONED IN NORFOLK EXACTLY 200 YEARS AFTER THE BATTLE
4th May 2015
March 2015
RARE ‘THIRD MAN’ FIRST EDITION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
23rd Mar 2015
NEW HEAD OF BOOKS AT KEYS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
13th Mar 2015
February 2015
TWO SENIOR APPOINTMENTS AT KEYS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
13th Feb 2015
Classic 1960s TV and movie Corgi Toys to go under the hammer
6th Feb 2015
January 2015
Rare signed shackleton book to go under the hammer
22nd Jan 2015
December 2014
Strong bidding in keys’ three day fine antiques sale
5th Dec 2014
November 2014
Nearly 2,500 lots in East Anglia’s most important antiques auction
23rd Nov 2014
Massive Great Yarmouth speedway memorabilia collection up for auction
17th Nov 2014
September 2014
Poignant 1914 university boat race medal up for auction
22nd Sep 2014