Cadmore Auctions

Cadmore Auctions, general auction house in Hertfordshire

Cadmore Auctions is a general auction house based in Hertfordshire that brings together several specialist departments under one roof. The firm holds regular sales of jewellery, luxury watches, fine art, antiques, militaria, designer pieces, coins, Asian works and other collectables. Its offering combines online bidding, free valuations and worldwide access through live and timed auctions.

Specialities and departments

The house's activity is organised around a dozen categories. These include:

• Jewellery
• Watches
• Coins
• Silver
• Designer items
• Militaria
• Collectables
• Antiques
• Fine Arts
• Toys and Comics
• Diamonds and Gems
• Decorative Arts

Regular auctions and featured sale

The company schedules regular sales. One of those announced on the site is the "Sunday Afternoon Automatic Sales", dedicated to jewellery, watches, designer items, militaria, coins, Asian antiques and collectables. In that format, all bidding opens from the starting bid on each lot. The live session for that sale was dated 4 October 2026 at 12:00.

Representative lots from the catalogue

The catalogue includes pieces of very diverse nature. Among the published examples are an 8.07ct pear shape lab-grown diamond, colour E and clarity VS1, with IGI certificate; a Tiffany & Co. 18K white gold ring with heart motif and inset diamonds; a 9K yellow gold lab-grown diamond tennis bracelet; a vintage Tiffany & Co. 18K yellow gold bracelet with 1.0ct of diamonds; and an 18K white gold dress ring with a 0.75ct round brilliant cut centre diamond and a total of approximately 3.75ctw of diamonds.

Collectable and militaria pieces are also offered, such as a Corum Bubble 'Lucifer' limited edition watch (666 units) that sold for £1,550; a 1993 Royal Mint gold proof sovereign set, comprising five, double, one and half sovereign, plus a Pistrucci silver medallion, which reached £5,600; a Japanese katana awarded to a samurai kendo champion, made by swordsmith Hosokawa Yoshinori in 1866, sold for £4,200; a Rolex Oyster Perpetual with diamond bezel and gem-set numerals, customised and with white leather strap, which sold for £3,500; an Alfred Dunhill Rollagas 18K gold lighter with diamonds, which reached £2,500; and a group of Second World War decorations attributed to Lieutenant David Fitzroy-Williams, which sold for £2,000.

Other notable lots include a Franck Muller Yachting automatic watch with diamonds, sold for £3,900; an Hermès Birkin 35 Swift leather handbag in Crevette, sold for £5,800; and a Canadian 24K gold 50 dollar one ounce coin, dated 2003, which sold for £2,300. The catalogue also includes a work by Le Ba Dang entitled "Landscape", oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm.

Buying, selling and services

The company offers free valuations and explains on its website the procedures for bidding, the buyer policy and shipping. For those selling, it details selling at auction, the seller policy and the instant cash option. The firm also has its own online bidding platform, Cadmore Live Bid, which allows direct participation without additional charges for bidding online. Interested parties can register to receive free auction alerts.

International presence

Cadmore Auctions operates with worldwide access through its live and timed auctions. In addition, some lots are held at Cadmore's office in Pennsylvania, United States, and are shipped from there, with buyers responsible for direct shipping costs. The company also indicates that certain lots are shipped only to mainland United Kingdom.